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Ashford

South East · E07000105 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
942
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.7%
higher than 50% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
91.4%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
24.8%
70 allowed of 282 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 20.5%

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
1,347
in the window
Applications decided
942
in the window
Approval rate
88.3%
832 granted, 110 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 90 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
92.6%
rank 129 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 70 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
Major3989.7%100.0%
Minor28180.4%91.4%
Other62291.8%—
of which householder42094.3%97.0%
"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
01893782024 Q3: 327 received2024 Q3: 278 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 345 received2024 Q4: 207 decided2025 Q1: 370 received2025 Q1: 223 decided2025 Q2: 315 received2025 Q2: 300 decided2025 Q3: 327 received2025 Q3: 242 decided2025 Q4: 333 received2025 Q4: 242 decided2026 Q1: 378 received2026 Q1: 207 decided2026 Q2: 309 received2026 Q2: 251 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
75%
Buffer

Delivery 75–84%: a 20% buffer is added to the authority's housing land supply requirement.

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 (E07000105). 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 251 231 20 8.0% 100.0% 64.3% 309
2026 Q1 207 185 22 10.6% 100.0% 95.8% 378
2025 Q4 242 206 36 14.9% 100.0% 92.3% 333
2025 Q3 242 210 32 13.2% 100.0% 100.0% 327
2025 Q2 300 267 33 11.0% 100.0% 100.0% 315
2025 Q1 223 195 28 12.6% — 85.0% 370
2024 Q4 207 180 27 13.0% 100.0% 89.5% 345
2024 Q3 278 235 43 15.5% 100.0% 76.5% 327
2024 Q2 261 212 49 18.8% 100.0% 82.0% 335
2024 Q1 283 232 51 18.0% 100.0% 78.3% 359
2023 Q4 259 206 53 20.5% 50.0% 66.7% 353
2023 Q3 305 263 42 13.8% 50.0% 61.5% 345
2023 Q2 295 258 37 12.5% 0.0% 38.3% 390
2023 Q1 379 330 49 12.9% 66.7% 48.9% 403
2022 Q4 332 298 34 10.2% 25.0% 54.2% 401
2022 Q3 239 215 24 10.0% 50.0% 46.2% 393
2022 Q2 376 321 55 14.6% 75.0% 74.1% 404
2022 Q1 331 281 50 15.1% 80.0% 76.7% 394
2021 Q4 309 272 37 12.0% 100.0% 71.4% 380
2021 Q3 412 353 59 14.3% 50.0% 91.7% 410
2021 Q2 384 322 62 16.1% 100.0% 91.2% 493
2021 Q1 390 323 67 17.2% 100.0% 84.7% 465
2020 Q4 324 294 30 9.3% 100.0% 96.7% 382
2020 Q3 344 309 35 10.2% — 100.0% 392
2020 Q2 285 256 29 10.2% 100.0% 76.7% 297
2020 Q1 331 301 30 9.1% 100.0% 96.8% 349
2019 Q4 344 297 47 13.7% 100.0% 96.4% 340
2019 Q3 335 308 27 8.1% 66.7% 78.9% 374
2019 Q2 366 338 28 7.7% 50.0% 87.5% 374
2019 Q1 417 383 34 8.2% 75.0% 52.9% 381
2018 Q4 352 328 24 6.8% 33.3% 40.0% 343
2018 Q3 295 277 18 6.1% 33.3% 64.0% 413
2018 Q2 303 287 16 5.3% 40.0% 61.3% 397
2018 Q1 280 271 9 3.2% 85.7% 88.6% 384
2017 Q4 312 303 9 2.9% 100.0% 96.4% 350
2017 Q3 362 338 24 6.6% 85.7% 94.9% 379
2017 Q2 389 371 18 4.6% 100.0% 98.2% 396
2017 Q1 316 293 23 7.3% 80.0% 73.3% 433
2016 Q4 305 290 15 4.9% 75.0% 73.8% 338
2016 Q3 378 361 17 4.5% 62.5% 83.5% 364
2016 Q2 363 342 21 5.8% 100.0% 83.9% 423
2016 Q1 279 270 9 3.2% 75.0% 85.7% 381
2015 Q4 336 317 19 5.7% 50.0% 87.5% 319
2015 Q3 308 291 17 5.5% 60.0% 80.4% 327
2015 Q2 336 312 24 7.1% 50.0% 79.2% 369
2015 Q1 305 281 24 7.9% 83.3% 58.5% 352
2014 Q4 321 295 26 8.1% 45.5% 65.2% 326
2014 Q3 344 326 18 5.2% 80.0% 70.2% 347
2014 Q2 309 293 16 5.2% 81.8% 63.0% 346
2014 Q1 304 271 16 5.3% 63.2% 54.7% 345
2013 Q4 329 294 22 6.7% 60.9% 58.2% 317
2013 Q3 317 275 17 5.4% 38.5% 73.1% 341
2013 Q2 326 304 11 3.4% 50.0% 65.5% 337
2013 Q1 290 251 23 7.9% 56.3% 44.4% 310
2012 Q4 260 225 18 6.9% 14.3% 65.0% 343
2012 Q3 352 315 17 4.8% 78.6% 66.2% 312
2012 Q2 325 281 23 7.1% 58.3% 62.9% 358
2012 Q1 278 247 17 6.1% 46.2% 70.1% 347
2011 Q4 311 263 30 9.6% 76.9% 65.4% 273
2011 Q3 324 279 25 7.7% 42.9% 69.9% 320
2011 Q2 329 295 16 4.9% 46.2% 64.7% 366
2011 Q1 297 245 29 9.8% 25.0% 61.0% 343
2010 Q4 345 272 49 14.2% 69.2% 62.2% 359
2010 Q3 398 340 37 9.3% 73.7% 79.5% 402
2010 Q2 380 331 25 6.6% 72.7% 69.5% 423
2010 Q1 326 280 35 10.7% 60.0% 72.4% 394
2009 Q4 328 281 47 14.3% 100.0% 77.6% 368
2009 Q3 358 323 34 9.5% 91.7% 88.6% 390
2009 Q2 288 255 31 10.8% 59.1% 67.6% 370
2009 Q1 299 259 37 12.4% 60.9% 76.9% 336
2008 Q4 326 286 38 11.7% 73.3% 73.8% 328
2008 Q3 470 403 67 14.3% 64.5% 84.1% 427
2008 Q2 424 367 56 13.2% 75.0% 82.0% 480
2008 Q1 438 348 85 19.4% 48.0% 77.5% 506
2007 Q4 389 301 86 22.1% 68.4% 82.1% 497
2007 Q3 465 383 81 17.4% 86.4% 86.9% 531
2007 Q2 499 395 101 20.2% 94.7% 84.7% 535
2007 Q1 403 322 79 19.6% 86.4% 83.3% 535
2006 Q4 435 352 80 18.4% 69.2% 80.8% 484
2006 Q3 459 370 84 18.3% 100.0% 82.9% 524
2006 Q2 483 393 86 17.8% 70.8% 93.0% 530
2006 Q1 380 313 65 17.1% 33.3% 84.8% 549
2005 Q4 430 339 81 18.8% 57.1% 85.3% 448
2005 Q3 446 354 81 18.2% 50.0% 85.0% 488
2005 Q2 507 400 95 18.7% 66.7% 86.2% 509
2005 Q1 496 401 87 17.5% 52.6% 78.7% 562
2004 Q4 507 418 82 16.2% 44.4% 59.6% 507
2004 Q3 485 389 86 17.7% 75.0% 72.2% 564
2004 Q2 527 454 69 13.1% 25.0% 74.2% 541
2004 Q1 517 444 65 12.6% 53.3% 69.2% 583
2003 Q4 491 411 62 12.6% 41.7% 71.8% 545
2003 Q3 517 423 78 15.1% 28.6% 78.5% 541
2003 Q2 534 440 85 15.9% 50.0% 70.7% 555
2003 Q1 428 348 73 17.1% 30.0% 69.1% 548
2002 Q4 444 359 67 15.1% 25.0% 75.0% 466
2002 Q3 550 455 79 14.4% 23.5% 69.2% 529
2002 Q2 492 411 62 12.6% 25.0% 73.3% 490
2002 Q1 415 345 45 10.8% 10.0% 76.7% 547
2001 Q4 399 333 35 8.8% 75.0% 82.8% 435
2001 Q3 647 528 66 10.2% 33.3% 75.9% 616
2001 Q2 510 420 53 10.4% 44.4% 63.6% 515
2001 Q1 411 329 71 17.3% 50.0% 74.8% 457
2000 Q4 396 319 55 13.9% 50.0% 80.7% 437
2000 Q3 524 423 77 14.7% 57.1% 76.9% 498
2000 Q2 428 358 46 10.7% 52.9% 81.1% 503
2000 Q1 426 336 50 11.7% 58.3% 74.7% 455
1999 Q4 564 467 53 9.4% 57.7% 78.2% 549
1999 Q3 504 418 51 10.1% 43.5% 76.7% 439
1999 Q2 393 319 45 11.5% 66.7% 78.0% 478
1999 Q1 358 286 39 10.9% 29.4% 57.6% 417
1998 Q4 345 266 42 12.2% 27.8% 43.2% 301
1998 Q3 397 326 42 10.6% 76.2% 70.3% 400
1998 Q2 348 280 44 12.6% 57.1% 51.8% 342
1998 Q1 332 286 46 13.9% 37.5% 46.8% 398
1997 Q4 391 336 53 13.6% 0.0% 39.7% 325
1997 Q3 408 337 66 16.2% 7.1% 38.7% 413
1997 Q2 375 324 38 10.1% 33.3% 46.3% 440
1997 Q1 378 337 34 9.0% 27.8% 69.4% 456
1996 Q4 425 371 45 10.6% 58.3% 77.7% 429
1996 Q3 481 417 54 11.2% 37.5% 71.7% 475
1996 Q2 469 410 52 11.1% 9.1% 82.7% 519
1996 Q1 423 373 50 11.8% 55.6% 80.4% —
1995 Q4 405 347 58 14.3% 60.0% 78.5% —
1995 Q3 514 462 52 10.1% 42.9% 75.3% —
1995 Q2 562 514 48 8.5% 30.0% 81.5% —
1995 Q1 522 448 74 14.2% 46.2% 79.0% —
1994 Q4 343 293 50 14.6% 25.0% 56.2% —
1994 Q3 368 309 59 16.0% 50.0% 51.1% —
1994 Q2 423 374 49 11.6% 50.0% 77.2% —
1994 Q1 406 362 44 10.8% 61.9% 80.6% —
1993 Q4 324 257 67 20.7% 63.6% 64.2% —
1993 Q3 363 323 40 11.0% 71.4% 64.4% —
1993 Q2 262 209 53 20.2% 58.3% 64.4% —
1993 Q1 254 198 56 22.0% 22.2% 47.9% —
1992 Q4 276 245 31 11.2% 16.7% 60.3% —
1992 Q3 329 291 38 11.6% 53.8% 55.3% —
1992 Q2 376 321 55 14.6% 18.8% 51.2% —
1992 Q1 312 266 46 14.7% 45.0% 54.7% —
1991 Q4 385 321 64 16.6% 70.0% 53.6% —
1991 Q3 367 307 60 16.3% 42.1% 62.1% —
1991 Q2 409 329 80 19.6% 83.3% 55.7% —
1991 Q1 351 299 52 14.8% 66.1% 69.2% —
1990 Q4 344 286 58 16.9% 26.7% 36.0% —
1990 Q3 428 360 68 15.9% 21.1% 57.3% —
1990 Q2 426 337 89 20.9% 38.9% 53.5% —
1990 Q1 432 338 94 21.8% 50.0% 47.4% —
1989 Q4 394 303 91 23.1% 44.4% 48.4% —
1989 Q3 555 440 115 20.7% 37.0% 36.1% —
1989 Q2 534 453 81 15.2% 52.2% 41.3% —
1989 Q1 503 402 101 20.1% 40.9% 26.8% —
1988 Q4 499 403 96 19.2% 23.3% 16.3% —
1988 Q3 547 449 98 17.9% 38.1% 24.4% —
1988 Q2 448 355 93 20.8% 11.1% 30.2% —
1988 Q1 393 333 60 15.3% 62.5% 32.8% —
1987 Q4 435 363 72 16.6% 33.3% 24.3% —
1987 Q3 517 456 61 11.8% 58.3% 26.1% —
1987 Q2 325 294 31 9.5% 28.6% 22.3% —
1987 Q1 360 321 39 10.8% 66.7% 36.2% —
1986 Q4 487 427 60 12.3% 53.8% 59.5% —
1986 Q3 380 338 42 11.1% 64.3% 67.9% —
1986 Q2 324 291 33 10.2% 80.0% 72.7% —
1986 Q1 306 254 52 17.0% 72.7% 66.1% —
1985 Q4 364 304 60 16.5% 83.3% 79.9% —
1985 Q3 358 315 43 12.0% 71.4% 73.2% —
1985 Q2 329 292 37 11.2% 85.7% 70.2% —
1985 Q1 293 238 55 18.8% 33.3% 61.1% —
1984 Q4 277 241 36 13.0% 70.0% 69.7% —
1984 Q3 324 281 43 13.3% 88.9% 82.3% —
1984 Q2 297 266 31 10.4% 85.7% 68.8% —
1984 Q1 304 254 50 16.4% 80.0% 65.5% —
1983 Q4 254 217 37 14.6% 100.0% 75.9% —
1983 Q3 319 284 35 11.0% 66.7% 72.2% —
1983 Q2 338 296 42 12.4% 66.7% 67.6% —
1983 Q1 293 260 33 11.3% 33.3% 76.7% —
1982 Q4 239 216 23 9.6% 60.0% 72.1% —
1982 Q3 301 260 41 13.6% 62.5% 63.6% —
1982 Q2 324 281 43 13.3% 87.5% 76.5% —
1982 Q1 283 230 53 18.7% 50.0% 64.4% —
1981 Q4 276 234 42 15.2% 25.0% 65.1% —
1981 Q3 366 295 71 19.4% 64.3% 45.1% —
1981 Q2 426 344 82 19.2% 75.0% 38.8% —
1981 Q1 353 292 61 17.3% 57.1% 34.1% —
1980 Q4 363 297 66 18.2% 75.0% 35.8% —
1980 Q3 392 332 60 15.3% 50.0% 12.9% —
1980 Q2 444 353 91 20.5% 64.3% 23.7% —
1980 Q1 338 256 82 24.3% 42.1% 30.3% —
1979 Q4 240 187 53 22.1% 63.6% 13.0% —
1979 Q3 313 242 71 22.7% 58.3% 7.4% —
1979 Q2 197 163 34 17.3% 38.5% 8.2% —

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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