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Dacorum

East of England · E07000096 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,123
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
13.4%
higher than 62% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
77.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
84.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.3%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
31.9%
103 allowed of 323 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 20.3%

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
1,181
in the window
Applications decided
1,123
in the window
Approval rate
86.6%
973 granted, 150 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 107 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
83.7%
rank 243 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 127 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
Major2576.0%100.0%
Minor27081.5%77.3%
Other82888.6%—
of which householder67690.2%84.1%
"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
01643282024 Q3: 306 received2024 Q3: 285 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 280 received2024 Q4: 299 decided2025 Q1: 328 received2025 Q1: 265 decided2025 Q2: 297 received2025 Q2: 315 decided2025 Q3: 321 received2025 Q3: 279 decided2025 Q4: 263 received2025 Q4: 278 decided2026 Q1: 318 received2026 Q1: 258 decided2026 Q2: 279 received2026 Q2: 308 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
52%
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 (E07000096). 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 308 260 48 15.6% — 73.7% 279
2026 Q1 258 220 38 14.7% — 88.0% 318
2025 Q4 278 244 34 12.2% — 71.4% 263
2025 Q3 279 249 30 10.8% 100.0% 78.6% 321
2025 Q2 315 285 30 9.5% — 85.2% 297
2025 Q1 265 234 31 11.7% 100.0% 87.5% 328
2024 Q4 299 253 46 15.4% 66.7% 75.8% 280
2024 Q3 285 244 41 14.4% 100.0% 85.2% 306
2024 Q2 335 267 68 20.3% 100.0% 60.5% 319
2024 Q1 310 248 62 20.0% — 62.9% 319
2023 Q4 301 255 46 15.3% — 61.3% 324
2023 Q3 293 260 33 11.3% 100.0% 62.5% 310
2023 Q2 268 230 38 14.2% 50.0% 60.9% 372
2023 Q1 309 258 51 16.5% 0.0% 53.1% 330
2022 Q4 322 281 41 12.7% 0.0% 48.6% 352
2022 Q3 313 271 42 13.4% 25.0% 61.9% 384
2022 Q2 365 324 41 11.2% 0.0% 51.9% 367
2022 Q1 357 316 41 11.5% 66.7% 50.0% 436
2021 Q4 393 350 43 10.9% 0.0% 62.1% 408
2021 Q3 467 423 44 9.4% 33.3% 64.6% 444
2021 Q2 479 425 54 11.3% — 67.8% 492
2021 Q1 413 365 48 11.6% 60.0% 56.4% 464
2020 Q4 375 339 36 9.6% 100.0% 79.6% 430
2020 Q3 319 279 40 12.5% — 75.0% 361
2020 Q2 356 321 35 9.8% 100.0% 52.2% 328
2020 Q1 365 343 22 6.0% 20.0% 41.3% 349
2019 Q4 275 251 24 8.7% 40.0% 54.0% 411
2019 Q3 358 330 28 7.8% 80.0% 83.3% 354
2019 Q2 401 366 35 8.7% 50.0% 74.5% 392
2019 Q1 295 264 31 10.5% 60.0% 61.1% 354
2018 Q4 391 358 33 8.4% 75.0% 72.2% 394
2018 Q3 384 359 25 6.5% 33.3% 66.7% 389
2018 Q2 366 339 27 7.4% — 80.0% 389
2018 Q1 386 355 31 8.0% 100.0% 96.3% 436
2017 Q4 381 357 24 6.3% 71.4% 80.3% 404
2017 Q3 431 412 19 4.4% 100.0% 69.4% 379
2017 Q2 368 349 19 5.2% 80.0% 84.8% 420
2017 Q1 352 335 17 4.8% 100.0% 89.3% 395
2016 Q4 374 350 24 6.4% 100.0% 93.0% 409
2016 Q3 379 363 16 4.2% — 93.5% 375
2016 Q2 441 415 26 5.9% 100.0% 81.0% 424
2016 Q1 353 328 25 7.1% 50.0% 84.1% 427
2015 Q4 342 320 22 6.4% 80.0% 74.5% 395
2015 Q3 402 368 34 8.5% 100.0% 73.1% 405
2015 Q2 432 393 39 9.0% 77.8% 58.9% 423
2015 Q1 341 306 35 10.3% 60.0% 56.2% 468
2014 Q4 338 308 30 8.9% 71.4% 67.8% 373
2014 Q3 364 339 25 6.9% 100.0% 60.9% 386
2014 Q2 326 309 17 5.2% 100.0% 70.0% 421
2014 Q1 317 264 25 7.9% 50.0% 66.1% 405
2013 Q4 351 293 32 9.1% 100.0% 68.7% 399
2013 Q3 354 293 38 10.7% 87.5% 71.6% 359
2013 Q2 408 350 24 5.9% 71.4% 60.6% 441
2013 Q1 298 254 19 6.4% 66.7% 71.2% 389
2012 Q4 346 297 21 6.1% 50.0% 57.7% 355
2012 Q3 399 328 36 9.0% 76.9% 65.7% 383
2012 Q2 355 293 27 7.6% 64.7% 66.2% 357
2012 Q1 305 251 26 8.5% 90.0% 62.7% 395
2011 Q4 359 263 42 11.7% 57.1% 71.4% 373
2011 Q3 401 297 44 11.0% 75.0% 73.8% 398
2011 Q2 379 285 41 10.8% 66.7% 75.6% 370
2011 Q1 326 246 36 11.0% 83.3% 70.9% 409
2010 Q4 367 270 44 12.0% 75.0% 78.2% 374
2010 Q3 407 301 49 12.0% 66.7% 78.2% 416
2010 Q2 380 276 52 13.7% 14.3% 72.5% 385
2010 Q1 306 255 27 8.8% 80.0% 77.6% 401
2009 Q4 347 268 40 11.5% 100.0% 74.7% 373
2009 Q3 306 246 30 9.8% 77.8% 76.9% 392
2009 Q2 382 285 67 17.5% 66.7% 85.7% 383
2009 Q1 324 248 40 12.3% 90.0% 83.6% 412
2008 Q4 388 298 66 17.0% 50.0% 79.0% 369
2008 Q3 442 341 80 18.1% 60.0% 74.2% 421
2008 Q2 468 353 89 19.0% 44.4% 74.2% 455
2008 Q1 404 315 65 16.1% 64.3% 73.7% 553
2007 Q4 501 391 88 17.6% 66.7% 67.8% 478
2007 Q3 516 394 97 18.8% 60.0% 80.4% 578
2007 Q2 495 384 87 17.6% 57.1% 69.6% 570
2007 Q1 424 323 72 17.0% 69.2% 69.4% 519
2006 Q4 433 325 84 19.4% 65.0% 77.9% 498
2006 Q3 485 354 103 21.2% 73.3% 76.7% 485
2006 Q2 483 386 72 14.9% 65.0% 67.4% 549
2006 Q1 378 303 63 16.7% 72.7% 68.5% 516
2005 Q4 419 318 86 20.5% 85.7% 72.5% 491
2005 Q3 478 361 99 20.7% 83.3% 80.9% 498
2005 Q2 478 386 82 17.2% 80.0% 68.1% 539
2005 Q1 399 321 65 16.3% 88.9% 66.7% 506
2004 Q4 461 349 90 19.5% 85.7% 73.9% 530
2004 Q3 537 418 83 15.5% 72.2% 69.8% 529
2004 Q2 544 445 79 14.5% 33.3% 77.5% 646
2004 Q1 493 402 72 14.6% 60.0% 61.9% 570
2003 Q4 451 369 55 12.2% 50.0% 57.6% 523
2003 Q3 537 411 103 19.2% 68.8% 50.0% 479
2003 Q2 597 465 97 16.2% 87.5% 34.8% 599
2003 Q1 384 320 59 15.4% 12.5% 40.8% 588
2002 Q4 600 473 101 16.8% 0.0% 42.1% 451
2002 Q3 548 452 72 13.1% 42.9% 23.5% 515
2002 Q2 484 401 67 13.8% 12.5% 20.7% 505
2002 Q1 379 321 46 12.1% 22.2% 18.7% 519
2001 Q4 421 361 48 11.4% 20.0% 33.0% 464
2001 Q3 435 372 54 12.4% 40.0% 39.2% 426
2001 Q2 397 325 65 16.4% 0.0% 44.3% 481
2001 Q1 450 396 50 11.1% 0.0% 34.5% 460
2000 Q4 378 327 42 11.1% 12.5% 23.2% 404
2000 Q3 423 381 33 7.8% 50.0% 31.1% 401
2000 Q2 425 382 39 9.2% 50.0% 32.9% 462
2000 Q1 372 332 35 9.4% 14.3% 40.7% 516
1999 Q4 380 344 26 6.8% 10.0% 43.9% 348
1999 Q3 477 410 53 11.1% 100.0% 45.0% 408
1999 Q2 379 331 39 10.3% 75.0% 43.0% 521
1999 Q1 399 342 51 12.8% 45.5% 55.1% 470
1998 Q4 372 331 40 10.8% 75.0% 53.8% 328
1998 Q3 423 372 49 11.6% 66.7% 56.9% 459
1998 Q2 461 416 43 9.3% 55.6% 43.5% 425
1998 Q1 324 295 24 7.4% 71.4% 43.5% 448
1997 Q4 354 324 26 7.3% 62.5% 43.4% 324
1997 Q3 413 375 35 8.5% 66.7% 44.2% 361
1997 Q2 382 333 40 10.5% 50.0% 56.8% 471
1997 Q1 352 306 41 11.6% 60.0% 47.6% 336
1996 Q4 314 272 37 11.8% 27.3% 50.5% 360
1996 Q3 333 285 42 12.6% 36.4% 43.8% 315
1996 Q2 368 329 34 9.2% 28.6% 58.8% 371
1996 Q1 459 357 102 22.2% 23.5% 64.2% —
1995 Q4 414 313 101 24.4% 23.1% 54.3% —
1995 Q3 476 371 105 22.1% 25.0% 59.1% —
1995 Q2 585 488 97 16.6% 11.1% 63.1% —
1995 Q1 476 375 101 21.2% 36.4% 51.7% —
1994 Q4 482 409 73 15.1% 30.8% 54.2% —
1994 Q3 427 353 74 17.3% 14.3% 42.2% —
1994 Q2 495 403 92 18.6% 25.0% 33.1% —
1994 Q1 428 351 77 18.0% 46.2% 32.2% —
1993 Q4 453 377 76 16.8% 23.1% 42.3% —
1993 Q3 397 334 63 15.9% 33.3% 50.5% —
1993 Q2 609 540 69 11.3% 68.8% 64.9% —
1993 Q1 479 392 87 18.2% 55.0% 63.6% —
1992 Q4 491 362 129 26.3% 83.3% 55.9% —
1992 Q3 493 394 99 20.1% 33.3% 57.6% —
1992 Q2 554 458 96 17.3% 69.2% 57.9% —
1992 Q1 470 372 98 20.9% 63.6% 64.1% —
1991 Q4 529 412 117 22.1% 69.2% 58.9% —
1991 Q3 528 423 105 19.9% 33.3% 58.1% —
1991 Q2 520 382 138 26.5% 54.5% 41.1% —
1991 Q1 523 384 139 26.6% 76.9% 52.5% —
1990 Q4 549 384 165 30.1% 52.6% 45.2% —
1990 Q3 604 436 168 27.8% 50.0% 48.4% —
1990 Q2 663 440 223 33.6% 57.1% 46.6% —
1990 Q1 629 433 196 31.2% 28.6% 44.6% —
1989 Q4 668 476 192 28.7% 51.9% 40.7% —
1989 Q3 754 492 262 34.7% 42.1% 39.6% —
1989 Q2 835 582 253 30.3% 51.4% 39.3% —
1989 Q1 748 530 218 29.1% 77.4% 35.2% —
1988 Q4 808 622 186 23.0% 50.0% 29.7% —
1988 Q3 859 678 181 21.1% 30.0% 30.6% —
1988 Q2 852 709 143 16.8% 40.9% 31.9% —
1988 Q1 704 570 134 19.0% 35.3% 27.2% —
1987 Q4 753 628 125 16.6% 19.0% 20.6% —
1987 Q3 458 373 85 18.6% 87.0% 76.0% —
1987 Q2 434 339 95 21.9% 73.7% 49.1% —
1987 Q1 274 230 44 16.1% 60.0% 34.8% —
1986 Q4 295 257 38 12.9% 92.9% 57.1% —
1986 Q3 440 364 76 17.3% 76.2% 62.2% —
1986 Q2 391 322 69 17.6% 94.7% 41.5% —
1986 Q1 286 231 55 19.2% 75.0% 36.4% —
1985 Q4 362 292 70 19.3% 57.1% 55.3% —
1985 Q3 346 280 66 19.1% 42.1% 55.8% —
1985 Q2 345 296 49 14.2% 76.2% 64.6% —
1985 Q1 291 247 44 15.1% 64.3% 54.4% —
1984 Q4 343 276 67 19.5% 80.0% 55.7% —
1984 Q3 453 364 89 19.6% 76.9% 54.4% —
1984 Q2 381 313 68 17.8% 50.0% 53.6% —
1984 Q1 329 265 64 19.5% 85.7% 75.0% —
1983 Q4 209 168 41 19.6% 80.0% 42.6% —
1983 Q3 309 254 55 17.8% 85.7% 53.7% —
1983 Q2 397 332 65 16.4% 75.0% 46.3% —
1983 Q1 310 262 48 15.5% 93.3% 61.3% —
1982 Q4 316 263 53 16.8% 71.4% 53.2% —
1982 Q3 356 294 62 17.4% 83.3% 62.8% —
1982 Q2 327 265 62 19.0% 92.9% 68.2% —
1982 Q1 359 306 53 14.8% 93.3% 44.7% —
1981 Q4 307 264 43 14.0% 76.9% 68.6% —
1981 Q3 277 244 33 11.9% 90.0% 86.4% —
1981 Q2 465 382 83 17.8% 90.9% 68.4% —
1981 Q1 346 299 47 13.6% 94.7% 86.4% —
1980 Q4 419 344 75 17.9% 100.0% 91.0% —
1980 Q3 460 379 81 17.6% 94.1% 93.6% —
1980 Q2 552 469 83 15.0% 100.0% 88.6% —
1980 Q1 329 264 65 19.8% 89.5% 91.3% —
1979 Q4 500 413 87 17.4% 88.0% 90.1% —
1979 Q3 456 384 72 15.8% 100.0% 89.4% —
1979 Q2 441 369 72 16.3% 100.0% 84.5% —

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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