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King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

East of England · E07000146 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,126
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.7%
higher than 50% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
91.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.2%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
28.5%
85 allowed of 298 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 17.0%

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
1,214
in the window
Applications decided
1,126
in the window
Approval rate
88.3%
994 granted, 132 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 90 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
94.9%
rank 92 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 53 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
Major5786.0%100.0%
Minor42380.6%91.5%
Other64693.5%—
of which householder47894.8%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
01853702024 Q3: 327 received2024 Q3: 349 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 312 received2024 Q4: 347 decided2025 Q1: 370 received2025 Q1: 294 decided2025 Q2: 302 received2025 Q2: 340 decided2025 Q3: 267 received2025 Q3: 279 decided2025 Q4: 301 received2025 Q4: 289 decided2026 Q1: 348 received2026 Q1: 308 decided2026 Q2: 298 received2026 Q2: 250 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
100%
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 (E07000146). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 250 214 36 14.4% 100.0% 87.8% 298
2026 Q1 308 276 32 10.4% 100.0% 89.8% 348
2025 Q4 289 257 32 11.1% 100.0% 94.6% 301
2025 Q3 279 247 32 11.5% 100.0% 93.3% 267
2025 Q2 340 305 35 10.3% 87.5% 92.1% 302
2025 Q1 294 264 30 10.2% 76.9% 88.1% 370
2024 Q4 347 301 46 13.3% 100.0% 95.2% 312
2024 Q3 349 301 48 13.8% 100.0% 89.3% 327
2024 Q2 358 318 40 11.2% — 87.9% 359
2024 Q1 393 329 64 16.3% 100.0% 88.1% 358
2023 Q4 370 307 63 17.0% 100.0% 82.5% 369
2023 Q3 395 346 49 12.4% 80.0% 76.0% 377
2023 Q2 346 316 30 8.7% 0.0% 68.6% 398
2023 Q1 410 360 50 12.2% 100.0% 69.4% 373
2022 Q4 385 346 39 10.1% 100.0% 75.0% 424
2022 Q3 365 339 26 7.1% 100.0% 69.4% 386
2022 Q2 375 347 28 7.5% — 64.7% 405
2022 Q1 394 355 39 9.9% — 78.4% 430
2021 Q4 423 404 19 4.5% 66.7% 76.8% 445
2021 Q3 474 446 28 5.9% — 77.1% 478
2021 Q2 427 400 27 6.3% 100.0% 75.5% 505
2021 Q1 350 329 21 6.0% 100.0% 93.3% 495
2020 Q4 427 404 23 5.4% 100.0% 96.8% 454
2020 Q3 361 334 27 7.5% 100.0% 90.9% 431
2020 Q2 300 276 24 8.0% 100.0% 90.0% 339
2020 Q1 351 321 30 8.5% — 93.2% 376
2019 Q4 353 313 40 11.3% 100.0% 91.3% 399
2019 Q3 401 357 44 11.0% 100.0% 94.7% 376
2019 Q2 432 395 37 8.6% 50.0% 89.2% 452
2019 Q1 328 309 19 5.8% 100.0% 96.3% 422
2018 Q4 384 356 28 7.3% 100.0% 91.3% 408
2018 Q3 427 396 31 7.3% 50.0% 91.3% 427
2018 Q2 398 374 24 6.0% 100.0% 92.9% 453
2018 Q1 394 365 29 7.4% 100.0% 92.3% 411
2017 Q4 395 364 31 7.8% 100.0% 90.7% 426
2017 Q3 433 380 53 12.2% 100.0% 87.4% 438
2017 Q2 434 389 45 10.4% 100.0% 79.2% 438
2017 Q1 434 384 50 11.5% 0.0% 80.5% 449
2016 Q4 442 395 47 10.6% 60.0% 78.3% 446
2016 Q3 477 441 36 7.5% 33.3% 68.5% 462
2016 Q2 508 417 91 17.9% 90.9% 70.8% 481
2016 Q1 403 364 39 9.7% 71.4% 84.1% 560
2015 Q4 409 378 31 7.6% 80.0% 88.7% 510
2015 Q3 409 388 21 5.1% 100.0% 95.0% 438
2015 Q2 406 369 37 9.1% 50.0% 85.7% 444
2015 Q1 373 335 38 10.2% 50.0% 87.0% 434
2014 Q4 364 336 28 7.7% 100.0% 67.8% 390
2014 Q3 382 354 28 7.3% 100.0% 80.4% 407
2014 Q2 395 362 33 8.4% 90.9% 80.2% 409
2014 Q1 327 288 33 10.1% 80.0% 82.5% 445
2013 Q4 380 346 21 5.5% 72.7% 66.0% 368
2013 Q3 371 327 34 9.2% 55.6% 71.3% 402
2013 Q2 349 312 26 7.4% 50.0% 77.2% 400
2013 Q1 336 307 26 7.7% 64.3% 73.7% 403
2012 Q4 387 332 44 11.4% 77.8% 75.6% 406
2012 Q3 387 332 44 11.4% 77.8% 75.6% 431
2012 Q2 411 368 23 5.6% 60.0% 67.2% 439
2012 Q1 363 319 29 8.0% 85.7% 67.1% 446
2011 Q4 362 318 31 8.6% 41.7% 72.4% 405
2011 Q3 391 350 29 7.4% 57.1% 82.5% 414
2011 Q2 364 335 22 6.0% 81.8% 79.0% 444
2011 Q1 346 311 23 6.6% 78.6% 68.9% 414
2010 Q4 414 362 41 9.9% 58.8% 83.2% 415
2010 Q3 434 385 46 10.6% 75.0% 83.0% 438
2010 Q2 428 379 38 8.9% 83.3% 72.4% 481
2010 Q1 356 317 32 9.0% 92.9% 69.7% 474
2009 Q4 406 356 44 10.8% 83.3% 79.3% 407
2009 Q3 408 375 32 7.8% 55.6% 78.7% 457
2009 Q2 363 311 45 12.4% 50.0% 73.6% 433
2009 Q1 326 282 37 11.3% 60.0% 78.8% 462
2008 Q4 401 347 47 11.7% 80.0% 83.7% 416
2008 Q3 511 436 62 12.1% 80.0% 76.2% 487
2008 Q2 594 487 91 15.3% 78.6% 72.9% 565
2008 Q1 493 404 87 17.6% 55.6% 75.0% 657
2007 Q4 564 441 111 19.7% 88.0% 74.2% 555
2007 Q3 560 459 100 17.9% 53.3% 72.6% 673
2007 Q2 521 439 77 14.8% 68.8% 77.3% 619
2007 Q1 472 383 82 17.4% 46.2% 79.3% 586
2006 Q4 524 428 92 17.6% 68.8% 74.7% 594
2006 Q3 568 448 111 19.5% 69.2% 80.7% 580
2006 Q2 645 510 129 20.0% 82.6% 85.3% 626
2006 Q1 553 434 113 20.4% 85.7% 78.6% 698
2005 Q4 657 542 110 16.7% 75.0% 76.2% 565
2005 Q3 570 462 107 18.8% 36.4% 58.8% 678
2005 Q2 561 456 97 17.3% 50.0% 65.4% 624
2005 Q1 560 478 79 14.1% 37.5% 59.1% 631
2004 Q4 507 418 79 15.6% 33.3% 52.0% 647
2004 Q3 648 567 79 12.2% 50.0% 74.4% 654
2004 Q2 579 490 87 15.0% 42.9% 67.3% 630
2004 Q1 538 472 64 11.9% 44.4% 64.0% 678
2003 Q4 538 479 59 11.0% 75.0% 54.3% 550
2003 Q3 559 503 53 9.5% 72.7% 55.7% 639
2003 Q2 653 590 54 8.3% 62.5% 50.2% 656
2003 Q1 497 465 31 6.2% 42.9% 52.4% 623
2002 Q4 506 460 41 8.1% 75.0% 44.1% 524
2002 Q3 512 486 24 4.7% 33.3% 54.3% 524
2002 Q2 513 479 31 6.0% 63.6% 59.6% 572
2002 Q1 503 465 32 6.4% 91.7% 58.5% 545
2001 Q4 449 409 35 7.8% 75.0% 63.3% 483
2001 Q3 466 433 29 6.2% 60.0% 67.9% 517
2001 Q2 474 434 37 7.8% 75.0% 65.5% 504
2001 Q1 383 357 20 5.2% 40.0% 60.0% 492
2000 Q4 393 357 33 8.4% 52.9% 65.0% 416
2000 Q3 422 389 31 7.3% 27.3% 63.7% 444
2000 Q2 504 471 30 6.0% 46.2% 65.5% 518
2000 Q1 402 369 23 5.7% 20.0% 66.7% 493
1999 Q4 317 296 19 6.0% 50.0% 68.6% 341
1999 Q3 407 390 15 3.7% 66.7% 65.5% 407
1999 Q2 423 389 28 6.6% 66.7% 63.6% 468
1999 Q1 351 323 20 5.7% 77.8% 65.6% 382
1998 Q4 359 309 36 10.0% 70.0% 66.9% 405
1998 Q3 425 378 26 6.1% 78.6% 74.1% 423
1998 Q2 386 336 24 6.2% 40.0% 66.4% 440
1998 Q1 379 340 17 4.5% 75.0% 83.6% 449
1997 Q4 359 324 17 4.7% 100.0% 66.9% 354
1997 Q3 486 435 41 8.4% 60.0% 72.3% 479
1997 Q2 456 433 20 4.4% 80.0% 74.8% 480
1997 Q1 361 339 19 5.3% 100.0% 73.0% 461
1996 Q4 398 371 22 5.5% 62.5% 71.3% 398
1996 Q3 387 363 20 5.2% 87.5% 78.8% 414
1996 Q2 380 346 33 8.7% 66.7% 72.0% 394
1996 Q1 144 135 9 6.3% 85.7% 64.6% —
1995 Q4 198 178 20 10.1% 80.0% 66.2% —
1995 Q3 206 183 23 11.2% 50.0% 46.3% —
1995 Q2 187 170 17 9.1% 77.8% 40.6% —
1995 Q1 162 141 21 13.0% 55.6% 62.7% —
1994 Q4 204 174 30 14.7% 85.7% 60.3% —
1994 Q3 197 178 19 9.6% 40.0% 58.3% —
1994 Q2 193 170 23 11.9% 87.5% 72.1% —
1994 Q1 183 157 26 14.2% 75.0% 68.6% —
1993 Q4 181 153 28 15.5% 100.0% 69.8% —
1993 Q3 207 174 33 15.9% 72.7% 78.2% —
1993 Q2 224 181 43 19.2% 100.0% 76.6% —
1993 Q1 177 160 17 9.6% 42.9% 69.8% —
1992 Q4 197 172 25 12.7% 60.0% 71.8% —
1992 Q3 224 193 31 13.8% 50.0% 73.3% —
1992 Q2 205 178 27 13.2% 37.5% 73.2% —
1992 Q1 185 164 21 11.4% 75.0% 70.6% —
1991 Q4 219 182 37 16.9% 50.0% 71.8% —
1991 Q3 232 199 33 14.2% 88.9% 79.7% —
1991 Q2 221 195 26 11.8% 76.9% 71.4% —
1991 Q1 197 159 38 19.3% 67.9% 60.3% —
1990 Q4 214 164 50 23.4% 63.6% 72.7% —
1990 Q3 294 245 49 16.7% 85.0% 81.5% —
1990 Q2 265 208 57 21.5% 83.3% 78.3% —
1990 Q1 256 202 54 21.1% 93.8% 74.6% —
1989 Q4 263 199 64 24.3% 72.7% 79.6% —
1989 Q3 308 247 61 19.8% 85.7% 49.5% —
1989 Q2 360 286 74 20.6% 86.4% 51.5% —
1989 Q1 359 314 45 12.5% 96.7% 75.5% —
1988 Q4 353 305 48 13.6% 87.0% 52.5% —
1988 Q3 362 326 36 9.9% 87.5% 60.7% —
1988 Q2 351 305 46 13.1% 84.2% 57.1% —
1988 Q1 315 277 38 12.1% 96.2% 73.9% —
1987 Q4 293 249 44 15.0% 100.0% 75.5% —
1987 Q3 360 306 54 15.0% 89.2% 67.6% —
1987 Q2 229 207 22 9.6% 100.0% 73.2% —
1987 Q1 235 213 22 9.4% 95.7% 76.4% —
1986 Q4 219 190 29 13.2% 92.3% 92.9% —
1986 Q3 254 230 24 9.4% 88.9% 86.9% —
1986 Q2 285 242 43 15.1% 100.0% 74.1% —
1986 Q1 216 186 30 13.9% 100.0% 77.3% —
1985 Q4 210 185 25 11.9% 75.0% 79.1% —
1985 Q3 266 234 32 12.0% 62.5% 58.3% —
1985 Q2 204 185 19 9.3% 100.0% 61.7% —
1985 Q1 172 141 31 18.0% 66.7% 77.4% —
1984 Q4 223 190 33 14.8% 81.3% 90.8% —
1984 Q3 219 184 35 16.0% 100.0% 93.0% —
1984 Q2 260 224 36 13.8% 80.0% 94.1% —
1984 Q1 250 211 39 15.6% 33.3% 93.3% —
1983 Q4 200 168 32 16.0% 50.0% 72.7% —
1983 Q3 234 189 45 19.2% 66.7% 80.8% —
1983 Q2 230 183 47 20.4% 100.0% 85.9% —
1983 Q1 214 179 35 16.4% 100.0% 85.7% —
1982 Q4 196 172 24 12.2% 50.0% 71.9% —
1982 Q3 206 183 23 11.2% 83.3% 76.7% —
1982 Q2 213 183 30 14.1% 50.0% 69.9% —
1982 Q1 151 133 18 11.9% 66.7% 86.3% —
1981 Q4 172 158 14 8.1% 50.0% 90.9% —
1981 Q3 197 171 26 13.2% 100.0% 84.2% —
1981 Q2 366 311 55 15.0% 72.7% 61.5% —
1981 Q1 227 212 15 6.6% 87.5% 86.0% —
1980 Q4 303 268 35 11.6% 57.1% 67.4% —
1980 Q3 275 243 32 11.6% 30.8% 52.0% —
1980 Q2 272 240 32 11.8% 75.0% 51.1% —
1980 Q1 237 209 28 11.8% 77.8% 80.6% —
1979 Q4 300 256 44 14.7% 85.7% 77.2% —
1979 Q3 281 236 45 16.0% 92.3% 71.6% —
1979 Q2 252 219 33 13.1% 30.8% 68.0% —

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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