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South East · E07000114 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
684
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
7.6%
higher than 24% of authorities
Majors in time
60.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
85.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
89.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
91.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
27.0%
53 allowed of 196 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 20.7%

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
714
in the window
Applications decided
684
in the window
Approval rate
92.4%
632 granted, 52 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 45 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
87.5%
rank 209 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 114 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
Major35100.0%60.0%
Minor21386.9%85.2%
Other43694.5%—
of which householder28393.3%89.2%
"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
01212422024 Q3: 199 received2024 Q3: 213 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 173 received2024 Q4: 182 decided2025 Q1: 221 received2025 Q1: 181 decided2025 Q2: 213 received2025 Q2: 242 decided2025 Q3: 183 received2025 Q3: 174 decided2025 Q4: 177 received2025 Q4: 176 decided2026 Q1: 153 received2026 Q1: 159 decided2026 Q2: 201 received2026 Q2: 175 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 (E07000114). 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 175 166 9 5.1% 0.0% 88.0% 201
2026 Q1 159 146 13 8.2% 100.0% 88.2% 153
2025 Q4 176 160 16 9.1% 0.0% 84.0% 177
2025 Q3 174 160 14 8.0% 100.0% 81.0% 183
2025 Q2 242 218 24 9.9% 100.0% 84.2% 213
2025 Q1 181 149 32 17.7% — 66.7% 221
2024 Q4 182 151 31 17.0% — 53.6% 173
2024 Q3 213 191 22 10.3% 75.0% 59.4% 199
2024 Q2 211 185 26 12.3% — 80.6% 229
2024 Q1 214 189 25 11.7% 50.0% 66.7% 213
2023 Q4 212 180 32 15.1% 75.0% 66.7% 249
2023 Q3 243 214 29 11.9% 50.0% 71.7% 225
2023 Q2 228 210 18 7.9% 80.0% 69.4% 242
2023 Q1 216 192 24 11.1% — 68.6% 271
2022 Q4 236 210 26 11.0% 100.0% 71.4% 216
2022 Q3 255 232 23 9.0% 75.0% 57.1% 237
2022 Q2 251 226 25 10.0% 100.0% 68.6% 269
2022 Q1 240 214 26 10.8% 0.0% 75.0% 282
2021 Q4 282 241 41 14.5% 83.3% 77.3% 258
2021 Q3 282 241 41 14.5% 100.0% 69.8% 295
2021 Q2 338 302 36 10.7% 75.0% 81.0% 360
2021 Q1 242 211 31 12.8% 50.0% 60.0% 297
2020 Q4 270 214 56 20.7% 100.0% 74.5% 288
2020 Q3 281 259 22 7.8% 100.0% 74.1% 287
2020 Q2 187 163 24 12.8% 66.7% 84.6% 218
2020 Q1 251 217 34 13.5% 100.0% 86.0% 292
2019 Q4 228 183 45 19.7% — 72.7% 276
2019 Q3 274 240 34 12.4% 33.3% 87.2% 249
2019 Q2 263 226 37 14.1% 100.0% 93.5% 326
2019 Q1 220 188 32 14.5% 100.0% 81.3% 287
2018 Q4 257 213 44 17.1% 100.0% 83.3% 233
2018 Q3 278 233 45 16.2% 71.4% 76.6% 262
2018 Q2 284 250 34 12.0% 40.0% 89.4% 320
2018 Q1 216 183 33 15.3% 0.0% 90.2% 257
2017 Q4 243 210 33 13.6% 66.7% 87.5% 242
2017 Q3 302 269 33 10.9% 100.0% 85.5% 296
2017 Q2 274 248 26 9.5% — 78.0% 290
2017 Q1 281 248 33 11.7% 100.0% 83.9% 294
2016 Q4 250 223 27 10.8% 0.0% 75.5% 244
2016 Q3 281 257 24 8.5% 87.5% 82.4% 311
2016 Q2 255 225 30 11.8% 75.0% 72.7% 296
2016 Q1 207 181 26 12.6% 0.0% 76.5% 262
2015 Q4 242 207 35 14.5% 66.7% 61.3% 224
2015 Q3 244 220 24 9.8% 20.0% 59.3% 235
2015 Q2 203 186 17 8.4% 100.0% 66.1% 246
2015 Q1 181 158 23 12.7% 33.3% 73.3% 230
2014 Q4 248 220 28 11.3% 71.4% 67.9% 227
2014 Q3 273 247 26 9.5% 71.4% 52.2% 247
2014 Q2 244 219 25 10.2% 75.0% 61.7% 288
2014 Q1 189 165 18 9.5% 100.0% 72.9% 283
2013 Q4 210 182 25 11.9% 69.2% 75.4% 202
2013 Q3 278 239 26 9.4% 42.9% 61.9% 253
2013 Q2 220 175 40 18.2% 55.6% 73.8% 248
2013 Q1 180 156 19 10.6% 62.5% 69.1% 237
2012 Q4 191 165 22 11.5% 53.8% 81.0% 231
2012 Q3 218 179 36 16.5% 83.3% 68.5% 198
2012 Q2 211 166 44 20.9% 75.0% 75.3% 225
2012 Q1 194 162 24 12.4% 61.5% 67.2% 236
2011 Q4 207 185 17 8.2% 55.6% 84.8% 226
2011 Q3 234 193 35 15.0% 77.8% 80.6% 242
2011 Q2 214 188 20 9.3% 88.9% 73.8% 239
2011 Q1 197 161 28 14.2% 88.9% 83.1% 229
2010 Q4 215 188 23 10.7% 90.9% 89.0% 201
2010 Q3 223 198 25 11.2% 81.8% 91.4% 246
2010 Q2 222 186 31 14.0% 87.5% 87.3% 235
2010 Q1 227 180 42 18.5% 100.0% 84.4% 253
2009 Q4 229 191 36 15.7% 63.6% 91.7% 251
2009 Q3 236 184 50 21.2% 70.0% 79.7% 230
2009 Q2 195 159 29 14.9% 60.0% 84.6% 241
2009 Q1 202 151 47 23.3% 100.0% 86.2% 219
2008 Q4 279 210 63 22.6% 97.6% 87.8% 270
2008 Q3 341 279 61 17.9% 100.0% 89.8% 328
2008 Q2 381 281 96 25.2% 76.2% 94.1% 359
2008 Q1 372 284 85 22.8% 90.0% 86.9% 403
2007 Q4 384 278 82 21.4% 80.0% 88.1% 376
2007 Q3 412 285 97 23.5% 76.2% 89.4% 454
2007 Q2 409 293 85 20.8% 80.0% 77.1% 444
2007 Q1 321 265 48 15.0% 83.3% 82.7% 386
2006 Q4 302 241 55 18.2% 75.0% 79.1% 342
2006 Q3 352 285 62 17.6% 73.7% 78.4% 368
2006 Q2 379 321 56 14.8% 61.9% 81.1% 374
2006 Q1 339 267 69 20.4% 41.7% 66.7% 378
2005 Q4 429 340 83 19.3% 36.8% 56.0% 365
2005 Q3 403 335 59 14.6% 42.9% 47.8% 395
2005 Q2 387 314 66 17.1% 47.1% 58.1% 389
2005 Q1 344 258 79 23.0% 37.5% 37.0% 365
2004 Q4 361 284 65 18.0% 35.3% 50.4% 337
2004 Q3 342 284 51 14.9% 41.2% 73.9% 426
2004 Q2 318 257 48 15.1% 86.7% 72.9% 414
2004 Q1 326 261 56 17.2% 85.7% 82.6% 424
2003 Q4 303 237 60 19.8% 66.7% 86.6% 351
2003 Q3 350 285 55 15.7% 88.2% 93.7% 368
2003 Q2 340 268 50 14.7% 77.8% 83.1% 374
2003 Q1 257 225 23 8.9% 38.5% 56.8% 345
2002 Q4 281 252 26 9.3% 50.0% 76.8% 291
2002 Q3 267 233 31 11.6% 33.3% 62.2% 322
2002 Q2 232 214 18 7.8% 60.0% 70.0% 283
2002 Q1 225 210 15 6.7% 80.0% 51.5% 311
2001 Q4 218 200 18 8.3% 50.0% 56.9% 236
2001 Q3 250 227 23 9.2% 25.0% 53.3% 257
2001 Q2 224 207 17 7.6% 0.0% 52.9% 299
2001 Q1 238 219 19 8.0% 0.0% 58.2% 279
2000 Q4 238 223 15 6.3% 50.0% 51.6% 232
2000 Q3 239 227 12 5.0% 0.0% 45.3% 273
2000 Q2 251 239 11 4.4% 22.2% 54.2% 284
2000 Q1 261 223 38 14.6% 16.7% 48.6% 232
1999 Q4 233 225 8 3.4% 83.3% 63.2% 263
1999 Q3 220 196 24 10.9% 100.0% 68.3% 258
1999 Q2 219 208 11 5.0% 66.7% 47.3% 247
1999 Q1 220 208 12 5.5% 25.0% 63.4% 255
1998 Q4 228 206 22 9.6% 71.4% 61.2% 224
1998 Q3 234 218 16 6.8% 100.0% 62.1% 267
1998 Q2 285 261 24 8.4% 71.4% 70.6% 268
1998 Q1 224 201 23 10.3% 25.0% 60.0% 268
1997 Q4 229 213 15 6.6% 85.7% 70.0% 233
1997 Q3 234 190 44 18.8% 20.0% 68.4% 268
1997 Q2 317 304 13 4.1% 56.3% 75.0% 278
1997 Q1 233 217 15 6.4% 45.5% 53.4% 305
1996 Q4 229 208 20 8.7% 66.7% 62.6% 327
1996 Q3 241 226 13 5.4% 57.1% 69.4% 301
1996 Q2 248 224 24 9.7% 75.0% 64.9% 294
1996 Q1 331 293 38 11.5% 42.9% 50.5% —
1995 Q4 299 271 28 9.4% 75.0% 53.6% —
1995 Q3 293 255 38 13.0% 55.6% 71.9% —
1995 Q2 365 315 50 13.7% 50.0% 69.4% —
1995 Q1 313 263 50 16.0% 60.0% 48.7% —
1994 Q4 373 313 60 16.1% 66.7% 55.7% —
1994 Q3 299 267 32 10.7% 55.6% 51.7% —
1994 Q2 362 314 48 13.3% 71.4% 49.2% —
1994 Q1 308 267 41 13.3% 70.0% 59.1% —
1993 Q4 313 260 53 16.9% 65.4% 70.7% —
1993 Q3 339 278 61 18.0% 40.0% 61.4% —
1993 Q2 355 292 63 17.7% 50.0% 53.2% —
1993 Q1 294 247 47 16.0% 62.5% 54.7% —
1992 Q4 287 256 31 10.8% 100.0% 63.9% —
1992 Q3 425 370 55 12.9% 58.3% 68.9% —
1992 Q2 215 179 36 16.7% 40.0% 57.5% —
1992 Q1 325 277 48 14.8% 37.5% 63.9% —
1991 Q4 289 253 36 12.5% 66.7% 47.7% —
1991 Q3 332 286 46 13.9% 25.0% 67.2% —
1991 Q2 336 271 65 19.3% 44.4% 61.1% —
1991 Q1 321 240 81 25.2% 50.0% 30.9% —
1990 Q4 290 244 46 15.9% 50.0% 42.4% —
1990 Q3 619 505 114 18.4% 0.0% 20.0% —
1990 Q2 457 346 111 24.3% 14.3% 18.7% —
1990 Q1 389 339 50 12.9% 16.7% 2.9% —
1989 Q4 322 250 72 22.4% 30.0% 11.8% —
1989 Q3 365 282 83 22.7% 36.4% 18.8% —
1989 Q2 423 351 72 17.0% 28.6% 34.9% —
1989 Q1 501 435 66 13.2% 70.8% 28.9% —
1988 Q4 344 300 44 12.8% 60.0% 38.3% —
1988 Q3 543 500 43 7.9% 36.4% 36.8% —
1988 Q2 405 357 48 11.9% 72.7% 56.0% —
1988 Q1 392 362 30 7.7% 84.6% 60.7% —
1987 Q4 472 412 60 12.7% 60.0% 62.7% —
1987 Q3 492 426 66 13.4% 72.0% 64.2% —
1987 Q2 469 418 51 10.9% 71.4% 51.9% —
1987 Q1 372 338 34 9.1% 90.3% 63.6% —
1986 Q4 458 400 58 12.7% 83.3% 57.5% —
1986 Q3 462 424 38 8.2% 71.4% 65.2% —
1986 Q2 483 437 46 9.5% 76.1% 77.5% —
1986 Q1 338 304 34 10.1% 75.0% 89.5% —
1985 Q4 353 303 50 14.2% 88.1% 68.4% —
1985 Q3 384 345 39 10.2% 78.1% 79.7% —
1985 Q2 513 466 47 9.2% 84.2% 75.2% —
1985 Q1 384 345 39 10.2% 87.8% 90.3% —
1984 Q4 416 362 54 13.0% 93.8% 85.7% —
1984 Q3 402 359 43 10.7% 89.7% 73.5% —
1984 Q2 468 421 47 10.0% 80.4% 58.2% —
1984 Q1 361 323 38 10.5% 76.5% 68.8% —
1983 Q4 469 419 50 10.7% 86.4% 67.6% —
1983 Q3 381 363 18 4.7% 95.0% 88.1% —
1983 Q2 435 394 41 9.4% 88.9% 85.7% —
1983 Q1 335 315 20 6.0% 83.3% 83.9% —
1982 Q4 420 383 37 8.8% 78.9% 83.5% —
1982 Q3 428 400 28 6.5% 91.7% 81.3% —
1982 Q2 385 348 37 9.6% 87.0% 86.3% —
1982 Q1 295 280 15 5.1% 81.3% 73.8% —
1981 Q4 335 305 30 9.0% 76.7% 67.4% —
1981 Q3 271 243 28 10.3% 56.0% 68.3% —
1981 Q2 494 433 61 12.3% 80.0% 63.8% —
1981 Q1 315 289 26 8.3% 85.0% 82.9% —
1980 Q4 397 348 49 12.3% 94.9% 93.4% —
1980 Q3 395 360 35 8.9% 88.9% 89.3% —
1980 Q2 502 464 38 7.6% 82.9% 70.0% —
1980 Q1 343 308 35 10.2% 75.0% 75.6% —
1979 Q4 535 472 63 11.8% 80.0% 81.4% —
1979 Q3 391 359 32 8.2% 76.9% 68.5% —
1979 Q2 609 567 42 6.9% 75.0% 69.2% —

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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