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East Midlands · E07000171 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
564
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
19.5%
higher than 88% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
92.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.7%
52 allowed of 175 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 29.1%

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
600
in the window
Applications decided
564
in the window
Approval rate
80.5%
454 granted, 110 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 149 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
90.2%
rank 176 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 95 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
Major4390.7%100.0%
Minor19373.1%92.9%
Other32883.5%—
of which householder21385.0%95.5%
"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
0881752024 Q3: 175 received2024 Q3: 171 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 172 received2024 Q4: 130 decided2025 Q1: 150 received2025 Q1: 105 decided2025 Q2: 132 received2025 Q2: 138 decided2025 Q3: 166 received2025 Q3: 164 decided2025 Q4: 119 received2025 Q4: 149 decided2026 Q1: 163 received2026 Q1: 124 decided2026 Q2: 152 received2026 Q2: 127 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
357%
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 (E07000171). 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 127 90 37 29.1% 100.0% 100.0% 152
2026 Q1 124 99 25 20.2% 100.0% 90.0% 163
2025 Q4 149 121 28 18.8% 100.0% 87.5% 119
2025 Q3 164 144 20 12.2% 100.0% 91.7% 166
2025 Q2 138 124 14 10.1% 50.0% 50.0% 132
2025 Q1 105 91 14 13.3% 66.7% 76.9% 150
2024 Q4 130 98 32 24.6% 50.0% 81.6% 172
2024 Q3 171 152 19 11.1% 100.0% 82.6% 175
2024 Q2 183 157 26 14.2% 83.3% 87.5% 161
2024 Q1 168 141 27 16.1% 100.0% 79.5% 171
2023 Q4 185 162 23 12.4% 85.7% 67.9% 161
2023 Q3 146 129 17 11.6% 100.0% 59.3% 189
2023 Q2 162 133 29 17.9% 66.7% 81.5% 184
2023 Q1 164 144 20 12.2% 100.0% 88.9% 195
2022 Q4 171 146 25 14.6% 100.0% 80.8% 163
2022 Q3 208 165 43 20.7% 100.0% 94.1% 209
2022 Q2 217 188 29 13.4% 100.0% 85.4% 220
2022 Q1 194 164 30 15.5% 100.0% 86.5% 184
2021 Q4 169 140 29 17.2% 100.0% 80.0% 162
2021 Q3 238 212 26 10.9% 100.0% 82.9% 215
2021 Q2 264 239 25 9.5% 100.0% 58.5% 267
2021 Q1 225 193 32 14.2% 71.4% 76.7% 259
2020 Q4 214 174 40 18.7% 83.3% 81.3% 229
2020 Q3 196 176 20 10.2% 66.7% 90.3% 228
2020 Q2 211 171 40 19.0% 85.7% 72.7% 172
2020 Q1 175 156 19 10.9% 100.0% 94.7% 231
2019 Q4 197 161 36 18.3% 66.7% 86.3% 216
2019 Q3 231 198 33 14.3% 87.5% 94.9% 209
2019 Q2 244 202 42 17.2% 100.0% 88.1% 237
2019 Q1 178 142 36 20.2% 100.0% 93.0% 231
2018 Q4 189 156 33 17.5% 100.0% 100.0% 209
2018 Q3 229 202 27 11.8% 100.0% 95.6% 189
2018 Q2 211 182 29 13.7% 100.0% 95.0% 240
2018 Q1 198 170 28 14.1% 100.0% 97.6% 214
2017 Q4 243 186 57 23.5% 100.0% 93.0% 204
2017 Q3 208 163 45 21.6% 50.0% 73.9% 239
2017 Q2 223 187 36 16.1% 66.7% 79.3% 223
2017 Q1 205 169 36 17.6% 60.0% 87.0% 252
2016 Q4 214 177 37 17.3% 100.0% 83.6% 235
2016 Q3 228 188 40 17.5% 33.3% 94.9% 210
2016 Q2 198 179 19 9.6% 100.0% 88.9% 226
2016 Q1 172 141 31 18.0% 83.3% 92.3% 208
2015 Q4 203 169 34 16.7% 100.0% 98.1% 191
2015 Q3 253 215 38 15.0% 90.0% 85.5% 240
2015 Q2 214 196 18 8.4% 100.0% 87.7% 241
2015 Q1 195 158 37 19.0% 90.0% 81.8% 224
2014 Q4 180 159 21 11.7% 100.0% 90.0% 200
2014 Q3 210 193 17 8.1% 100.0% 91.4% 229
2014 Q2 209 185 24 11.5% 87.5% 80.3% 233
2014 Q1 195 154 27 13.8% 88.9% 67.3% 220
2013 Q4 203 173 29 14.3% 64.3% 74.0% 212
2013 Q3 225 194 28 12.4% 40.0% 71.2% 199
2013 Q2 232 195 36 15.5% 31.3% 61.1% 259
2013 Q1 827 716 95 11.5% 53.8% 76.8% 890
2012 Q4 201 177 24 11.9% 62.5% 71.2% 231
2012 Q3 208 188 18 8.7% 77.8% 73.2% 217
2012 Q2 235 193 31 13.2% 54.5% 84.4% 223
2012 Q1 219 181 35 16.0% 62.5% 86.3% 262
2011 Q4 251 223 26 10.4% 64.7% 90.5% 240
2011 Q3 259 219 40 15.4% 60.0% 83.3% 284
2011 Q2 239 208 29 12.1% 77.8% 87.5% 251
2011 Q1 165 147 17 10.3% 72.7% 81.3% 219
2010 Q4 256 215 40 15.6% 68.4% 88.4% 229
2010 Q3 260 220 40 15.4% 71.4% 88.3% 274
2010 Q2 248 209 39 15.7% 70.0% 96.1% 269
2010 Q1 218 185 33 15.1% 50.0% 88.9% 257
2009 Q4 215 182 33 15.3% 85.7% 88.9% 237
2009 Q3 246 206 40 16.3% 53.8% 79.5% 227
2009 Q2 240 193 46 19.2% 69.2% 85.1% 251
2009 Q1 184 149 32 17.4% 89.7% 85.0% 237
2008 Q4 238 194 43 18.1% 95.6% 82.4% 251
2008 Q3 298 243 53 17.8% 97.3% 91.2% 283
2008 Q2 345 301 44 12.8% 92.0% 80.2% 299
2008 Q1 308 256 48 15.6% 75.0% 83.3% 354
2007 Q4 305 249 53 17.4% 50.0% 82.2% 313
2007 Q3 344 281 59 17.2% 75.0% 82.7% 359
2007 Q2 351 286 62 17.7% 71.4% 84.6% 357
2007 Q1 288 232 53 18.4% 81.8% 84.8% 379
2006 Q4 286 201 67 23.4% 55.6% 76.3% 286
2006 Q3 367 263 82 22.3% 75.0% 85.7% 314
2006 Q2 339 273 59 17.4% 78.6% 89.8% 405
2006 Q1 294 229 63 21.4% 70.6% 71.2% 343
2005 Q4 334 271 55 16.5% 33.3% 61.7% 277
2005 Q3 349 296 50 14.3% 50.0% 60.8% 375
2005 Q2 401 343 55 13.7% 53.8% 58.1% 356
2005 Q1 313 254 55 17.6% 50.0% 51.9% 339
2004 Q4 322 271 46 14.3% 40.0% 68.8% 332
2004 Q3 410 315 88 21.5% 18.8% 54.5% 400
2004 Q2 461 396 56 12.1% 30.0% 67.3% 411
2004 Q1 300 241 59 19.7% 42.9% 60.4% 432
2003 Q4 363 300 59 16.3% 30.8% 55.9% 343
2003 Q3 343 285 58 16.9% 36.4% 53.4% 335
2003 Q2 414 363 41 9.9% 52.9% 59.8% 378
2003 Q1 306 260 43 14.1% 55.6% 41.1% 353
2002 Q4 275 232 37 13.5% 70.0% 49.5% 266
2002 Q3 335 279 33 9.9% 40.0% 45.8% 314
2002 Q2 321 252 50 15.6% 37.5% 23.8% 290
2002 Q1 226 201 24 10.6% 47.1% 37.0% 220
2001 Q4 381 338 41 10.8% 70.8% 32.7% 269
2001 Q3 324 280 41 12.7% 61.1% 42.3% 310
2001 Q2 259 234 25 9.7% 71.4% 30.4% 343
2001 Q1 202 170 32 15.8% 33.3% 49.0% 264
2000 Q4 255 214 41 16.1% 80.0% 46.2% 189
2000 Q3 260 241 19 7.3% 77.3% 55.4% 259
2000 Q2 282 252 29 10.3% 73.7% 57.4% 291
2000 Q1 214 187 27 12.6% 53.3% 46.4% 286
1999 Q4 211 178 33 15.6% 57.1% 69.3% 206
1999 Q3 290 247 41 14.1% 78.9% 52.1% 247
1999 Q2 268 234 34 12.7% 88.2% 64.8% 250
1999 Q1 219 180 38 17.4% 27.3% 68.8% 238
1998 Q4 252 204 48 19.0% 56.5% 60.3% 244
1998 Q3 255 206 48 18.8% 60.5% 44.9% 246
1998 Q2 228 197 31 13.6% 85.7% 42.0% 246
1998 Q1 213 171 42 19.7% 78.6% 55.0% 239
1997 Q4 329 273 50 15.2% 73.1% 46.3% 314
1997 Q3 359 284 68 18.9% 78.3% 55.0% 393
1997 Q2 260 210 49 18.8% 77.8% 51.1% 287
1997 Q1 193 156 36 18.7% 87.5% 54.9% 223
1996 Q4 273 221 47 17.2% 100.0% 51.8% 240
1996 Q3 235 192 39 16.6% 100.0% 59.3% 250
1996 Q2 221 184 37 16.7% 66.7% 68.8% 259
1996 Q1 225 187 38 16.9% 44.4% 58.1% —
1995 Q4 235 195 40 17.0% — 63.4% —
1995 Q3 234 192 42 17.9% 100.0% 58.4% —
1995 Q2 261 216 45 17.2% 66.7% 67.9% —
1995 Q1 247 208 39 15.8% 58.3% 68.0% —
1994 Q4 243 216 27 11.1% 100.0% 60.7% —
1994 Q3 281 233 48 17.1% 61.1% 41.9% —
1994 Q2 262 235 27 10.3% 50.0% 48.2% —
1994 Q1 78 66 12 15.4% 62.5% 43.2% —
1993 Q4 219 179 40 18.3% 66.7% 64.2% —
1993 Q3 286 239 47 16.4% 85.7% 61.4% —
1993 Q2 266 229 37 13.9% 50.0% 77.3% —
1993 Q1 222 184 38 17.1% 44.4% 77.1% —
1992 Q4 263 207 56 21.3% 76.5% 65.1% —
1992 Q3 257 201 56 21.8% 66.7% 54.4% —
1992 Q2 286 227 59 20.6% 80.0% 67.0% —
1992 Q1 288 225 63 21.9% 54.5% 60.2% —
1991 Q4 316 225 91 28.8% 66.7% 71.7% —
1991 Q3 275 206 69 25.1% 50.0% 61.9% —
1991 Q2 297 200 97 32.7% 78.6% 63.4% —
1991 Q1 245 167 78 31.8% 66.7% 64.9% —
1990 Q4 358 232 126 35.2% 84.6% 63.6% —
1990 Q3 331 240 91 27.5% 53.8% 71.1% —
1990 Q2 408 277 131 32.1% 52.2% 53.3% —
1990 Q1 374 259 115 30.7% 53.8% 39.7% —
1989 Q4 395 274 121 30.6% 27.3% 30.7% —
1989 Q3 388 278 110 28.4% 9.1% 13.5% —
1989 Q2 338 259 79 23.4% 37.5% 18.6% —
1989 Q1 339 251 88 26.0% 38.5% 27.0% —
1988 Q4 256 184 72 28.1% 75.0% 31.1% —
1988 Q3 308 242 66 21.4% 90.9% 34.0% —
1988 Q2 294 240 54 18.4% 72.7% 39.9% —
1988 Q1 232 187 45 19.4% 81.8% 49.6% —
1987 Q4 307 256 51 16.6% 50.0% 55.9% —
1987 Q3 358 300 58 16.2% 57.1% 35.3% —
1987 Q2 185 165 20 10.8% 20.0% 41.3% —
1987 Q1 209 165 44 21.1% 33.3% 59.2% —
1986 Q4 286 238 48 16.8% 50.0% 55.8% —
1986 Q3 260 216 44 16.9% 75.0% 63.6% —
1986 Q2 186 167 19 10.2% 100.0% 77.8% —
1986 Q1 262 207 55 21.0% 50.0% 74.0% —
1985 Q4 231 195 36 15.6% 100.0% 67.8% —
1985 Q3 257 218 39 15.2% 100.0% 69.6% —
1985 Q2 268 225 43 16.0% 100.0% 69.9% —
1985 Q1 240 200 40 16.7% 100.0% 80.7% —
1984 Q4 222 184 38 17.1% 0.0% 62.8% —
1984 Q3 258 209 49 19.0% — 64.8% —
1984 Q2 273 239 34 12.5% 50.0% 51.2% —
1984 Q1 194 151 43 22.2% 60.0% 47.1% —
1983 Q4 223 200 23 10.3% 100.0% 71.3% —
1983 Q3 263 235 28 10.6% 85.7% 69.1% —
1983 Q2 159 129 30 18.9% 50.0% 39.8% —
1983 Q1 210 169 41 19.5% — 66.9% —
1982 Q4 235 185 50 21.3% 50.0% 56.6% —
1982 Q3 270 197 73 27.0% 50.0% 39.8% —
1982 Q2 239 206 33 13.8% 75.0% 57.5% —
1982 Q1 184 152 32 17.4% 0.0% 56.0% —
1981 Q4 248 207 41 16.5% 71.4% 64.4% —
1981 Q3 251 208 43 17.1% 66.7% 62.6% —
1981 Q2 313 258 55 17.6% 88.9% 53.1% —
1981 Q1 303 245 58 19.1% 90.9% 70.1% —
1980 Q4 340 274 66 19.4% 84.6% 77.1% —
1980 Q3 325 279 46 14.2% 90.9% 63.1% —
1980 Q2 392 326 66 16.8% 75.0% 59.3% —
1980 Q1 304 245 59 19.4% 77.8% 56.5% —
1979 Q4 366 298 68 18.6% 50.0% 64.3% —
1979 Q3 393 313 80 20.4% 66.7% 62.7% —
1979 Q2 301 250 51 16.9% 80.0% 66.3% —

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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