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South East · E07000110 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,097
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
15.7%
higher than 73% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
96.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
37.3%
154 allowed of 413 decided
Decisions overturned
2.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 26.0%

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
1,178
in the window
Applications decided
1,097
in the window
Approval rate
84.3%
925 granted, 172 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 122 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
96.3%
rank 67 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 34 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
Major4780.9%100.0%
Minor30478.3%96.7%
Other74687.0%—
of which householder51991.7%97.2%
"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
01673342024 Q3: 317 received2024 Q3: 322 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 277 received2024 Q4: 274 decided2025 Q1: 302 received2025 Q1: 259 decided2025 Q2: 290 received2025 Q2: 274 decided2025 Q3: 334 received2025 Q3: 310 decided2025 Q4: 291 received2025 Q4: 282 decided2026 Q1: 284 received2026 Q1: 244 decided2026 Q2: 269 received2026 Q2: 261 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
93%
Action plan

Delivery 85–94%: the authority must publish an action plan. No presumption or buffer 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 (E07000110). 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 261 217 44 16.9% 100.0% 100.0% 269
2026 Q1 244 208 36 14.8% 100.0% 94.4% 284
2025 Q4 282 230 52 18.4% 100.0% 92.7% 291
2025 Q3 310 270 40 12.9% 100.0% 100.0% 334
2025 Q2 274 221 53 19.3% 100.0% 93.3% 290
2025 Q1 259 201 58 22.4% 66.7% 92.9% 302
2024 Q4 274 211 63 23.0% 100.0% 96.2% 277
2024 Q3 322 251 71 22.0% 87.5% 96.7% 317
2024 Q2 312 242 70 22.4% 83.3% 95.5% 335
2024 Q1 321 243 78 24.3% 80.0% 96.1% 327
2023 Q4 344 269 75 21.8% 100.0% 92.8% 347
2023 Q3 365 291 74 20.3% 100.0% 96.0% 384
2023 Q2 328 255 73 22.3% 75.0% 82.3% 367
2023 Q1 348 273 75 21.6% 100.0% 83.3% 351
2022 Q4 355 279 76 21.4% 75.0% 90.9% 371
2022 Q3 410 326 84 20.5% 83.3% 95.9% 367
2022 Q2 413 338 75 18.2% 100.0% 98.8% 368
2022 Q1 373 294 79 21.2% 50.0% 96.0% 419
2021 Q4 463 383 80 17.3% 80.0% 97.1% 444
2021 Q3 496 399 97 19.6% 60.0% 94.9% 504
2021 Q2 431 338 93 21.6% 80.0% 98.6% 478
2021 Q1 365 294 71 19.5% 66.7% 98.6% 450
2020 Q4 377 310 67 17.8% 100.0% 95.4% 399
2020 Q3 358 281 77 21.5% 83.3% 95.6% 402
2020 Q2 393 312 81 20.6% 100.0% 100.0% 386
2020 Q1 348 291 57 16.4% 100.0% 100.0% 432
2019 Q4 428 354 74 17.3% 91.7% 98.8% 390
2019 Q3 451 360 91 20.2% 75.0% 100.0% 465
2019 Q2 402 345 57 14.2% 85.7% 98.4% 478
2019 Q1 371 295 76 20.5% 100.0% 92.9% 384
2018 Q4 404 326 78 19.3% 100.0% 94.1% 440
2018 Q3 517 441 76 14.7% 85.7% 95.6% 418
2018 Q2 420 321 99 23.6% 92.9% 97.8% 537
2018 Q1 411 304 107 26.0% 54.5% 66.3% 436
2017 Q4 482 394 88 18.3% 50.0% 66.7% 431
2017 Q3 432 382 50 11.6% 70.0% 75.3% 397
2017 Q2 415 382 33 8.0% 100.0% 74.5% 446
2017 Q1 370 322 48 13.0% 75.0% 72.7% 444
2016 Q4 405 344 61 15.1% 77.8% 80.6% 409
2016 Q3 444 385 59 13.3% 100.0% 79.6% 455
2016 Q2 466 412 54 11.6% 100.0% 90.0% 487
2016 Q1 321 273 48 15.0% 66.7% 73.0% 444
2015 Q4 428 375 53 12.4% 75.0% 69.8% 375
2015 Q3 423 375 48 11.3% 50.0% 87.5% 488
2015 Q2 391 339 52 13.3% 83.3% 75.0% 430
2015 Q1 374 327 47 12.6% 16.7% 46.9% 363
2014 Q4 271 242 29 10.7% 40.0% 32.1% 420
2014 Q3 306 265 41 13.4% 57.1% 25.6% 343
2014 Q2 371 329 42 11.3% 46.2% 52.5% 388
2014 Q1 348 305 36 10.3% 50.0% 66.7% 412
2013 Q4 307 264 31 10.1% 63.6% 72.5% 424
2013 Q3 452 384 41 9.1% 50.0% 79.6% 423
2013 Q2 385 327 30 7.8% 58.8% 67.1% 462
2013 Q1 399 338 33 8.3% 81.3% 78.9% 421
2012 Q4 396 326 37 9.3% 44.4% 72.5% 430
2012 Q3 408 339 39 9.6% 76.5% 77.6% 410
2012 Q2 385 358 24 6.2% 75.0% 88.0% 477
2012 Q1 355 307 39 11.0% 58.3% 85.4% 457
2011 Q4 408 343 40 9.8% 92.9% 76.8% 409
2011 Q3 357 293 51 14.3% 57.1% 72.0% 449
2011 Q2 343 281 49 14.3% 57.1% 70.1% 395
2011 Q1 297 240 46 15.5% 62.5% 68.9% 403
2010 Q4 338 304 21 6.2% 100.0% 79.3% 368
2010 Q3 371 333 30 8.1% 84.6% 84.3% 460
2010 Q2 330 275 43 13.0% 100.0% 91.1% 412
2010 Q1 369 329 28 7.6% 83.3% 88.7% 397
2009 Q4 383 313 37 9.7% 100.0% 87.5% 467
2009 Q3 386 341 35 9.1% 81.3% 89.8% 447
2009 Q2 316 275 32 10.1% 54.5% 93.7% 416
2009 Q1 283 239 35 12.4% 100.0% 89.5% 401
2008 Q4 537 441 89 16.6% 76.5% 88.9% 548
2008 Q3 506 419 60 11.9% 66.7% 89.7% 530
2008 Q2 521 426 68 13.1% 76.9% 93.2% 552
2008 Q1 482 375 57 11.8% 90.9% 91.7% 709
2007 Q4 525 414 85 16.2% 68.2% 80.8% 576
2007 Q3 617 481 91 14.7% 87.5% 93.1% 620
2007 Q2 572 450 91 15.9% 88.2% 89.3% 712
2007 Q1 552 438 70 12.7% 91.7% 91.7% 731
2006 Q4 526 387 92 17.5% 80.0% 90.7% 549
2006 Q3 528 398 80 15.2% 80.6% 82.8% 605
2006 Q2 592 435 117 19.8% 92.3% 93.0% 692
2006 Q1 462 351 85 18.4% 79.2% 86.4% 571
2005 Q4 568 445 93 16.4% 88.9% 83.1% 531
2005 Q3 538 416 98 18.2% 64.3% 86.4% 617
2005 Q2 708 554 127 17.9% 85.7% 93.8% 709
2005 Q1 596 441 104 17.4% 75.9% 81.4% 690
2004 Q4 582 400 100 17.2% 36.0% 62.7% 587
2004 Q3 664 472 135 20.3% 60.9% 32.7% 632
2004 Q2 626 460 111 17.7% 43.3% 34.7% 630
2004 Q1 542 408 103 19.0% 33.3% 30.0% 659
2003 Q4 466 335 81 17.4% 25.0% 28.7% 590
2003 Q3 506 353 93 18.4% 29.4% 31.1% 601
2003 Q2 507 373 92 18.1% 27.3% 20.0% 623
2003 Q1 474 342 93 19.6% 28.6% 52.7% 606
2002 Q4 518 366 111 21.4% 11.1% 47.5% 470
2002 Q3 526 384 105 20.0% 55.6% 45.5% 586
2002 Q2 577 422 126 21.8% 43.8% 51.2% 562
2002 Q1 394 289 76 19.3% 46.7% 51.2% 592
2001 Q4 448 351 63 14.1% 85.7% 71.3% 487
2001 Q3 451 356 74 16.4% 66.7% 76.7% 514
2001 Q2 534 434 71 13.3% 55.6% 44.4% 505
2001 Q1 485 369 93 19.2% 37.5% 49.6% 517
2000 Q4 484 378 67 13.8% 15.4% 44.0% 491
2000 Q3 0 0 0 — — — 514
2000 Q2 517 386 84 16.2% 38.5% 60.3% 563
2000 Q1 450 342 81 18.0% 60.0% 42.2% 538
1999 Q4 443 347 65 14.7% 55.6% 50.0% 442
1999 Q3 527 393 84 15.9% 46.2% 53.4% 463
1999 Q2 486 355 69 14.2% 33.3% 47.6% 545
1999 Q1 472 351 76 16.1% 35.3% 51.6% 568
1998 Q4 407 310 62 15.2% 5.9% 40.7% 429
1998 Q3 438 318 74 16.9% 56.3% 44.0% 483
1998 Q2 471 311 114 24.2% 25.0% 58.9% 547
1998 Q1 413 273 78 18.9% 48.0% 54.4% 497
1997 Q4 421 257 79 18.8% 52.6% 35.1% 440
1997 Q3 568 308 82 14.4% 61.5% 37.3% 545
1997 Q2 560 331 70 12.5% 62.5% 38.2% 666
1997 Q1 453 293 53 11.7% 0.0% 42.5% 531
1996 Q4 456 286 54 11.8% 44.4% 44.4% 510
1996 Q3 588 350 68 11.6% 25.0% 39.3% 440
1996 Q2 265 220 36 13.6% 71.4% 42.0% 400
1996 Q1 419 330 89 21.2% 80.0% 63.9% —
1995 Q4 437 355 82 18.8% 77.8% 68.1% —
1995 Q3 492 404 88 17.9% 69.6% 69.8% —
1995 Q2 455 387 68 14.9% 83.3% 74.2% —
1995 Q1 438 340 98 22.4% 77.8% 79.7% —
1994 Q4 421 340 81 19.2% 75.0% 79.4% —
1994 Q3 514 427 87 16.9% 69.2% 75.5% —
1994 Q2 529 445 84 15.9% 28.6% 77.1% —
1994 Q1 485 405 80 16.5% 73.7% 75.2% —
1993 Q4 446 369 77 17.3% 80.0% 74.6% —
1993 Q3 512 424 88 17.2% 42.9% 78.4% —
1993 Q2 534 456 78 14.6% 72.7% 82.0% —
1993 Q1 424 353 71 16.7% 50.0% 81.6% —
1992 Q4 453 352 101 22.3% 57.1% 80.5% —
1992 Q3 493 383 110 22.3% 91.7% 85.0% —
1992 Q2 509 398 111 21.8% 73.7% 87.8% —
1992 Q1 440 349 91 20.7% 80.0% 77.5% —
1991 Q4 506 397 109 21.5% 85.0% 82.4% —
1991 Q3 557 416 141 25.3% 85.7% 82.4% —
1991 Q2 570 432 138 24.2% 88.9% 74.4% —
1991 Q1 519 389 130 25.0% 76.9% 75.8% —
1990 Q4 512 376 136 26.6% 83.3% 67.2% —
1990 Q3 605 443 162 26.8% 84.4% 69.5% —
1990 Q2 663 532 131 19.8% 84.3% 62.7% —
1990 Q1 665 509 156 23.5% 85.2% 62.9% —
1989 Q4 658 481 177 26.9% 86.2% 57.9% —
1989 Q3 684 505 179 26.2% 75.0% 50.3% —
1989 Q2 733 560 173 23.6% 81.4% 27.7% —
1989 Q1 627 469 158 25.2% 84.6% 54.7% —
1988 Q4 661 502 159 24.1% — 56.5% —
1988 Q3 781 613 168 21.5% 81.1% 49.7% —
1988 Q2 553 438 115 20.8% — 52.6% —
1988 Q1 568 449 119 21.0% 66.7% 70.3% —
1987 Q4 477 394 83 17.4% 66.7% 68.3% —
1987 Q3 589 488 101 17.1% 84.6% 73.1% —
1987 Q2 540 458 82 15.2% 100.0% 62.3% —
1987 Q1 437 365 72 16.5% 100.0% 75.2% —
1986 Q4 552 470 82 14.9% 76.9% 78.2% —
1986 Q3 610 497 113 18.5% 100.0% 75.8% —
1986 Q2 555 448 107 19.3% 71.4% 77.2% —
1986 Q1 475 383 92 19.4% 75.0% 76.2% —
1985 Q4 460 379 81 17.6% 92.9% 73.0% —
1985 Q3 470 385 85 18.1% 92.3% 66.9% —
1985 Q2 541 449 92 17.0% 66.7% 63.6% —
1985 Q1 442 355 87 19.7% 77.8% 68.6% —
1984 Q4 414 338 76 18.4% 58.3% 75.4% —
1984 Q3 493 394 99 20.1% 88.2% 78.9% —
1984 Q2 581 481 100 17.2% 90.0% 83.5% —
1984 Q1 486 401 85 17.5% 94.4% 75.0% —
1983 Q4 411 347 64 15.6% 75.0% 78.9% —
1983 Q3 505 414 91 18.0% 87.5% 72.8% —
1983 Q2 556 480 76 13.7% 88.0% 74.5% —
1983 Q1 436 381 55 12.6% 90.9% 78.1% —
1982 Q4 422 348 74 17.5% 92.6% 72.7% —
1982 Q3 439 357 82 18.7% 96.3% 72.2% —
1982 Q2 461 364 97 21.0% 90.9% 66.4% —
1982 Q1 462 390 72 15.6% 87.5% 69.5% —
1981 Q4 395 337 58 14.7% 73.3% 63.6% —
1981 Q3 419 357 62 14.8% 42.9% 70.3% —
1981 Q2 605 481 124 20.5% 95.8% 52.0% —
1981 Q1 473 364 109 23.0% 68.4% 47.7% —
1980 Q4 462 385 77 16.7% 87.5% 67.9% —
1980 Q3 521 438 83 15.9% 81.0% 59.5% —
1980 Q2 550 459 91 16.5% 62.9% 33.6% —
1980 Q1 550 440 110 20.0% 40.6% 33.5% —
1979 Q4 563 466 97 17.2% 45.8% 39.3% —
1979 Q3 698 607 91 13.0% 60.0% 26.1% —
1979 Q2 454 391 63 13.9% 63.6% 29.7% —

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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