Tewkesbury

South West · E07000083 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions

692

2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2

Refusal rate

11.7%

higher than 50% of authorities

Majors in time

100.0%

threshold 60%

Minors in time

74.6%

threshold 70%

Householder in time

92.4%

no formal threshold

Delegated

98.3%

decisions not to committee

Appellant win rate

32.3%

64 allowed of 198 decided

Decisions overturned

1.5%

quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 14.4%

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

763

in the window

Applications decided

692

in the window

Approval rate

88.3%

611 granted, 81 refused · national median refusal 11.6%

Refusal rate rank 90 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%

Decided within time

87.8%

rank 205 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%

Rank 111 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

Type	Decisions	Approved	In time
Major	25	92.0%	100.0%
Minor	168	75.6%	74.6%
Other	499	92.4%	—
of which householder	377	92.8%	92.4%

"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

▬ received ▬ decided

Housing Delivery Test

HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25

219%

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 (E07000083). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.

Dataset	Publisher	Covers this authority	Loaded	Official source
Planning application decisions (PS2)	MHCLG	1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)	25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally	Live tables
Planning application flow (PS1)	MHCLG	1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)	25 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally	Live tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025	MHCLG	2022/23 to 2024/25	18 Aug 2026	Measurement

Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

Quarter	Decisions	Granted	Refused	Refusal %	Majors in time	Minors in time	Received
2026 Q2	190	166	24	12.6%	100.0%	66.7%	202
2026 Q1	193	173	20	10.4%	—	81.3%	191
2025 Q4	148	132	16	10.8%	—	82.4%	196
2025 Q3	161	140	21	13.0%	—	63.6%	174
2025 Q2	187	170	17	9.1%	100.0%	72.7%	175
2025 Q1	222	191	31	14.0%	100.0%	38.5%	178
2024 Q4	188	170	18	9.6%	100.0%	63.6%	182
2024 Q3	139	123	16	11.5%	100.0%	85.7%	193
2024 Q2	183	166	17	9.3%	100.0%	62.5%	193
2024 Q1	194	166	28	14.4%	100.0%	76.5%	200
2023 Q4	181	165	16	8.8%	75.0%	50.0%	200
2023 Q3	203	181	22	10.8%	50.0%	50.0%	171
2023 Q2	228	208	20	8.8%	0.0%	53.3%	197
2023 Q1	226	203	23	10.2%	0.0%	32.0%	232
2022 Q4	209	197	12	5.7%	0.0%	9.1%	218
2022 Q3	117	111	6	5.1%	0.0%	30.8%	169
2022 Q2	238	218	20	8.4%	100.0%	63.9%	255
2022 Q1	292	260	32	11.0%	100.0%	31.0%	284
2021 Q4	258	239	19	7.4%	66.7%	46.7%	273
2021 Q3	297	287	10	3.4%	—	30.0%	260
2021 Q2	225	208	17	7.6%	0.0%	31.3%	305
2021 Q1	230	216	14	6.1%	—	20.0%	301
2020 Q4	209	196	13	6.2%	66.7%	75.0%	254
2020 Q3	170	161	9	5.3%	50.0%	33.3%	220
2020 Q2	152	137	15	9.9%	100.0%	100.0%	197
2020 Q1	172	159	13	7.6%	0.0%	71.4%	198
2019 Q4	178	159	19	10.7%	—	75.0%	224
2019 Q3	209	195	14	6.7%	80.0%	68.8%	202
2019 Q2	207	195	12	5.8%	100.0%	59.1%	205
2019 Q1	192	175	17	8.9%	—	76.5%	227
2018 Q4	219	202	17	7.8%	100.0%	82.1%	229
2018 Q3	203	187	16	7.9%	100.0%	70.8%	228
2018 Q2	195	176	19	9.7%	100.0%	71.4%	245
2018 Q1	200	178	22	11.0%	100.0%	81.0%	209
2017 Q4	222	202	20	9.0%	100.0%	95.2%	220
2017 Q3	250	223	27	10.8%	0.0%	56.3%	237
2017 Q2	218	193	25	11.5%	80.0%	62.1%	243
2017 Q1	221	196	25	11.3%	33.3%	57.8%	287
2016 Q4	255	219	36	14.1%	0.0%	73.8%	255
2016 Q3	213	202	11	5.2%	100.0%	68.8%	259
2016 Q2	237	213	24	10.1%	50.0%	76.5%	288
2016 Q1	218	194	24	11.0%	87.5%	79.2%	229
2015 Q4	240	209	31	12.9%	83.3%	60.5%	225
2015 Q3	231	213	18	7.8%	66.7%	57.1%	249
2015 Q2	249	231	18	7.2%	60.0%	69.7%	264
2015 Q1	203	183	20	9.9%	100.0%	80.4%	274
2014 Q4	213	191	22	10.3%	71.4%	83.7%	236
2014 Q3	220	208	12	5.5%	100.0%	95.5%	265
2014 Q2	271	239	32	11.8%	75.0%	74.1%	287
2014 Q1	204	182	10	4.9%	16.7%	65.5%	250
2013 Q4	204	166	26	12.7%	50.0%	60.0%	246
2013 Q3	261	221	27	10.3%	42.9%	57.1%	245
2013 Q2	232	196	23	9.9%	40.0%	52.3%	314
2013 Q1	175	141	21	12.0%	57.1%	53.2%	260
2012 Q4	211	170	31	14.7%	75.0%	60.9%	220
2012 Q3	242	207	20	8.3%	44.4%	67.2%	256
2012 Q2	248	203	31	12.5%	40.0%	66.1%	271
2012 Q1	204	166	25	12.3%	77.8%	80.4%	277
2011 Q4	227	189	26	11.5%	75.0%	73.0%	245
2011 Q3	280	230	34	12.1%	54.5%	63.2%	273
2011 Q2	257	212	30	11.7%	61.5%	77.1%	262
2011 Q1	216	175	25	11.6%	33.3%	60.4%	336
2010 Q4	226	171	39	17.3%	85.7%	71.4%	283
2010 Q3	279	207	49	17.6%	81.8%	69.8%	287
2010 Q2	277	218	39	14.1%	100.0%	72.3%	302
2010 Q1	186	135	40	21.5%	71.4%	78.8%	298
2009 Q4	225	172	41	18.2%	0.0%	78.8%	261
2009 Q3	255	203	32	12.5%	60.0%	63.0%	278
2009 Q2	263	214	36	13.7%	71.4%	80.6%	313
2009 Q1	239	185	37	15.5%	100.0%	72.6%	276
2008 Q4	275	218	45	16.4%	70.0%	74.7%	297
2008 Q3	274	228	41	15.0%	100.0%	71.4%	305
2008 Q2	454	353	78	17.2%	84.2%	64.9%	403
2008 Q1	316	233	58	18.4%	90.9%	77.4%	405
2007 Q4	322	268	41	12.7%	71.4%	69.6%	369
2007 Q3	377	288	61	16.2%	57.1%	76.7%	399
2007 Q2	353	271	58	16.4%	57.1%	72.7%	443
2007 Q1	325	254	52	16.0%	76.9%	82.6%	426
2006 Q4	306	247	53	17.3%	72.7%	69.4%	357
2006 Q3	348	282	57	16.4%	20.0%	73.0%	376
2006 Q2	348	280	53	15.2%	84.2%	89.6%	427
2006 Q1	317	255	48	15.1%	69.2%	76.8%	413
2005 Q4	335	275	52	15.5%	53.8%	63.8%	337
2005 Q3	383	313	52	13.6%	62.5%	67.0%	395
2005 Q2	367	318	38	10.4%	71.4%	69.7%	405
2005 Q1	329	281	37	11.2%	70.0%	61.4%	399
2004 Q4	314	244	52	16.6%	42.9%	66.7%	366
2004 Q3	460	369	56	12.2%	42.9%	73.9%	442
2004 Q2	344	301	33	9.6%	63.6%	55.0%	433
2004 Q1	316	280	30	9.5%	41.7%	45.9%	386
2003 Q4	356	296	46	12.9%	63.6%	46.0%	369
2003 Q3	396	341	40	10.1%	70.0%	48.7%	408
2003 Q2	349	285	53	15.2%	50.0%	56.4%	411
2003 Q1	373	289	63	16.9%	87.5%	50.5%	401
2002 Q4	377	320	47	12.5%	33.3%	55.7%	363
2002 Q3	361	291	51	14.1%	0.0%	63.5%	409
2002 Q2	374	306	57	15.2%	33.3%	60.0%	398
2002 Q1	308	252	45	14.6%	33.3%	55.7%	396
2001 Q4	325	261	53	16.3%	75.0%	53.7%	315
2001 Q3	362	310	42	11.6%	77.8%	51.9%	379
2001 Q2	353	296	54	15.3%	80.0%	48.7%	377
2001 Q1	292	230	49	16.8%	28.6%	45.6%	359
2000 Q4	341	290	41	12.0%	50.0%	43.3%	259
2000 Q3	322	282	38	11.8%	54.5%	40.0%	334
2000 Q2	344	306	30	8.7%	20.0%	28.2%	394
2000 Q1	308	261	33	10.7%	36.4%	28.6%	368
1999 Q4	286	245	37	12.9%	27.3%	38.3%	289
1999 Q3	300	249	36	12.0%	40.0%	37.9%	341
1999 Q2	328	280	40	12.2%	100.0%	70.0%	362
1999 Q1	312	261	32	10.3%	100.0%	59.8%	329
1998 Q4	326	274	46	14.1%	84.6%	48.8%	293
1998 Q3	283	244	28	9.9%	85.7%	51.6%	339
1998 Q2	306	256	40	13.1%	80.0%	45.5%	330
1998 Q1	284	237	33	11.6%	73.3%	56.1%	301
1997 Q4	237	209	24	10.1%	90.0%	68.3%	281
1997 Q3	443	378	51	11.5%	60.0%	53.2%	438
1997 Q2	339	278	46	13.6%	75.0%	50.6%	346
1997 Q1	199	165	26	13.1%	54.5%	62.1%	270
1996 Q4	289	242	32	11.1%	72.7%	64.7%	279
1996 Q3	276	234	28	10.1%	81.8%	75.0%	317
1996 Q2	333	284	25	7.5%	83.3%	60.0%	295
1996 Q1	308	263	45	14.6%	13.3%	49.5%	—
1995 Q4	326	300	26	8.0%	14.3%	47.1%	—
1995 Q3	348	299	49	14.1%	30.0%	50.5%	—
1995 Q2	395	351	44	11.1%	50.0%	45.5%	—
1995 Q1	372	343	29	7.8%	66.7%	46.4%	—
1994 Q4	364	324	40	11.0%	63.6%	53.7%	—
1994 Q3	356	321	35	9.8%	27.3%	58.9%	—
1994 Q2	440	398	42	9.5%	31.3%	50.0%	—
1994 Q1	350	306	44	12.6%	45.0%	44.3%	—
1993 Q4	382	325	57	14.9%	17.6%	46.3%	—
1993 Q3	359	323	36	10.0%	80.0%	44.5%	—
1993 Q2	380	339	41	10.8%	66.7%	51.0%	—
1993 Q1	322	272	50	15.5%	37.5%	56.0%	—
1992 Q4	286	234	52	18.2%	66.7%	44.8%	—
1992 Q3	352	305	47	13.4%	50.0%	44.2%	—
1992 Q2	345	298	47	13.6%	20.0%	28.9%	—
1992 Q1	359	309	50	13.9%	44.4%	45.9%	—
1991 Q4	372	294	78	21.0%	18.2%	42.0%	—
1991 Q3	392	320	72	18.4%	38.9%	33.1%	—
1991 Q2	332	301	31	9.3%	72.2%	37.3%	—
1991 Q1	338	265	73	21.6%	66.7%	32.8%	—
1990 Q4	415	348	67	16.1%	50.0%	30.7%	—
1990 Q3	401	321	80	20.0%	25.0%	27.4%	—
1990 Q2	501	414	87	17.4%	68.8%	29.1%	—
1990 Q1	463	375	88	19.0%	47.4%	30.0%	—
1989 Q4	379	302	77	20.3%	43.5%	24.2%	—
1989 Q3	499	393	106	21.2%	36.4%	23.7%	—
1989 Q2	529	437	92	17.4%	28.6%	25.9%	—
1989 Q1	517	419	98	19.0%	36.8%	17.4%	—
1988 Q4	421	334	87	20.7%	22.7%	22.0%	—
1988 Q3	644	552	92	14.3%	52.4%	33.2%	—
1988 Q2	455	402	53	11.6%	35.0%	35.2%	—
1988 Q1	450	390	60	13.3%	35.3%	35.5%	—
1987 Q4	450	369	81	18.0%	42.9%	36.7%	—
1987 Q3	513	461	52	10.1%	16.7%	30.3%	—
1987 Q2	438	380	58	13.2%	20.0%	39.4%	—
1987 Q1	446	376	70	15.7%	35.0%	44.3%	—
1986 Q4	471	391	80	17.0%	71.4%	52.0%	—
1986 Q3	473	388	85	18.0%	80.0%	50.0%	—
1986 Q2	424	358	66	15.6%	50.0%	52.1%	—
1986 Q1	392	330	62	15.8%	26.7%	43.1%	—
1985 Q4	388	328	60	15.5%	88.9%	53.1%	—
1985 Q3	378	331	47	12.4%	66.7%	50.0%	—
1985 Q2	361	313	48	13.3%	63.6%	51.4%	—
1985 Q1	346	301	45	13.0%	57.1%	40.0%	—
1984 Q4	359	306	53	14.8%	58.3%	60.1%	—
1984 Q3	342	292	50	14.6%	33.3%	52.1%	—
1984 Q2	459	403	56	12.2%	61.5%	62.6%	—
1984 Q1	375	319	56	14.9%	63.6%	57.6%	—
1983 Q4	381	336	45	11.8%	47.1%	59.1%	—
1983 Q3	404	355	49	12.1%	50.0%	50.3%	—
1983 Q2	315	281	34	10.8%	55.6%	60.8%	—
1983 Q1	339	292	47	13.9%	66.7%	58.5%	—
1982 Q4	308	268	40	13.0%	42.9%	59.8%	—
1982 Q3	430	379	51	11.9%	66.7%	75.1%	—
1982 Q2	321	288	33	10.3%	75.0%	63.9%	—
1982 Q1	358	312	46	12.8%	71.4%	71.5%	—
1981 Q4	274	234	40	14.6%	66.7%	76.1%	—
1981 Q3	346	288	58	16.8%	100.0%	69.6%	—
1981 Q2	546	429	117	21.4%	60.0%	74.3%	—
1981 Q1	412	329	83	20.1%	62.5%	59.8%	—
1980 Q4	421	325	96	22.8%	90.9%	63.3%	—
1980 Q3	459	364	95	20.7%	76.9%	67.8%	—
1980 Q2	517	422	95	18.4%	66.7%	71.6%	—
1980 Q1	439	355	84	19.1%	70.6%	57.8%	—
1979 Q4	406	337	69	17.0%	68.8%	60.9%	—
1979 Q3	517	408	109	21.1%	70.6%	66.5%	—
1979 Q2	478	409	69	14.4%	75.0%	57.4%	—

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.

Tewkesbury

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

Quarterly history

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