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South East · E07000113 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
644
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.0%
higher than 43% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
70.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.9%
96 allowed of 275 decided
Decisions overturned
2.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 23.6%

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
640
in the window
Applications decided
644
in the window
Approval rate
89.0%
573 granted, 71 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 77 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
91.3%
rank 157 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 87 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
Major5477.8%100.0%
Minor17582.9%70.6%
Other41593.0%—
of which householder30794.5%94.7%
"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
01092182024 Q3: 159 received2024 Q3: 202 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 184 received2024 Q4: 143 decided2025 Q1: 218 received2025 Q1: 174 decided2025 Q2: 170 received2025 Q2: 169 decided2025 Q3: 154 received2025 Q3: 172 decided2025 Q4: 141 received2025 Q4: 163 decided2026 Q1: 161 received2026 Q1: 154 decided2026 Q2: 184 received2026 Q2: 155 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
70%
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 (E07000113). 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 155 138 17 11.0% 100.0% 78.6% 184
2026 Q1 154 136 18 11.7% 100.0% 78.6% 161
2025 Q4 163 142 21 12.9% 100.0% 25.0% 141
2025 Q3 172 157 15 8.7% 100.0% 50.0% 154
2025 Q2 169 152 17 10.1% 100.0% 100.0% 170
2025 Q1 174 156 18 10.3% 100.0% 100.0% 218
2024 Q4 143 124 19 13.3% 66.7% 68.8% 184
2024 Q3 202 181 21 10.4% 75.0% 76.9% 159
2024 Q2 177 150 27 15.3% 33.3% 68.4% 189
2024 Q1 156 135 21 13.5% 0.0% 100.0% 221
2023 Q4 173 147 26 15.0% 100.0% 100.0% 167
2023 Q3 167 152 15 9.0% 50.0% 83.3% 202
2023 Q2 188 170 18 9.6% 50.0% 73.3% 208
2023 Q1 185 159 26 14.1% 0.0% 81.3% 209
2022 Q4 170 133 37 21.8% 50.0% 94.1% 218
2022 Q3 232 190 42 18.1% 100.0% 91.7% 211
2022 Q2 238 191 47 19.7% — 91.1% 266
2022 Q1 240 200 40 16.7% 100.0% 90.6% 242
2021 Q4 274 236 38 13.9% 100.0% 85.7% 260
2021 Q3 265 234 31 11.7% 100.0% 89.5% 294
2021 Q2 220 185 35 15.9% 100.0% 86.4% 294
2021 Q1 223 177 46 20.6% 88.9% 91.3% 270
2020 Q4 235 196 39 16.6% 100.0% 93.5% 236
2020 Q3 189 160 29 15.3% — 84.6% 246
2020 Q2 204 177 27 13.2% 100.0% 85.2% 175
2020 Q1 213 171 42 19.7% 66.7% 66.7% 239
2019 Q4 242 185 57 23.6% 66.7% 76.9% 249
2019 Q3 219 177 42 19.2% 100.0% 79.3% 250
2019 Q2 238 203 35 14.7% 75.0% 78.4% 270
2019 Q1 244 214 30 12.3% 100.0% 92.3% 261
2018 Q4 212 181 31 14.6% 100.0% 89.3% 262
2018 Q3 270 226 44 16.3% 80.0% 93.8% 243
2018 Q2 241 203 38 15.8% 100.0% 97.1% 286
2018 Q1 242 211 31 12.8% 100.0% 95.1% 270
2017 Q4 298 253 45 15.1% 100.0% 98.2% 295
2017 Q3 270 224 46 17.0% 100.0% 89.7% 254
2017 Q2 286 245 41 14.3% 100.0% 93.9% 331
2017 Q1 249 218 31 12.4% 88.9% 83.3% 281
2016 Q4 266 219 47 17.7% 60.0% 95.6% 265
2016 Q3 241 207 34 14.1% 87.5% 82.6% 269
2016 Q2 247 215 32 13.0% 87.5% 81.5% 257
2016 Q1 196 163 33 16.8% 50.0% 69.0% 245
2015 Q4 291 245 46 15.8% 71.4% 73.2% 237
2015 Q3 258 217 41 15.9% 75.0% 55.9% 282
2015 Q2 226 190 36 15.9% 83.3% 46.4% 277
2015 Q1 198 166 32 16.2% 55.6% 20.8% 227
2014 Q4 202 178 24 11.9% 40.0% 10.6% 217
2014 Q3 76 66 10 13.2% 75.0% 8.3% 214
2014 Q2 215 189 26 12.1% 100.0% 86.0% 238
2014 Q1 184 141 29 15.8% 86.4% 52.7% 294
2013 Q4 268 189 47 17.5% 64.7% 80.6% 233
2013 Q3 281 205 47 16.7% 72.0% 84.1% 288
2013 Q2 264 208 27 10.2% 55.6% 86.8% 307
2013 Q1 197 149 31 15.7% 88.9% 78.7% 264
2012 Q4 246 181 40 16.3% 72.2% 72.5% 282
2012 Q3 223 169 35 15.7% 63.6% 81.6% 301
2012 Q2 285 225 44 15.4% 78.8% 64.8% 342
2012 Q1 255 189 38 14.9% 78.3% 70.7% 390
2011 Q4 265 189 41 15.5% 94.7% 77.3% 354
2011 Q3 272 196 47 17.3% 75.0% 91.9% 368
2011 Q2 259 199 31 12.0% 76.5% 85.5% 382
2011 Q1 180 152 16 8.9% 85.7% 82.0% 432
2010 Q4 258 193 44 17.1% 73.3% 83.6% 356
2010 Q3 286 220 43 15.0% 70.6% 88.7% 396
2010 Q2 298 206 60 20.1% 72.2% 84.5% 390
2010 Q1 231 176 35 15.2% 42.9% 76.0% 336
2009 Q4 280 194 56 20.0% 75.0% 87.5% 326
2009 Q3 263 177 58 22.1% 60.0% 78.0% 288
2009 Q2 223 167 41 18.4% 58.8% 65.5% 306
2009 Q1 239 172 57 23.8% 66.7% 80.8% 287
2008 Q4 240 183 50 20.8% 62.5% 61.8% 273
2008 Q3 277 206 67 24.2% 64.3% 75.0% 296
2008 Q2 277 206 64 23.1% 66.7% 72.6% 299
2008 Q1 290 196 80 27.6% 72.7% 76.1% 313
2007 Q4 307 227 69 22.5% 64.7% 84.0% 328
2007 Q3 334 244 80 24.0% 55.6% 71.7% 331
2007 Q2 309 248 57 18.4% 56.7% 68.4% 324
2007 Q1 257 225 25 9.7% 53.8% 79.1% 342
2006 Q4 250 199 42 16.8% 53.8% 70.5% 259
2006 Q3 350 277 71 20.3% 84.6% 77.2% 276
2006 Q2 358 301 53 14.8% 63.2% 70.8% 356
2006 Q1 250 210 34 13.6% 68.4% 66.3% 334
2005 Q4 320 265 51 15.9% 78.6% 75.5% 306
2005 Q3 330 274 46 13.9% 78.9% 71.8% 352
2005 Q2 331 264 58 17.5% 94.4% 72.3% 363
2005 Q1 327 265 55 16.8% 69.2% 76.6% 329
2004 Q4 331 255 66 19.9% 70.8% 81.9% 388
2004 Q3 408 343 62 15.2% 55.6% 76.2% 454
2004 Q2 380 308 65 17.1% 44.4% 81.8% 455
2004 Q1 339 271 66 19.5% 33.3% 77.7% 452
2003 Q4 267 224 40 15.0% 25.0% 77.2% 388
2003 Q3 390 318 66 16.9% 66.7% 80.1% 368
2003 Q2 374 301 70 18.7% 40.0% 73.6% 452
2003 Q1 297 258 36 12.1% 53.8% 70.4% 418
2002 Q4 306 267 35 11.4% 71.4% 64.7% 411
2002 Q3 355 294 53 14.9% 53.8% 69.4% 385
2002 Q2 398 330 67 16.8% 28.6% 54.1% 375
2002 Q1 268 221 42 15.7% 81.8% 57.0% 418
2001 Q4 269 232 35 13.0% 50.0% 57.8% 326
2001 Q3 272 219 48 17.6% 70.0% 53.4% 356
2001 Q2 300 245 53 17.7% 54.5% 72.9% 327
2001 Q1 215 174 39 18.1% 50.0% 65.2% 360
2000 Q4 251 196 48 19.1% 66.7% 70.9% 273
2000 Q3 300 229 60 20.0% 50.0% 73.5% 324
2000 Q2 321 282 38 11.8% 75.0% 76.4% 332
2000 Q1 267 223 43 16.1% 76.9% 74.8% 354
1999 Q4 285 250 35 12.3% 72.2% 55.4% 300
1999 Q3 297 265 32 10.8% 63.6% 67.2% 343
1999 Q2 282 231 49 17.4% 57.9% 57.3% 336
1999 Q1 240 210 26 10.8% 20.0% 65.5% 362
1998 Q4 275 225 50 18.2% 33.3% 73.0% 275
1998 Q3 271 226 43 15.9% 63.6% 67.0% 295
1998 Q2 226 172 50 22.1% 45.5% 75.4% 297
1998 Q1 238 207 30 12.6% 47.1% 52.7% 297
1997 Q4 287 246 41 14.3% 56.5% 66.9% 245
1997 Q3 266 226 39 14.7% 57.1% 78.2% 231
1997 Q2 255 220 32 12.5% 66.7% 79.0% 268
1997 Q1 233 195 36 15.5% 64.0% 73.9% 251
1996 Q4 273 236 35 12.8% 70.4% 71.1% 341
1996 Q3 257 219 38 14.8% 100.0% 77.5% 277
1996 Q2 238 202 35 14.7% 66.7% 91.0% 362
1996 Q1 234 205 29 12.4% 75.0% 48.6% —
1995 Q4 208 188 20 9.6% — 41.8% —
1995 Q3 249 217 32 12.9% — 61.3% —
1995 Q2 276 255 21 7.6% — 46.4% —
1995 Q1 262 228 34 13.0% — 37.5% —
1994 Q4 215 205 10 4.7% 50.0% 31.3% —
1994 Q3 194 174 20 10.3% 87.5% 38.9% —
1994 Q2 223 207 16 7.2% 54.5% 21.4% —
1994 Q1 228 212 16 7.0% 63.6% 41.8% —
1993 Q4 197 187 10 5.1% 50.0% 42.9% —
1993 Q3 215 196 19 8.8% 66.7% 42.6% —
1993 Q2 237 212 25 10.5% 75.0% 64.7% —
1993 Q1 179 160 19 10.6% 80.0% 41.2% —
1992 Q4 194 183 11 5.7% 55.6% 44.8% —
1992 Q3 226 201 25 11.1% 53.8% 33.3% —
1992 Q2 253 231 22 8.7% 62.5% 55.4% —
1992 Q1 217 192 25 11.5% 20.0% 46.3% —
1991 Q4 233 204 29 12.4% 50.0% 44.6% —
1991 Q3 290 252 38 13.1% 44.4% 32.4% —
1991 Q2 279 245 34 12.2% 54.5% 29.7% —
1991 Q1 216 189 27 12.5% 50.0% 25.3% —
1990 Q4 276 235 41 14.9% 22.2% 38.4% —
1990 Q3 275 240 35 12.7% 20.0% 10.1% —
1990 Q2 324 258 66 20.4% 18.8% 15.0% —
1990 Q1 324 264 60 18.5% 20.0% 18.2% —
1989 Q4 272 235 37 13.6% 21.1% 8.9% —
1989 Q3 339 275 64 18.9% 8.7% 6.8% —
1989 Q2 340 297 43 12.6% 14.3% 15.2% —
1989 Q1 330 291 39 11.8% 34.8% 10.0% —
1988 Q4 314 272 42 13.4% 4.8% 7.7% —
1988 Q3 287 260 27 9.4% 33.3% 7.1% —
1988 Q2 322 278 44 13.7% 44.4% 23.9% —
1988 Q1 272 227 45 16.5% 20.0% 2.5% —
1987 Q4 286 249 37 12.9% 5.0% 6.4% —
1987 Q3 266 241 25 9.4% 33.3% 4.7% —
1987 Q2 269 231 38 14.1% 50.0% 23.2% —
1987 Q1 215 181 34 15.8% 16.7% 1.6% —
1986 Q4 270 235 35 13.0% 5.3% 6.7% —
1986 Q3 239 216 23 9.6% 33.3% 3.5% —
1986 Q2 256 219 37 14.5% 50.0% 24.1% —
1986 Q1 183 166 17 9.3% 12.5% 16.4% —
1985 Q4 212 183 29 13.7% 40.0% 27.9% —
1985 Q3 270 249 21 7.8% 0.0% 25.4% —
1985 Q2 229 197 32 14.0% 80.0% 40.7% —
1985 Q1 166 146 20 12.0% 0.0% 40.5% —
1984 Q4 287 242 45 15.7% 77.8% 52.5% —
1984 Q3 316 271 45 14.2% 87.5% 51.2% —
1984 Q2 310 268 42 13.5% 75.0% 46.6% —
1984 Q1 300 259 41 13.7% 87.5% 47.9% —
1983 Q4 276 236 40 14.5% 75.0% 50.9% —
1983 Q3 294 245 49 16.7% 33.3% 50.9% —
1983 Q2 306 264 42 13.7% 37.5% 41.5% —
1983 Q1 264 225 39 14.8% 50.0% 31.0% —
1982 Q4 182 147 35 19.2% 80.0% 44.4% —
1982 Q3 341 280 61 17.9% 46.2% 54.6% —
1982 Q2 294 255 39 13.3% 42.9% 25.0% —
1982 Q1 234 203 31 13.2% 66.7% 25.2% —
1981 Q4 269 213 56 20.8% 54.5% 34.4% —
1981 Q3 344 311 33 9.6% 40.0% 43.6% —
1981 Q2 331 289 42 12.7% 50.0% 17.2% —
1981 Q1 306 272 34 11.1% 92.3% 17.8% —
1980 Q4 282 247 35 12.4% 71.4% 35.5% —
1980 Q3 435 388 47 10.8% 83.3% 44.4% —
1980 Q2 319 289 30 9.4% 40.0% 24.2% —
1980 Q1 409 349 60 14.7% 42.9% 35.3% —
1979 Q4 377 325 52 13.8% 63.6% 34.7% —
1979 Q3 79 70 9 11.4% 100.0% 38.5% —
1979 Q2 396 340 56 14.1% 57.1% 36.6% —

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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