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Dacorum

East of England · E07000096 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,130
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
11.7%
higher than 50% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
80.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
83.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
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 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 20.1%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
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 334 267 67 20.1% — 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 267 229 38 14.2% 100.0% 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 Q2 – 2026 Q1. 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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