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East Midlands · E07000033 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
276
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
2.5%
higher than 0% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
100.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
89.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
44.1%
15 allowed of 34 decided
Decisions overturned
0.8%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 15.6%

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.

Applications received
256
in the window
Applications decided
276
in the window
Approval rate
97.5%
269 granted, 7 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 1 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
100.0%
rank 1 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 1 of 164 district councils · peer median 91.9%

Peer ranks compare only district councils with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.

Performance by development type
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major15100.0%100.0%
Minor8198.8%100.0%
Other18096.7%—
of which householder12396.7%100.0%
"In time" = within the statutory period or an agreed extension, excluding prior approvals. "Other" covers everything that is neither major nor minor; householder figures are measured against the 8-week period.
Applications through the system
Last 8 quarters held
047942024 Q3: 86 received2024 Q3: 79 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 71 received2024 Q4: 88 decided2025 Q1: 94 received2025 Q1: 65 decided2025 Q2: 71 received2025 Q2: 81 decided2025 Q3: 63 received2025 Q3: 79 decided2025 Q4: 65 received2025 Q4: 69 decided2026 Q1: 60 received2026 Q1: 57 decided2026 Q2: 68 received2026 Q2: 71 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
205%
No consequence

Delivery at or above 95%: no HDT consequence.

Where these figures come from. Each dataset below is the publisher's own file, loaded unchanged; rows are matched to this authority by its ONS code (E07000033). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationallyLive tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025MHCLG2022/23 to 2024/2518 Aug 2026Measurement
Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q2 71 68 3 4.2% 100.0% 100.0% 68
2026 Q1 57 55 2 3.5% — 100.0% 60
2025 Q4 69 68 1 1.4% 100.0% 100.0% 65
2025 Q3 79 78 1 1.3% — 100.0% 63
2025 Q2 81 74 7 8.6% — 100.0% 71
2025 Q1 65 63 2 3.1% — 100.0% 94
2024 Q4 88 79 9 10.2% — 100.0% 71
2024 Q3 79 72 7 8.9% — 100.0% 86
2024 Q2 85 81 4 4.7% 100.0% 92.9% 79
2024 Q1 63 57 6 9.5% — 100.0% 69
2023 Q4 89 88 1 1.1% 100.0% 100.0% 87
2023 Q3 96 85 11 11.5% — 100.0% 97
2023 Q2 87 84 3 3.4% 100.0% 85.7% 94
2023 Q1 86 84 2 2.3% 100.0% 81.3% 93
2022 Q4 99 93 6 6.1% 100.0% 100.0% 92
2022 Q3 85 82 3 3.5% 100.0% 92.9% 107
2022 Q2 109 108 1 0.9% — 100.0% 89
2022 Q1 96 92 4 4.2% 100.0% 93.3% 104
2021 Q4 99 95 4 4.0% 100.0% 100.0% 108
2021 Q3 100 98 2 2.0% — 100.0% 134
2021 Q2 125 122 3 2.4% 100.0% 96.3% 118
2021 Q1 78 74 4 5.1% 100.0% 100.0% 115
2020 Q4 89 87 2 2.2% 100.0% 100.0% 91
2020 Q3 78 77 1 1.3% 100.0% 94.4% 85
2020 Q2 72 72 0 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 74
2020 Q1 71 70 1 1.4% 100.0% 100.0% 92
2019 Q4 81 79 2 2.5% 100.0% 100.0% 72
2019 Q3 104 96 8 7.7% 100.0% 100.0% 101
2019 Q2 108 105 3 2.8% 100.0% 100.0% 96
2019 Q1 87 81 6 6.9% 100.0% 100.0% 108
2018 Q4 77 65 12 15.6% — 100.0% 95
2018 Q3 99 88 11 11.1% 100.0% 100.0% 88
2018 Q2 103 98 5 4.9% 100.0% 100.0% 92
2018 Q1 90 77 13 14.4% 100.0% 100.0% 113
2017 Q4 85 72 13 15.3% 100.0% 100.0% 87
2017 Q3 94 88 6 6.4% 100.0% 95.7% 108
2017 Q2 100 94 6 6.0% 100.0% 100.0% 101
2017 Q1 107 96 11 10.3% 100.0% 95.0% 106
2016 Q4 103 97 6 5.8% — 95.5% 99
2016 Q3 99 91 8 8.1% 100.0% 90.9% 120
2016 Q2 99 92 7 7.1% — 93.8% 92
2016 Q1 73 67 6 8.2% 80.0% 77.3% 98
2015 Q4 93 87 6 6.5% 100.0% 79.4% 74
2015 Q3 108 101 7 6.5% 50.0% 85.7% 113
2015 Q2 86 83 3 3.5% 100.0% 90.0% 102
2015 Q1 73 67 6 8.2% 100.0% 95.2% 89
2014 Q4 88 82 6 6.8% 33.3% 95.2% 74
2014 Q3 89 86 3 3.4% — 87.5% 95
2014 Q2 112 104 8 7.1% 33.3% 89.7% 101
2014 Q1 65 61 3 4.6% 100.0% 78.9% 106
2013 Q4 87 82 2 2.3% 75.0% 76.9% 73
2013 Q3 108 98 9 8.3% 50.0% 71.4% 107
2013 Q2 81 79 2 2.5% 0.0% 69.6% 98
2013 Q1 71 67 4 5.6% 50.0% 65.2% 89
2012 Q4 77 72 4 5.2% 25.0% 72.7% 79
2012 Q3 99 92 6 6.1% 50.0% 54.3% 85
2012 Q2 98 93 2 2.0% 66.7% 74.1% 103
2012 Q1 88 85 2 2.3% 20.0% 72.7% 99
2011 Q4 98 88 4 4.1% 66.7% 63.9% 91
2011 Q3 114 110 3 2.6% 50.0% 54.8% 108
2011 Q2 91 89 2 2.2% 60.0% 68.0% 123
2011 Q1 90 81 9 10.0% 50.0% 63.3% 104
2010 Q4 119 110 8 6.7% 75.0% 58.3% 104
2010 Q3 87 77 9 10.3% 71.4% 65.5% 115
2010 Q2 92 84 8 8.7% 50.0% 69.7% 77
2010 Q1 61 57 3 4.9% 100.0% 70.6% 103
2009 Q4 106 99 7 6.6% 80.0% 89.2% 93
2009 Q3 113 104 6 5.3% 100.0% 93.1% 116
2009 Q2 101 92 9 8.9% 83.3% 87.8% 133
2009 Q1 85 76 6 7.1% 100.0% 90.0% 96
2008 Q4 118 103 11 9.3% 33.3% 97.3% 115
2008 Q3 143 125 17 11.9% 75.0% 91.5% 130
2008 Q2 152 140 11 7.2% 77.8% 82.6% 142
2008 Q1 117 103 12 10.3% 66.7% 81.6% 175
2007 Q4 193 171 21 10.9% 69.2% 88.3% 157
2007 Q3 129 118 11 8.5% 75.0% 94.1% 184
2007 Q2 165 150 14 8.5% 75.0% 92.2% 155
2007 Q1 144 135 8 5.6% 66.7% 89.2% 170
2006 Q4 140 125 13 9.3% 78.6% 82.5% 144
2006 Q3 189 175 13 6.9% 75.0% 94.9% 186
2006 Q2 189 158 31 16.4% 84.6% 84.5% 179
2006 Q1 132 108 24 18.2% 85.7% 79.2% 179
2005 Q4 170 138 30 17.6% 83.3% 80.0% 160
2005 Q3 211 183 27 12.8% 40.0% 71.4% 205
2005 Q2 195 165 30 15.4% 62.5% 78.0% 204
2005 Q1 175 152 22 12.6% 75.0% 75.8% 187
2004 Q4 162 149 12 7.4% 100.0% 66.1% 186
2004 Q3 210 183 26 12.4% 100.0% 69.1% 183
2004 Q2 196 178 18 9.2% 66.7% 69.0% 234
2004 Q1 167 146 21 12.6% 92.3% 91.1% 202
2003 Q4 165 137 26 15.8% 54.5% 92.7% 177
2003 Q3 199 168 31 15.6% 80.0% 88.5% 177
2003 Q2 194 168 25 12.9% 80.0% 93.8% 213
2003 Q1 148 124 23 15.5% 50.0% 70.0% 173
2002 Q4 145 124 20 13.8% 75.0% 46.7% 136
2002 Q3 123 113 8 6.5% 50.0% 45.0% 130
2002 Q2 149 140 8 5.4% 12.5% 71.1% 136
2002 Q1 102 89 13 12.7% 0.0% 52.8% 150
2001 Q4 153 134 16 10.5% 57.1% 75.0% 115
2001 Q3 121 107 13 10.7% 25.0% 46.9% 134
2001 Q2 125 109 15 12.0% 62.5% 47.4% 131
2001 Q1 91 79 11 12.1% 33.3% 42.1% 136
2000 Q4 110 96 13 11.8% 50.0% 50.0% 96
2000 Q3 97 87 8 8.2% 0.0% 65.5% 112
2000 Q2 133 118 13 9.8% 63.6% 48.8% 117
2000 Q1 102 88 10 9.8% 22.2% 46.3% 121
1999 Q4 101 88 11 10.9% 55.6% 59.1% 100
1999 Q3 104 95 7 6.7% 57.1% 57.1% 118
1999 Q2 105 96 6 5.7% 25.0% 69.7% 119
1999 Q1 131 116 13 9.9% 66.7% 53.8% 134
1998 Q4 111 106 2 1.8% 20.0% 60.9% 92
1998 Q3 153 136 12 7.8% 70.0% 77.2% 129
1998 Q2 100 95 5 5.0% 100.0% 72.2% 160
1998 Q1 125 111 8 6.4% 45.5% 50.0% 101
1997 Q4 111 100 11 9.9% 40.0% 57.8% 117
1997 Q3 101 93 8 7.9% 66.7% 69.4% 120
1997 Q2 123 113 4 3.3% 87.5% 65.7% 106
1997 Q1 102 91 9 8.8% 50.0% 52.8% 135
1996 Q4 113 97 16 14.2% 100.0% 41.3% 91
1996 Q3 132 124 8 6.1% 75.0% 64.1% 150
1996 Q2 121 114 6 5.0% 71.4% 41.7% 130
1996 Q1 123 110 13 10.6% 33.3% 49.0% —
1995 Q4 122 110 12 9.8% 83.3% 46.4% —
1995 Q3 97 80 17 17.5% 42.9% 43.3% —
1995 Q2 111 97 14 12.6% 14.3% 51.4% —
1995 Q1 111 95 16 14.4% 0.0% 49.0% —
1994 Q4 134 120 14 10.4% 66.7% 50.0% —
1994 Q3 125 119 6 4.8% 54.5% 29.7% —
1994 Q2 98 93 5 5.1% 33.3% 35.3% —
1994 Q1 124 112 12 9.7% 77.8% 37.5% —
1993 Q4 148 140 8 5.4% 55.6% 44.3% —
1993 Q3 115 107 8 7.0% 25.0% 46.2% —
1993 Q2 135 121 14 10.4% 71.4% 52.7% —
1993 Q1 104 98 6 5.8% 60.0% 76.7% —
1992 Q4 104 97 7 6.7% 66.7% 62.9% —
1992 Q3 134 115 19 14.2% 80.0% 44.7% —
1992 Q2 159 148 11 6.9% 50.0% 57.5% —
1992 Q1 130 111 19 14.6% 50.0% 44.9% —
1991 Q4 147 127 20 13.6% 35.7% 22.9% —
1991 Q3 130 102 28 21.5% 33.3% 42.6% —
1991 Q2 125 101 24 19.2% 46.2% 54.2% —
1991 Q1 148 120 28 18.9% 25.0% 40.0% —
1990 Q4 148 118 30 20.3% 50.0% 40.4% —
1990 Q3 147 123 24 16.3% 40.0% 57.1% —
1990 Q2 171 146 25 14.6% 27.3% 28.8% —
1990 Q1 185 132 53 28.6% 16.7% 23.7% —
1989 Q4 167 146 21 12.6% 20.0% 20.6% —
1989 Q3 154 133 21 13.6% 16.7% 1.7% —
1989 Q2 157 126 31 19.7% 62.5% 24.1% —
1989 Q1 146 116 30 20.5% 58.3% 56.9% —
1988 Q4 143 118 25 17.5% 100.0% 52.1% —
1988 Q3 147 121 26 17.7% 78.6% 39.6% —
1988 Q2 127 111 16 12.6% 33.3% 58.1% —
1988 Q1 164 137 27 16.5% 75.0% 53.3% —
1987 Q4 128 100 28 21.9% 75.0% 47.8% —
1987 Q3 444 343 101 22.7% 81.8% 68.9% —
1987 Q2 502 413 89 17.7% 82.4% 70.3% —
1987 Q1 404 331 73 18.1% 85.7% 72.1% —
1986 Q4 466 393 73 15.7% 47.1% 78.5% —
1986 Q3 406 342 64 15.8% 100.0% 68.7% —
1986 Q2 496 424 72 14.5% 83.3% 60.3% —
1986 Q1 354 295 59 16.7% 81.8% 57.3% —
1985 Q4 395 336 59 14.9% 90.5% 67.5% —
1985 Q3 502 427 75 14.9% 78.9% 78.5% —
1985 Q2 514 444 70 13.6% 80.0% 63.2% —
1985 Q1 383 320 63 16.4% 85.7% 69.8% —
1984 Q4 445 381 64 14.4% 88.9% 66.7% —
1984 Q3 495 416 79 16.0% 92.9% 73.5% —
1984 Q2 540 472 68 12.6% 58.8% 67.2% —
1984 Q1 390 321 69 17.7% 66.7% 55.5% —
1983 Q4 477 391 86 18.0% 50.0% 59.3% —
1983 Q3 377 317 60 15.9% 52.6% 49.4% —
1983 Q2 523 456 67 12.8% 92.3% 74.5% —
1983 Q1 392 332 60 15.3% 86.4% 74.2% —
1982 Q4 451 387 64 14.2% 87.5% 80.3% —
1982 Q3 480 406 74 15.4% 85.7% 83.1% —
1982 Q2 487 419 68 14.0% 91.7% 80.6% —
1982 Q1 374 317 57 15.2% 88.9% 76.9% —
1981 Q4 470 379 91 19.4% 50.0% 66.4% —
1981 Q3 629 506 123 19.6% 22.9% 43.5% —
1981 Q2 697 602 95 13.6% 77.1% 30.7% —
1981 Q1 643 541 102 15.9% 73.3% 39.3% —
1980 Q4 493 424 69 14.0% 61.5% 34.6% —
1980 Q3 670 574 96 14.3% 47.8% 24.5% —
1980 Q2 784 672 112 14.3% 63.0% 29.1% —
1980 Q1 625 531 94 15.0% 65.4% 35.1% —
1979 Q4 797 666 131 16.4% 53.3% 46.9% —
1979 Q3 709 608 101 14.2% 68.2% 30.2% —
1979 Q2 750 632 118 15.7% 58.3% 33.8% —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2. Speed figures exclude prior approvals and are measured against the statutory period or agreed extension. Appeal figures: our aggregation of published Planning Inspectorate decisions, 2021–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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