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Torridge

South West · E07000046 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
512
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
10.2%
higher than 40% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
92.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
99.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.7%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.5%
41 allowed of 139 decided
Decisions overturned
1.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 20.0%

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
604
in the window
Applications decided
512
in the window
Approval rate
89.8%
460 granted, 52 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 70 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
95.7%
rank 83 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 49 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
Major2295.5%100.0%
Minor28484.2%92.2%
Other20697.1%—
of which householder14298.6%99.2%
"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
0981952024 Q3: 158 received2024 Q3: 184 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 168 received2024 Q4: 158 decided2025 Q1: 195 received2025 Q1: 131 decided2025 Q2: 160 received2025 Q2: 181 decided2025 Q3: 153 received2025 Q3: 130 decided2025 Q4: 158 received2025 Q4: 120 decided2026 Q1: 163 received2026 Q1: 123 decided2026 Q2: 130 received2026 Q2: 139 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
122%
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 (E07000046). 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 139 133 6 4.3% 100.0% 93.9% 130
2026 Q1 123 110 13 10.6% 100.0% 80.0% 163
2025 Q4 120 96 24 20.0% 100.0% 92.3% 158
2025 Q3 130 121 9 6.9% 100.0% 100.0% 153
2025 Q2 181 156 25 13.8% 100.0% 96.6% 160
2025 Q1 131 114 17 13.0% 100.0% 100.0% 195
2024 Q4 158 141 17 10.8% 100.0% 96.2% 168
2024 Q3 184 168 16 8.7% 100.0% 95.9% 158
2024 Q2 172 157 15 8.7% 100.0% 100.0% 191
2024 Q1 179 160 19 10.6% 100.0% 92.9% 205
2023 Q4 227 204 23 10.1% — 87.0% 217
2023 Q3 226 208 18 8.0% 75.0% 94.8% 233
2023 Q2 225 204 21 9.3% 50.0% 87.3% 200
2023 Q1 222 205 17 7.7% 100.0% 97.0% 247
2022 Q4 177 160 17 9.6% 0.0% 88.4% 220
2022 Q3 202 191 11 5.4% 83.3% 90.7% 179
2022 Q2 227 208 19 8.4% 100.0% 97.1% 247
2022 Q1 207 201 6 2.9% 100.0% 94.0% 238
2021 Q4 215 206 9 4.2% 33.3% 85.7% 246
2021 Q3 242 240 2 0.8% 100.0% 77.6% 219
2021 Q2 228 220 8 3.5% 25.0% 82.5% 228
2021 Q1 203 197 6 3.0% 100.0% 79.2% 246
2020 Q4 234 228 6 2.6% 100.0% 73.1% 239
2020 Q3 162 155 7 4.3% 100.0% 77.8% 234
2020 Q2 164 161 3 1.8% 20.0% 95.9% 192
2020 Q1 167 162 5 3.0% 0.0% 82.1% 183
2019 Q4 174 162 12 6.9% 100.0% 95.4% 183
2019 Q3 202 184 18 8.9% 100.0% 89.8% 199
2019 Q2 196 176 20 10.2% — 77.3% 203
2019 Q1 162 154 8 4.9% 100.0% 85.4% 190
2018 Q4 226 196 30 13.3% 50.0% 91.5% 220
2018 Q3 211 193 18 8.5% 100.0% 86.3% 253
2018 Q2 205 188 17 8.3% 50.0% 57.9% 208
2018 Q1 174 159 15 8.6% 50.0% 90.5% 231
2017 Q4 208 179 29 13.9% 100.0% 88.5% 207
2017 Q3 244 203 41 16.8% 66.7% 81.9% 245
2017 Q2 199 181 18 9.0% 50.0% 72.6% 239
2017 Q1 184 169 15 8.2% 66.7% 78.6% 239
2016 Q4 211 191 20 9.5% 0.0% 78.6% 213
2016 Q3 229 212 17 7.4% 50.0% 79.1% 260
2016 Q2 196 174 22 11.2% 100.0% 82.4% 225
2016 Q1 198 182 16 8.1% 100.0% 82.7% 235
2015 Q4 222 180 42 18.9% 50.0% 71.9% 235
2015 Q3 229 185 44 19.2% 83.3% 69.2% 237
2015 Q2 187 158 29 15.5% 100.0% 79.5% 231
2015 Q1 205 180 25 12.2% 66.7% 78.7% 224
2014 Q4 187 155 32 17.1% 33.3% 80.9% 229
2014 Q3 243 210 33 13.6% 100.0% 86.7% 192
2014 Q2 209 178 31 14.8% 66.7% 90.6% 269
2014 Q1 203 171 29 14.3% 30.0% 56.7% 205
2013 Q4 200 173 25 12.5% 44.4% 62.9% 209
2013 Q3 181 159 17 9.4% 25.0% 50.5% 189
2013 Q2 225 204 13 5.8% 33.3% 61.9% 233
2013 Q1 204 178 23 11.3% 56.3% 70.8% 233
2012 Q4 237 201 24 10.1% 55.6% 73.6% 262
2012 Q3 216 191 16 7.4% 20.0% 73.1% 259
2012 Q2 202 176 20 9.9% 66.7% 62.5% 189
2012 Q1 211 188 20 9.5% 33.3% 63.7% 216
2011 Q4 271 239 28 10.3% 44.4% 69.0% 268
2011 Q3 239 193 44 18.4% 100.0% 83.8% 280
2011 Q2 228 204 19 8.3% 55.6% 75.3% 277
2011 Q1 194 167 23 11.9% 80.0% 88.5% 254
2010 Q4 212 178 31 14.6% 75.0% 87.5% 188
2010 Q3 255 215 35 13.7% 69.2% 89.0% 254
2010 Q2 258 233 18 7.0% 58.3% 90.5% 270
2010 Q1 228 202 22 9.6% 100.0% 85.4% 255
2009 Q4 246 219 24 9.8% 70.0% 87.6% 238
2009 Q3 226 207 16 7.1% 38.5% 80.8% 254
2009 Q2 237 213 22 9.3% 61.5% 78.6% 259
2009 Q1 205 178 22 10.7% 60.0% 84.9% 244
2008 Q4 223 186 31 13.9% 71.4% 78.6% 224
2008 Q3 317 284 29 9.1% 71.4% 83.6% 288
2008 Q2 233 208 20 8.6% 42.9% 86.0% 293
2008 Q1 277 220 56 20.2% 64.3% 82.3% 313
2007 Q4 295 237 51 17.3% 86.7% 84.1% 289
2007 Q3 321 271 42 13.1% 52.9% 82.6% 365
2007 Q2 258 213 41 15.9% 61.5% 73.5% 319
2007 Q1 305 261 44 14.4% 61.5% 87.5% 320
2006 Q4 272 218 49 18.0% 64.3% 69.4% 331
2006 Q3 379 320 56 14.8% 55.6% 77.1% 339
2006 Q2 386 317 67 17.4% 30.0% 58.5% 391
2006 Q1 358 295 59 16.5% 50.0% 48.3% 330
2005 Q4 294 229 63 21.4% 14.3% 60.4% 346
2005 Q3 350 255 94 26.9% 57.1% 50.7% 358
2005 Q2 351 271 77 21.9% 14.3% 65.2% 390
2005 Q1 328 232 90 27.4% 44.4% 57.3% 408
2004 Q4 353 274 74 21.0% 25.0% 62.9% 335
2004 Q3 399 307 87 21.8% 22.2% 49.1% 432
2004 Q2 416 328 87 20.9% 0.0% 48.8% 427
2004 Q1 352 288 61 17.3% 20.0% 45.0% 478
2003 Q4 372 299 69 18.5% 41.7% 44.4% 343
2003 Q3 383 317 62 16.2% 0.0% 53.5% 411
2003 Q2 419 344 70 16.7% 40.0% 47.7% 412
2003 Q1 311 243 63 20.3% 0.0% 34.5% 400
2002 Q4 425 343 74 17.4% 50.0% 45.3% 352
2002 Q3 346 290 49 14.2% 0.0% 53.5% 422
2002 Q2 403 356 47 11.7% 33.3% 54.0% 434
2002 Q1 305 248 53 17.4% 40.0% 54.9% 377
2001 Q4 349 273 70 20.1% 50.0% 56.4% 327
2001 Q3 366 312 49 13.4% 25.0% 48.9% 378
2001 Q2 284 246 34 12.0% 60.0% 41.1% 342
2001 Q1 304 247 49 16.1% 100.0% 62.5% 347
2000 Q4 320 267 47 14.7% 55.6% 61.5% 304
2000 Q3 327 271 48 14.7% 50.0% 66.7% 351
2000 Q2 353 295 49 13.9% 62.5% 62.6% 337
2000 Q1 256 218 35 13.7% 25.0% 63.2% 340
1999 Q4 321 262 55 17.1% 100.0% 70.2% 294
1999 Q3 337 271 61 18.1% 28.6% 69.5% 346
1999 Q2 320 276 44 13.8% 25.0% 62.9% 337
1999 Q1 267 225 37 13.9% 33.3% 61.3% 318
1998 Q4 304 250 49 16.1% 33.3% 69.4% 278
1998 Q3 358 310 42 11.7% 80.0% 70.5% 329
1998 Q2 261 216 43 16.5% 75.0% 79.6% 363
1998 Q1 290 239 46 15.9% 100.0% 63.4% 277
1997 Q4 296 254 39 13.2% 40.0% 73.6% 271
1997 Q3 316 262 50 15.8% 50.0% 78.9% 332
1997 Q2 294 247 43 14.6% 57.1% 78.0% 363
1997 Q1 283 243 35 12.4% 62.5% 65.3% 257
1996 Q4 310 260 45 14.5% 33.3% 68.3% 267
1996 Q3 317 270 36 11.4% 25.0% 57.1% 309
1996 Q2 286 236 46 16.1% 100.0% 78.3% 341
1996 Q1 292 278 14 4.8% 75.0% 64.8% —
1995 Q4 323 287 36 11.1% 83.3% 48.4% —
1995 Q3 387 352 35 9.0% 58.8% 57.4% —
1995 Q2 376 321 55 14.6% 52.4% 63.6% —
1995 Q1 364 326 38 10.4% 50.0% 59.0% —
1994 Q4 413 359 54 13.1% 62.5% 64.1% —
1994 Q3 382 324 58 15.2% 83.3% 72.9% —
1994 Q2 352 306 46 13.1% 53.8% 63.0% —
1994 Q1 328 297 31 9.5% 33.3% 67.0% —
1993 Q4 408 352 56 13.7% 69.2% 64.1% —
1993 Q3 407 357 50 12.3% 57.1% 70.2% —
1993 Q2 346 295 51 14.7% 60.0% 74.3% —
1993 Q1 264 222 42 15.9% 66.7% 77.6% —
1992 Q4 379 311 68 17.9% 100.0% 86.9% —
1992 Q3 331 265 66 19.9% 90.9% 83.9% —
1992 Q2 429 367 62 14.5% 100.0% 81.4% —
1992 Q1 410 337 73 17.8% 81.8% 85.9% —
1991 Q4 399 305 94 23.6% 82.4% 84.0% —
1991 Q3 434 327 107 24.7% 96.6% 83.3% —
1991 Q2 462 357 105 22.7% 80.0% 83.8% —
1991 Q1 432 313 119 27.5% 80.0% 82.2% —
1990 Q4 559 426 133 23.8% 85.7% 84.5% —
1990 Q3 505 342 163 32.3% 66.7% 70.0% —
1990 Q2 623 401 222 35.6% 75.0% 74.9% —
1990 Q1 698 496 202 28.9% 52.6% 58.9% —
1989 Q4 791 566 225 28.4% 38.7% 33.4% —
1989 Q3 448 332 116 25.9% 66.7% 32.1% —
1989 Q2 786 609 177 22.5% 71.9% 34.0% —
1989 Q1 654 486 168 25.7% 75.0% 37.9% —
1988 Q4 622 482 140 22.5% 77.3% 61.1% —
1988 Q3 656 517 139 21.2% 84.4% 78.7% —
1988 Q2 617 510 107 17.3% 76.2% 70.5% —
1988 Q1 750 598 152 20.3% 62.1% 52.4% —
1987 Q4 479 352 127 26.5% 53.8% 46.9% —
1987 Q3 534 435 99 18.5% 77.3% 61.5% —
1987 Q2 553 434 119 21.5% 78.6% 53.6% —
1987 Q1 481 383 98 20.4% 83.3% 85.2% —
1986 Q4 573 440 133 23.2% 50.0% 64.1% —
1986 Q3 509 388 121 23.8% 66.7% 69.7% —
1986 Q2 490 391 99 20.2% 66.7% 79.6% —
1986 Q1 461 368 93 20.2% 76.9% 75.5% —
1985 Q4 449 369 80 17.8% 75.0% 89.8% —
1985 Q3 460 366 94 20.4% 91.7% 85.1% —
1985 Q2 503 413 90 17.9% 70.6% 85.1% —
1985 Q1 375 306 69 18.4% 100.0% 83.0% —
1984 Q4 485 395 90 18.6% 42.9% 79.4% —
1984 Q3 403 316 87 21.6% 62.5% 59.8% —
1984 Q2 538 434 104 19.3% 62.5% 66.8% —
1984 Q1 459 367 92 20.0% 58.8% 37.0% —
1983 Q4 366 294 72 19.7% 62.5% 43.8% —
1983 Q3 363 285 78 21.5% 75.0% 66.0% —
1983 Q2 429 364 65 15.2% 75.0% 49.0% —
1983 Q1 403 343 60 14.9% 60.0% 42.4% —
1982 Q4 326 269 57 17.5% 75.0% 56.1% —
1982 Q3 441 376 65 14.7% 63.6% 68.9% —
1982 Q2 347 290 57 16.4% 57.1% 47.0% —
1982 Q1 386 306 80 20.7% 100.0% 61.4% —
1981 Q4 335 273 62 18.5% 66.7% 70.4% —
1981 Q3 496 422 74 14.9% 50.0% 58.7% —
1981 Q2 883 715 168 19.0% 86.5% 49.7% —
1981 Q1 600 497 103 17.2% 83.3% 58.5% —
1980 Q4 592 481 111 18.8% 70.8% 59.0% —
1980 Q3 657 535 122 18.6% 74.1% 51.2% —
1980 Q2 833 693 140 16.8% 80.0% 45.7% —
1980 Q1 693 566 127 18.3% 69.2% 47.1% —
1979 Q4 530 433 97 18.3% 77.8% 50.0% —
1979 Q3 598 494 104 17.4% 68.4% 48.0% —
1979 Q2 721 603 118 16.4% 79.2% 47.3% —

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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