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Erewash

East Midlands · E07000036 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
401
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
8.2%
higher than 27% of authorities
Majors in time
—
threshold 60%
Minors in time
75.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
77.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
92.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
23.1%
15 allowed of 65 decided
Decisions overturned
0.6%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 11.0%

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
424
in the window
Applications decided
401
in the window
Approval rate
91.8%
368 granted, 33 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 51 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
77.0%
rank 273 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 144 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
Major12100.0%—
Minor10482.7%75.0%
Other28594.7%—
of which householder24497.1%77.0%
"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
0671342024 Q3: 108 received2024 Q3: 121 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 93 received2024 Q4: 106 decided2025 Q1: 122 received2025 Q1: 75 decided2025 Q2: 96 received2025 Q2: 104 decided2025 Q3: 116 received2025 Q3: 111 decided2025 Q4: 72 received2025 Q4: 99 decided2026 Q1: 134 received2026 Q1: 76 decided2026 Q2: 102 received2026 Q2: 115 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
49%
Presumption

Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.

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 (E07000036). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 115 105 10 8.7% — 87.5% 102
2026 Q1 76 70 6 7.9% — 44.4% 134
2025 Q4 99 90 9 9.1% — 68.8% 72
2025 Q3 111 103 8 7.2% — 86.7% 116
2025 Q2 104 100 4 3.8% — 79.2% 96
2025 Q1 75 73 2 2.7% — 50.0% 122
2024 Q4 106 101 5 4.7% 100.0% 95.0% 93
2024 Q3 121 115 6 5.0% 50.0% 87.5% 108
2024 Q2 115 111 4 3.5% 100.0% 87.5% 108
2024 Q1 105 95 10 9.5% — 75.0% 110
2023 Q4 119 114 5 4.2% 100.0% 95.2% 111
2023 Q3 113 105 8 7.1% 100.0% 72.7% 125
2023 Q2 128 122 6 4.7% 100.0% 86.7% 111
2023 Q1 109 97 12 11.0% 100.0% 81.0% 143
2022 Q4 165 155 10 6.1% 100.0% 72.7% 115
2022 Q3 140 130 10 7.1% 100.0% 85.0% 168
2022 Q2 155 141 14 9.0% 0.0% 81.8% 155
2022 Q1 143 133 10 7.0% 50.0% 66.7% 191
2021 Q4 181 164 17 9.4% 0.0% 47.6% 139
2021 Q3 181 175 6 3.3% — 94.1% 171
2021 Q2 218 206 12 5.5% — 57.1% 194
2021 Q1 154 142 12 7.8% 100.0% 82.4% 223
2020 Q4 134 129 5 3.7% — 69.6% 161
2020 Q3 118 112 6 5.1% 100.0% 94.1% 138
2020 Q2 135 127 8 5.9% — 94.7% 100
2020 Q1 147 143 4 2.7% — 87.0% 176
2019 Q4 130 122 8 6.2% 66.7% 72.7% 143
2019 Q3 139 136 3 2.2% 100.0% 80.0% 130
2019 Q2 158 155 3 1.9% 100.0% 83.3% 165
2019 Q1 121 117 4 3.3% 66.7% 81.0% 154
2018 Q4 157 153 4 2.5% 100.0% 82.6% 134
2018 Q3 137 133 4 2.9% 100.0% 85.0% 147
2018 Q2 137 132 5 3.6% — 81.3% 142
2018 Q1 153 147 6 3.9% 100.0% 96.6% 162
2017 Q4 154 146 8 5.2% 0.0% 100.0% 163
2017 Q3 162 148 14 8.6% 100.0% 87.5% 155
2017 Q2 147 139 8 5.4% 100.0% 73.3% 167
2017 Q1 134 124 10 7.5% 50.0% 89.3% 152
2016 Q4 154 144 10 6.5% 100.0% 92.5% 152
2016 Q3 171 158 13 7.6% 100.0% 91.3% 191
2016 Q2 167 156 11 6.6% 100.0% 91.4% 158
2016 Q1 123 112 11 8.9% 100.0% 89.7% 176
2015 Q4 166 153 13 7.8% 85.7% 90.7% 154
2015 Q3 152 140 12 7.9% 100.0% 86.1% 179
2015 Q2 146 133 13 8.9% 100.0% 88.2% 150
2015 Q1 131 124 7 5.3% 100.0% 75.0% 178
2014 Q4 174 161 13 7.5% 50.0% 82.2% 165
2014 Q3 152 145 7 4.6% 100.0% 76.9% 189
2014 Q2 123 101 22 17.9% 100.0% 83.7% 171
2014 Q1 136 118 10 7.4% 100.0% 71.1% 148
2013 Q4 132 116 14 10.6% 100.0% 73.1% 137
2013 Q3 189 166 16 8.5% 80.0% 66.7% 182
2013 Q2 189 178 10 5.3% 80.0% 55.4% 168
2013 Q1 102 95 7 6.9% 60.0% 45.8% 194
2012 Q4 125 109 14 11.2% 100.0% 62.2% 108
2012 Q3 158 140 14 8.9% 66.7% 69.1% 160
2012 Q2 125 112 13 10.4% 40.0% 68.9% 152
2012 Q1 135 113 21 15.6% 83.3% 86.3% 189
2011 Q4 143 125 18 12.6% 60.0% 76.5% 133
2011 Q3 138 118 19 13.8% 60.0% 85.2% 164
2011 Q2 151 123 26 17.2% 75.0% 92.5% 181
2011 Q1 132 100 30 22.7% 66.7% 83.3% 147
2010 Q4 172 147 22 12.8% 90.9% 69.4% 151
2010 Q3 145 126 17 11.7% 100.0% 87.0% 186
2010 Q2 174 149 25 14.4% 100.0% 83.1% 179
2010 Q1 125 96 29 23.2% 100.0% 93.8% 175
2009 Q4 137 105 32 23.4% 100.0% 75.5% 131
2009 Q3 138 120 18 13.0% 60.0% 92.9% 154
2009 Q2 155 130 23 14.8% 75.0% 82.6% 158
2009 Q1 122 109 13 10.7% 100.0% 79.2% 178
2008 Q4 170 131 38 22.4% 62.5% 77.3% 176
2008 Q3 204 154 50 24.5% 62.5% 79.7% 231
2008 Q2 209 162 45 21.5% 75.0% 78.6% 225
2008 Q1 208 145 50 24.0% 100.0% 80.0% 219
2007 Q4 262 192 55 21.0% 77.8% 79.5% 269
2007 Q3 203 144 46 22.7% 72.7% 88.3% 273
2007 Q2 265 185 65 24.5% 66.7% 87.1% 277
2007 Q1 194 142 48 24.7% 42.9% 64.7% 253
2006 Q4 239 175 57 23.8% 50.0% 57.0% 248
2006 Q3 236 192 37 15.7% 88.9% 49.2% 227
2006 Q2 250 200 40 16.0% 66.7% 70.0% 298
2006 Q1 196 147 44 22.4% 61.5% 81.4% 285
2005 Q4 231 171 54 23.4% 57.1% 84.7% 234
2005 Q3 305 216 76 24.9% 87.5% 85.1% 317
2005 Q2 242 194 45 18.6% 62.5% 82.6% 287
2005 Q1 272 208 51 18.8% 62.5% 86.5% 288
2004 Q4 262 208 49 18.7% 80.0% 81.3% 299
2004 Q3 306 244 55 18.0% 54.5% 77.0% 322
2004 Q2 289 250 33 11.4% 72.7% 68.6% 327
2004 Q1 248 214 34 13.7% 100.0% 73.2% 259
2003 Q4 242 208 32 13.2% 25.0% 66.2% 262
2003 Q3 273 241 29 10.6% 55.6% 52.9% 279
2003 Q2 244 225 19 7.8% 40.0% 72.2% 255
2003 Q1 232 204 28 12.1% 0.0% 57.7% 302
2002 Q4 232 213 19 8.2% 0.0% 46.5% 220
2002 Q3 224 194 30 13.4% 0.0% 52.0% 222
2002 Q2 250 229 20 8.0% 80.0% 38.1% 260
2002 Q1 196 179 17 8.7% 33.3% 58.2% 240
2001 Q4 227 210 16 7.0% 100.0% 61.5% 215
2001 Q3 230 210 18 7.8% 33.3% 67.8% 243
2001 Q2 229 205 24 10.5% 45.5% 55.2% 228
2001 Q1 178 164 13 7.3% 75.0% 55.9% 225
2000 Q4 193 174 19 9.8% 28.6% 50.0% 177
2000 Q3 209 189 18 8.6% 66.7% 25.0% 202
2000 Q2 185 159 25 13.5% 28.6% 48.9% 223
2000 Q1 144 123 21 14.6% 0.0% 55.3% 169
1999 Q4 203 176 27 13.3% 33.3% 41.3% 149
1999 Q3 200 183 17 8.5% 66.7% 50.8% 203
1999 Q2 169 140 29 17.2% 50.0% 46.2% 201
1999 Q1 181 155 25 13.8% 50.0% 53.8% 221
1998 Q4 168 148 19 11.3% 0.0% 44.7% 163
1998 Q3 200 169 31 15.5% 75.0% 54.1% 178
1998 Q2 177 158 19 10.7% 0.0% 67.2% 181
1998 Q1 162 139 20 12.3% 25.0% 56.5% 194
1997 Q4 198 171 25 12.6% 0.0% 58.8% 177
1997 Q3 190 168 22 11.6% 80.0% 55.7% 221
1997 Q2 191 161 30 15.7% 50.0% 51.9% 207
1997 Q1 159 143 15 9.4% 100.0% 55.9% 165
1996 Q4 212 188 23 10.8% 75.0% 37.9% 164
1996 Q3 146 133 13 8.9% 0.0% 37.7% 212
1996 Q2 208 181 26 12.5% 55.6% 52.9% 178
1996 Q1 171 158 13 7.6% 75.0% 50.9% —
1995 Q4 214 175 39 18.2% 50.0% 49.2% —
1995 Q3 172 136 36 20.9% 60.0% 56.3% —
1995 Q2 144 115 29 20.1% 33.3% 54.3% —
1995 Q1 151 129 22 14.6% 0.0% 63.8% —
1994 Q4 140 122 18 12.9% 50.0% 68.4% —
1994 Q3 205 178 27 13.2% 0.0% 66.2% —
1994 Q2 152 131 21 13.8% 0.0% 62.8% —
1994 Q1 140 121 19 13.6% 60.0% 67.5% —
1993 Q4 157 133 24 15.3% 50.0% 72.9% —
1993 Q3 144 128 16 11.1% 40.0% 60.6% —
1993 Q2 175 133 42 24.0% 50.0% 60.3% —
1993 Q1 169 123 46 27.2% 90.0% 47.9% —
1992 Q4 147 109 38 25.9% 50.0% 50.0% —
1992 Q3 141 105 36 25.5% 33.3% 34.4% —
1992 Q2 163 121 42 25.8% 28.6% 41.7% —
1992 Q1 149 113 36 24.2% 33.3% 22.5% —
1991 Q4 122 93 29 23.8% 0.0% 23.1% —
1991 Q3 165 140 25 15.2% 28.6% 56.3% —
1991 Q2 156 107 49 31.4% 50.0% 45.5% —
1991 Q1 121 96 25 20.7% 0.0% 18.2% —
1990 Q4 136 95 41 30.1% 40.0% 28.6% —
1990 Q3 155 132 23 14.8% 66.7% 56.1% —
1990 Q2 168 145 23 13.7% 20.0% 29.0% —
1990 Q1 143 111 32 22.4% — 2.6% —
1989 Q4 156 119 37 23.7% 50.0% 16.7% —
1989 Q3 233 202 31 13.3% 90.0% 50.7% —
1989 Q2 259 219 40 15.4% 92.9% 28.4% —
1989 Q1 369 327 42 11.4% 95.7% 47.8% —
1988 Q4 290 213 77 26.6% 88.9% 67.7% —
1988 Q3 262 227 35 13.4% 90.9% 51.3% —
1988 Q2 258 219 39 15.1% 92.9% 28.4% —
1988 Q1 340 300 40 11.8% 95.2% 47.2% —
1987 Q4 268 199 69 25.7% 88.2% 67.0% —
1987 Q3 220 194 26 11.8% — 41.9% —
1987 Q2 223 187 36 16.1% — 35.1% —
1987 Q1 194 164 30 15.5% — 43.5% —
1986 Q4 193 161 32 16.6% — 57.3% —
1986 Q3 199 179 20 10.1% — 54.5% —
1986 Q2 236 210 26 11.0% — 45.5% —
1986 Q1 201 182 19 9.5% 80.0% 60.2% —
1985 Q4 178 162 16 9.0% 33.3% 71.4% —
1985 Q3 162 148 14 8.6% — 52.4% —
1985 Q2 217 196 21 9.7% 66.7% 49.4% —
1985 Q1 181 155 26 14.4% 83.3% 52.0% —
1984 Q4 182 159 23 12.6% 0.0% 51.9% —
1984 Q3 178 153 25 14.0% 66.7% 52.0% —
1984 Q2 213 189 24 11.3% 50.0% 49.3% —
1984 Q1 206 178 28 13.6% 66.7% 49.3% —
1983 Q4 178 156 22 12.4% 100.0% 66.7% —
1983 Q3 213 182 31 14.6% 66.7% 58.0% —
1983 Q2 221 197 24 10.9% 0.0% 39.5% —
1983 Q1 153 144 9 5.9% 100.0% 61.7% —
1982 Q4 193 176 17 8.8% — 60.3% —
1982 Q3 164 151 13 7.9% 100.0% 34.1% —
1982 Q2 240 213 27 11.3% 66.7% 55.7% —
1982 Q1 193 175 18 9.3% 50.0% 63.4% —
1981 Q4 184 169 15 8.2% 100.0% 52.8% —
1981 Q3 263 230 33 12.5% 60.0% 34.4% —
1981 Q2 251 214 37 14.7% 60.0% 46.4% —
1981 Q1 254 231 23 9.1% 100.0% 41.1% —
1980 Q4 296 270 26 8.8% 100.0% 29.5% —
1980 Q3 290 258 32 11.0% 50.0% 32.1% —
1980 Q2 281 261 20 7.1% 20.0% 43.1% —
1980 Q1 321 283 38 11.8% 50.0% 33.6% —
1979 Q4 296 272 24 8.1% 0.0% 32.6% —
1979 Q3 296 267 29 9.8% 50.0% 34.0% —
1979 Q2 252 236 16 6.3% 100.0% 28.4% —

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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