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East Midlands · E07000140 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
574
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
21.4%
higher than 92% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
98.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.3%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
28.2%
38 allowed of 135 decided
Decisions overturned
1.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 25.7%

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
596
in the window
Applications decided
574
in the window
Approval rate
78.6%
451 granted, 123 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 156 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
98.8%
rank 24 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 8 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
Major3284.4%100.0%
Minor28973.4%98.0%
Other25383.8%—
of which householder18886.2%100.0%
"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
0871732024 Q3: 137 received2024 Q3: 140 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 138 received2024 Q4: 129 decided2025 Q1: 169 received2025 Q1: 128 decided2025 Q2: 143 received2025 Q2: 173 decided2025 Q3: 156 received2025 Q3: 130 decided2025 Q4: 154 received2025 Q4: 157 decided2026 Q1: 160 received2026 Q1: 147 decided2026 Q2: 126 received2026 Q2: 140 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
161%
No consequence

Delivery at or above 95%: no HDT 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 (E07000140). 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 140 104 36 25.7% 100.0% 100.0% 126
2026 Q1 147 120 27 18.4% 100.0% 100.0% 160
2025 Q4 157 121 36 22.9% 100.0% 95.9% 154
2025 Q3 130 106 24 18.5% 100.0% 97.1% 156
2025 Q2 173 141 32 18.5% 100.0% 94.1% 143
2025 Q1 128 112 16 12.5% 100.0% 96.0% 169
2024 Q4 129 110 19 14.7% 100.0% 96.7% 138
2024 Q3 140 127 13 9.3% 85.7% 79.3% 137
2024 Q2 151 129 22 14.6% 75.0% 91.2% 145
2024 Q1 163 139 24 14.7% — 92.0% 164
2023 Q4 171 141 30 17.5% 100.0% 93.0% 182
2023 Q3 158 134 24 15.2% 100.0% 90.5% 162
2023 Q2 195 182 13 6.7% 100.0% 94.9% 197
2023 Q1 176 160 16 9.1% 50.0% 94.9% 184
2022 Q4 187 167 20 10.7% 100.0% 92.8% 169
2022 Q3 218 198 20 9.2% 75.0% 92.3% 213
2022 Q2 206 186 20 9.7% 100.0% 93.8% 215
2022 Q1 216 197 19 8.8% 100.0% 97.3% 227
2021 Q4 220 200 20 9.1% 83.3% 80.3% 201
2021 Q3 211 193 18 8.5% 85.7% 74.6% 217
2021 Q2 250 238 12 4.8% 100.0% 81.0% 245
2021 Q1 209 197 12 5.7% 100.0% 68.7% 244
2020 Q4 235 219 16 6.8% 100.0% 89.9% 229
2020 Q3 170 154 16 9.4% 100.0% 91.7% 207
2020 Q2 148 133 15 10.1% 75.0% 90.6% 141
2020 Q1 156 139 17 10.9% 50.0% 90.2% 177
2019 Q4 212 198 14 6.6% 100.0% 90.2% 147
2019 Q3 178 163 15 8.4% 100.0% 93.1% 211
2019 Q2 210 191 19 9.0% 77.8% 76.7% 182
2019 Q1 161 155 6 3.7% 100.0% 88.7% 229
2018 Q4 256 226 30 11.7% 100.0% 91.5% 213
2018 Q3 228 206 22 9.6% 100.0% 86.4% 202
2018 Q2 236 208 28 11.9% 85.7% 79.2% 254
2018 Q1 182 167 15 8.2% 83.3% 85.2% 219
2017 Q4 184 160 24 13.0% 100.0% 87.2% 203
2017 Q3 182 169 13 7.1% 100.0% 93.7% 182
2017 Q2 244 204 40 16.4% 100.0% 86.7% 215
2017 Q1 200 176 24 12.0% 100.0% 93.7% 231
2016 Q4 265 228 37 14.0% 100.0% 96.4% 232
2016 Q3 195 161 34 17.4% 100.0% 92.4% 242
2016 Q2 225 204 21 9.3% 100.0% 91.8% 226
2016 Q1 180 156 24 13.3% 100.0% 81.8% 216
2015 Q4 191 170 21 11.0% 100.0% 81.5% 195
2015 Q3 197 169 28 14.2% 100.0% 66.3% 211
2015 Q2 215 192 23 10.7% 66.7% 54.3% 183
2015 Q1 131 115 16 12.2% 85.7% 60.0% 196
2014 Q4 191 169 22 11.5% 100.0% 62.8% 167
2014 Q3 154 135 19 12.3% 66.7% 43.9% 162
2014 Q2 171 154 17 9.9% 44.4% 43.9% 191
2014 Q1 141 122 14 9.9% 22.2% 57.6% 160
2013 Q4 188 166 19 10.1% 25.0% 45.9% 166
2013 Q3 188 173 14 7.4% 40.0% 62.5% 204
2013 Q2 193 171 14 7.3% 50.0% 56.1% 176
2013 Q1 149 134 10 6.7% 66.7% 66.7% 191
2012 Q4 170 149 14 8.2% 75.0% 66.7% 182
2012 Q3 173 152 21 12.1% 62.5% 62.2% 178
2012 Q2 194 166 21 10.8% 60.0% 57.4% 176
2012 Q1 183 162 20 10.9% 28.6% 57.8% 188
2011 Q4 200 181 13 6.5% 100.0% 79.6% 212
2011 Q3 196 174 16 8.2% 63.6% 70.2% 198
2011 Q2 167 152 13 7.8% 63.6% 71.6% 188
2011 Q1 179 153 15 8.4% 70.0% 73.2% 192
2010 Q4 187 168 17 9.1% 100.0% 80.7% 184
2010 Q3 202 171 25 12.4% 80.0% 67.5% 212
2010 Q2 196 172 24 12.2% 53.8% 82.4% 205
2010 Q1 175 151 19 10.9% 57.1% 69.7% 180
2009 Q4 200 178 19 9.5% 63.6% 79.3% 188
2009 Q3 207 170 27 13.0% 100.0% 75.0% 234
2009 Q2 173 143 29 16.8% 54.5% 81.5% 208
2009 Q1 172 138 27 15.7% 80.0% 78.8% 170
2008 Q4 224 180 39 17.4% 87.5% 79.1% 204
2008 Q3 206 173 32 15.5% 60.0% 80.0% 236
2008 Q2 284 238 45 15.8% 75.0% 81.7% 275
2008 Q1 206 155 45 21.8% 90.9% 78.9% 265
2007 Q4 256 199 48 18.8% 42.9% 82.0% 258
2007 Q3 320 246 65 20.3% 100.0% 91.2% 303
2007 Q2 338 254 80 23.7% 86.4% 92.7% 340
2007 Q1 260 205 50 19.2% 92.3% 89.8% 309
2006 Q4 269 203 63 23.4% 78.6% 91.0% 290
2006 Q3 287 233 53 18.5% 70.6% 84.1% 290
2006 Q2 307 226 78 25.4% 89.5% 93.4% 321
2006 Q1 261 210 50 19.2% 63.2% 83.0% 311
2005 Q4 299 206 86 28.8% 64.7% 83.8% 282
2005 Q3 321 247 66 20.6% 66.7% 80.9% 324
2005 Q2 379 266 104 27.4% 84.2% 85.0% 332
2005 Q1 270 181 76 28.1% 53.3% 68.1% 346
2004 Q4 311 211 91 29.3% 47.1% 74.6% 309
2004 Q3 367 284 74 20.2% 76.5% 69.7% 346
2004 Q2 345 293 42 12.2% 65.0% 65.4% 367
2004 Q1 322 269 45 14.0% 50.0% 46.5% 326
2003 Q4 304 250 42 13.8% 33.3% 40.3% 287
2003 Q3 336 294 32 9.5% 41.2% 29.2% 298
2003 Q2 296 272 12 4.1% 63.6% 29.6% 312
2003 Q1 258 229 19 7.4% 53.3% 21.5% 317
2002 Q4 216 180 25 11.6% 33.3% 37.8% 261
2002 Q3 285 248 25 8.8% 30.0% 46.5% 267
2002 Q2 276 243 23 8.3% 50.0% 33.0% 291
2002 Q1 229 191 33 14.4% 25.0% 44.6% 314
2001 Q4 247 192 49 19.8% 34.8% 55.7% 228
2001 Q3 280 254 23 8.2% 52.6% 54.0% 246
2001 Q2 304 277 23 7.6% 41.7% 55.3% 333
2001 Q1 220 190 30 13.6% 36.8% 53.5% 290
2000 Q4 254 234 16 6.3% 47.6% 55.5% 212
2000 Q3 261 234 21 8.0% 33.3% 56.2% 278
2000 Q2 280 248 27 9.6% 60.0% 64.1% 345
2000 Q1 267 242 20 7.5% 68.4% 63.1% 282
1999 Q4 237 218 14 5.9% 44.4% 49.2% 234
1999 Q3 251 224 23 9.2% 61.1% 55.5% 277
1999 Q2 257 238 14 5.4% 54.5% 52.3% 265
1999 Q1 235 203 29 12.3% 57.1% 48.9% 252
1998 Q4 195 176 16 8.2% 45.5% 69.7% 251
1998 Q3 254 229 23 9.1% 59.3% 65.8% 234
1998 Q2 254 222 26 10.2% 83.3% 50.4% 241
1998 Q1 220 204 11 5.0% 76.9% 52.0% 271
1997 Q4 221 199 15 6.8% 69.6% 53.7% 200
1997 Q3 253 231 19 7.5% 61.9% 57.9% 250
1997 Q2 291 262 21 7.2% 70.0% 56.6% 292
1997 Q1 195 169 19 9.7% 66.7% 68.7% 264
1996 Q4 206 190 9 4.4% 50.0% 60.2% 206
1996 Q3 218 178 27 12.4% 41.2% 63.2% 223
1996 Q2 221 194 20 9.0% 71.4% 67.1% 233
1996 Q1 239 190 49 20.5% 0.0% 52.1% —
1995 Q4 281 225 56 19.9% — 38.2% —
1995 Q3 303 260 43 14.2% 0.0% 39.0% —
1995 Q2 285 246 39 13.7% 20.0% 41.3% —
1995 Q1 290 234 56 19.3% 60.0% 44.3% —
1994 Q4 317 256 61 19.2% 33.3% 48.4% —
1994 Q3 308 245 63 20.5% 100.0% 54.0% —
1994 Q2 315 266 49 15.6% 50.0% 60.7% —
1994 Q1 308 237 71 23.1% 66.7% 58.6% —
1993 Q4 284 235 49 17.3% 50.0% 63.5% —
1993 Q3 347 293 54 15.6% 66.7% 54.0% —
1993 Q2 338 301 37 10.9% 66.7% 59.4% —
1993 Q1 292 228 64 21.9% 66.7% 50.6% —
1992 Q4 304 241 63 20.7% 100.0% 46.7% —
1992 Q3 343 281 62 18.1% 14.3% 45.7% —
1992 Q2 322 258 64 19.9% 75.0% 51.7% —
1992 Q1 330 284 46 13.9% 33.3% 60.9% —
1991 Q4 337 271 66 19.6% 60.0% 65.3% —
1991 Q3 380 303 77 20.3% 82.4% 52.4% —
1991 Q2 370 296 74 20.0% 50.0% 50.0% —
1991 Q1 296 232 64 21.6% 44.4% 40.2% —
1990 Q4 340 267 73 21.5% 62.5% 39.8% —
1990 Q3 418 325 93 22.2% 40.0% 36.6% —
1990 Q2 382 281 101 26.4% 100.0% 38.5% —
1990 Q1 433 350 83 19.2% 62.5% 35.6% —
1989 Q4 408 295 113 27.7% 55.6% 39.6% —
1989 Q3 413 318 95 23.0% 64.3% 35.8% —
1989 Q2 535 408 127 23.7% 53.3% 50.4% —
1989 Q1 490 367 123 25.1% 100.0% 45.8% —
1988 Q4 493 350 143 29.0% 61.1% 61.3% —
1988 Q3 447 347 100 22.4% 90.0% 65.5% —
1988 Q2 447 335 112 25.1% 83.3% 79.1% —
1988 Q1 324 254 70 21.6% 83.3% 76.9% —
1987 Q4 385 300 85 22.1% 81.3% 74.7% —
1987 Q3 412 306 106 25.7% 90.0% 73.9% —
1987 Q2 333 283 50 15.0% 77.8% 73.4% —
1987 Q1 269 213 56 20.8% 83.3% 68.3% —
1986 Q4 293 242 51 17.4% 66.7% 73.7% —
1986 Q3 349 281 68 19.5% 92.9% 74.4% —
1986 Q2 287 235 52 18.1% 100.0% 76.9% —
1986 Q1 273 222 51 18.7% 100.0% 75.6% —
1985 Q4 245 205 40 16.3% 85.7% 79.8% —
1985 Q3 290 248 42 14.5% 100.0% 80.7% —
1985 Q2 231 180 51 22.1% 100.0% 73.0% —
1985 Q1 218 176 42 19.3% 66.7% 72.0% —
1984 Q4 249 200 49 19.7% 66.7% 81.2% —
1984 Q3 263 220 43 16.3% 75.0% 70.1% —
1984 Q2 245 213 32 13.1% 50.0% 66.3% —
1984 Q1 278 226 52 18.7% 71.4% 72.6% —
1983 Q4 235 194 41 17.4% — 78.1% —
1983 Q3 272 228 44 16.2% 100.0% 80.0% —
1983 Q2 272 218 54 19.9% 100.0% 73.0% —
1983 Q1 210 175 35 16.7% 100.0% 80.2% —
1982 Q4 217 184 33 15.2% 100.0% 73.4% —
1982 Q3 232 188 44 19.0% 100.0% 78.5% —
1982 Q2 225 179 46 20.4% 50.0% 88.0% —
1982 Q1 221 161 60 27.1% 100.0% 80.6% —
1981 Q4 195 157 38 19.5% 100.0% 73.8% —
1981 Q3 198 160 38 19.2% 100.0% 90.0% —
1981 Q2 360 296 64 17.8% 100.0% 83.0% —
1981 Q1 283 206 77 27.2% 100.0% 84.8% —
1980 Q4 280 231 49 17.5% 66.7% 68.7% —
1980 Q3 268 205 63 23.5% 85.7% 78.2% —
1980 Q2 376 298 78 20.7% 100.0% 54.4% —
1980 Q1 254 199 55 21.7% 83.3% 71.4% —
1979 Q4 263 209 54 20.5% 100.0% 41.8% —
1979 Q3 252 204 48 19.0% 100.0% 68.6% —
1979 Q2 248 198 50 20.2% 0.0% 56.8% —

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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