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South East · E07000178 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,186
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.6%
higher than 49% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
87.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
92.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
30.1%
68 allowed of 226 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 18.2%

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
1,197
in the window
Applications decided
1,186
in the window
Approval rate
88.4%
1,048 granted, 138 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 87 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
87.0%
rank 215 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 117 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
Major2395.7%100.0%
Minor27286.4%87.9%
Other89188.8%—
of which householder52489.3%92.1%
"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
01703392024 Q3: 318 received2024 Q3: 308 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 277 received2024 Q4: 268 decided2025 Q1: 334 received2025 Q1: 237 decided2025 Q2: 303 received2025 Q2: 240 decided2025 Q3: 338 received2025 Q3: 316 decided2025 Q4: 287 received2025 Q4: 339 decided2026 Q1: 284 received2026 Q1: 255 decided2026 Q2: 288 received2026 Q2: 276 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
65%
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 (E07000178). 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 276 240 36 13.0% — 92.3% 288
2026 Q1 255 230 25 9.8% 100.0% 92.9% 284
2025 Q4 339 289 50 14.7% — 90.0% 287
2025 Q3 316 289 27 8.5% — 72.7% 338
2025 Q2 240 202 38 15.8% — 87.5% 303
2025 Q1 237 201 36 15.2% — 79.3% 334
2024 Q4 268 233 35 13.1% 100.0% 68.4% 277
2024 Q3 308 257 51 16.6% — 89.8% 318
2024 Q2 286 242 44 15.4% 100.0% 90.2% 317
2024 Q1 246 214 32 13.0% 100.0% 76.9% 314
2023 Q4 290 252 38 13.1% 100.0% 63.2% 260
2023 Q3 286 240 46 16.1% 100.0% 84.1% 334
2023 Q2 314 269 45 14.3% 100.0% 71.4% 319
2023 Q1 250 211 39 15.6% — 76.2% 305
2022 Q4 266 234 32 12.0% — 85.7% 291
2022 Q3 286 246 40 14.0% 100.0% 67.9% 278
2022 Q2 260 220 40 15.4% 50.0% 86.1% 341
2022 Q1 281 249 32 11.4% 50.0% 87.1% 329
2021 Q4 273 259 14 5.1% 100.0% 89.5% 343
2021 Q3 320 292 28 8.8% 100.0% 92.7% 360
2021 Q2 350 304 46 13.1% 100.0% 89.8% 373
2021 Q1 326 291 35 10.7% 100.0% 90.2% 384
2020 Q4 323 279 44 13.6% — 90.6% 363
2020 Q3 272 241 31 11.4% 100.0% 73.6% 320
2020 Q2 291 262 29 10.0% — 89.7% 304
2020 Q1 257 225 32 12.5% 100.0% 87.1% 370
2019 Q4 270 248 22 8.1% 100.0% 77.4% 331
2019 Q3 350 316 34 9.7% 100.0% 94.3% 345
2019 Q2 342 299 43 12.6% 100.0% 87.9% 410
2019 Q1 291 269 22 7.6% 100.0% 91.8% 353
2018 Q4 347 284 63 18.2% 0.0% 85.7% 361
2018 Q3 333 294 39 11.7% 100.0% 87.0% 377
2018 Q2 318 277 41 12.9% 100.0% 85.2% 377
2018 Q1 353 317 36 10.2% 100.0% 91.3% 399
2017 Q4 333 299 34 10.2% 100.0% 98.4% 413
2017 Q3 362 316 46 12.7% 100.0% 94.3% 347
2017 Q2 350 308 42 12.0% 100.0% 93.5% 382
2017 Q1 383 329 54 14.1% 100.0% 86.5% 435
2016 Q4 401 341 60 15.0% 75.0% 69.4% 379
2016 Q3 401 340 61 15.2% 90.0% 45.3% 411
2016 Q2 432 388 44 10.2% 28.6% 41.5% 426
2016 Q1 289 254 35 12.1% 75.0% 41.1% 447
2015 Q4 323 284 39 12.1% 50.0% 71.7% 427
2015 Q3 359 313 46 12.8% 0.0% 74.4% 393
2015 Q2 395 338 57 14.4% 0.0% 45.1% 413
2015 Q1 281 235 46 16.4% 50.0% 64.9% 423
2014 Q4 304 271 33 10.9% 62.5% 62.2% 348
2014 Q3 323 289 34 10.5% 66.7% 59.8% 339
2014 Q2 331 289 42 12.7% 100.0% 76.6% 420
2014 Q1 303 252 26 8.6% 100.0% 78.2% 401
2013 Q4 374 300 53 14.2% 80.0% 64.4% 353
2013 Q3 403 336 41 10.2% 100.0% 88.2% 391
2013 Q2 394 322 44 11.2% 66.7% 69.0% 483
2013 Q1 318 262 39 12.3% 100.0% 73.4% 405
2012 Q4 338 274 39 11.5% 66.7% 75.0% 359
2012 Q3 380 294 52 13.7% 100.0% 75.0% 379
2012 Q2 428 334 53 12.4% 100.0% 65.7% 413
2012 Q1 346 281 48 13.9% 80.0% 80.2% 433
2011 Q4 333 279 37 11.1% 33.3% 78.6% 376
2011 Q3 394 331 44 11.2% 66.7% 71.4% 355
2011 Q2 374 314 49 13.1% 100.0% 80.5% 416
2011 Q1 311 260 34 10.9% 100.0% 73.7% 405
2010 Q4 368 304 47 12.8% 50.0% 79.0% 355
2010 Q3 431 359 56 13.0% 100.0% 82.3% 418
2010 Q2 380 314 55 14.5% 100.0% 81.1% 440
2010 Q1 296 241 43 14.5% 85.7% 73.6% 402
2009 Q4 317 249 59 18.6% 50.0% 83.8% 359
2009 Q3 350 291 48 13.7% 100.0% 83.2% 325
2009 Q2 291 245 38 13.1% 62.5% 84.8% 351
2009 Q1 302 240 48 15.9% 75.0% 85.9% 359
2008 Q4 371 281 72 19.4% 84.6% 76.3% 344
2008 Q3 430 328 87 20.2% 75.0% 77.4% 397
2008 Q2 384 301 70 18.2% 33.3% 77.0% 416
2008 Q1 385 287 93 24.2% 38.9% 72.3% 451
2007 Q4 441 325 105 23.8% 66.7% 79.9% 442
2007 Q3 478 362 96 20.1% 63.6% 73.9% 494
2007 Q2 398 324 61 15.3% 60.0% 87.9% 498
2007 Q1 396 316 73 18.4% 58.3% 80.9% 448
2006 Q4 373 284 83 22.3% 71.4% 78.9% 423
2006 Q3 390 314 66 16.9% 80.0% 78.1% 428
2006 Q2 422 345 71 16.8% 84.2% 85.1% 471
2006 Q1 446 379 65 14.6% 62.5% 78.3% 469
2005 Q4 376 294 76 20.2% 83.3% 73.0% 393
2005 Q3 451 376 62 13.7% 50.0% 78.0% 433
2005 Q2 436 330 75 17.2% 81.5% 76.7% 479
2005 Q1 378 276 87 23.0% 53.8% 80.4% 490
2004 Q4 406 305 86 21.2% 37.5% 67.3% 413
2004 Q3 432 344 75 17.4% 60.0% 76.0% 449
2004 Q2 377 296 76 20.2% 50.0% 68.5% 432
2004 Q1 339 273 63 18.6% 9.1% 68.4% 463
2003 Q4 403 318 79 19.6% 34.4% 74.6% 369
2003 Q3 456 375 68 14.9% 50.0% 75.8% 429
2003 Q2 450 380 63 14.0% 19.2% 55.0% 480
2003 Q1 330 281 48 14.5% 35.3% 74.0% 432
2002 Q4 455 380 64 14.1% 26.9% 70.1% 371
2002 Q3 374 313 42 11.2% 18.8% 57.1% 426
2002 Q2 433 360 63 14.5% 28.6% 68.7% 432
2002 Q1 341 276 53 15.5% 33.3% 59.3% 483
2001 Q4 354 280 66 18.6% 0.0% 58.3% 334
2001 Q3 433 315 88 20.3% 53.3% 50.0% 383
2001 Q2 402 300 91 22.6% 0.0% 15.2% 410
2001 Q1 0 0 0 — — — 42
2000 Q4 287 244 34 11.8% 0.0% 52.0% 356
2000 Q3 0 0 0 — — — 277
2000 Q2 300 254 36 12.0% 0.0% 53.8% 367
2000 Q1 269 226 34 12.6% 0.0% 55.1% 332
1999 Q4 371 315 46 12.4% 44.4% 54.4% 550
1999 Q3 302 253 45 14.9% 9.1% 25.6% 330
1999 Q2 378 322 46 12.2% 44.4% 54.3% 0
1999 Q1 329 281 39 11.9% 25.0% 53.8% 389
1998 Q4 364 310 44 12.1% 33.3% 53.9% 435
1998 Q3 385 327 56 14.5% 50.0% 52.0% 440
1998 Q2 386 314 67 17.4% 53.8% 50.8% 500
1998 Q1 304 255 45 14.8% 41.7% 46.1% 404
1997 Q4 318 267 40 12.6% 62.5% 59.6% 296
1997 Q3 367 310 55 15.0% 50.0% 52.1% 384
1997 Q2 383 311 67 17.5% 53.8% 50.4% 421
1997 Q1 258 216 39 15.1% 50.0% 46.5% 362
1996 Q4 296 243 51 17.2% 40.0% 44.8% 293
1996 Q3 341 289 51 15.0% 52.6% 47.5% 327
1996 Q2 322 287 33 10.2% 42.9% 54.4% 354
1996 Q1 89 83 6 6.7% 83.3% 45.2% —
1995 Q4 83 75 8 9.6% 50.0% 65.8% —
1995 Q3 73 69 4 5.5% 75.0% 53.1% —
1995 Q2 96 86 10 10.4% 57.1% 64.3% —
1995 Q1 71 68 3 4.2% 50.0% 71.8% —
1994 Q4 101 96 5 5.0% 0.0% 56.5% —
1994 Q3 94 88 6 6.4% 0.0% 85.7% —
1994 Q2 84 76 8 9.5% 0.0% 70.3% —
1994 Q1 67 64 3 4.5% 50.0% 75.0% —
1993 Q4 124 115 9 7.3% 36.4% 60.7% —
1993 Q3 104 94 10 9.6% 60.0% 59.3% —
1993 Q2 124 116 8 6.5% 50.0% 60.0% —
1993 Q1 77 75 2 2.6% 66.7% 57.1% —
1992 Q4 85 70 15 17.6% 0.0% 61.7% —
1992 Q3 119 111 8 6.7% 20.0% 73.2% —
1992 Q2 109 99 10 9.2% 50.0% 71.7% —
1992 Q1 72 66 6 8.3% 0.0% 48.7% —
1991 Q4 107 93 14 13.1% 50.0% 68.4% —
1991 Q3 114 103 11 9.6% 71.4% 54.5% —
1991 Q2 109 98 11 10.1% 40.0% 44.0% —
1991 Q1 99 89 10 10.1% 20.0% 68.3% —
1990 Q4 130 118 12 9.2% 33.3% 46.7% —
1990 Q3 118 110 8 6.8% 0.0% 47.4% —
1990 Q2 135 121 14 10.4% 28.6% 40.0% —
1990 Q1 143 134 9 6.3% 66.7% 38.0% —
1989 Q4 114 102 12 10.5% 50.0% 39.5% —
1989 Q3 132 122 10 7.6% 100.0% 30.8% —
1989 Q2 158 151 7 4.4% 33.3% 69.0% —
1989 Q1 125 121 4 3.2% 57.1% 71.4% —
1988 Q4 142 56 86 60.6% 60.0% 64.4% —
1988 Q3 153 108 45 29.4% 37.5% 60.9% —
1988 Q2 146 140 6 4.1% 33.3% 67.9% —
1988 Q1 109 105 4 3.7% 50.0% 69.1% —
1987 Q4 94 92 2 2.1% 100.0% 75.7% —
1987 Q3 130 119 11 8.5% 55.6% 59.4% —
1987 Q2 115 104 11 9.6% 100.0% 63.3% —
1987 Q1 87 83 4 4.6% 40.0% 71.9% —
1986 Q4 94 88 6 6.4% 40.0% 73.9% —
1986 Q3 116 115 1 0.9% 100.0% 75.0% —
1986 Q2 85 81 4 4.7% 80.0% 73.7% —
1986 Q1 96 92 4 4.2% 73.3% 79.2% —
1985 Q4 87 81 6 6.9% 40.0% 71.4% —
1985 Q3 95 85 10 10.5% 85.7% 75.6% —
1985 Q2 105 96 9 8.6% 75.0% 59.1% —
1985 Q1 107 94 13 12.1% 50.0% 61.0% —
1984 Q4 69 65 4 5.8% 50.0% 84.0% —
1984 Q3 84 82 2 2.4% 50.0% 67.9% —
1984 Q2 137 124 13 9.5% 100.0% 82.1% —
1984 Q1 81 79 2 2.5% 50.0% 81.6% —
1983 Q4 88 80 8 9.1% 100.0% 77.8% —
1983 Q3 112 104 8 7.1% 75.0% 84.6% —
1983 Q2 112 106 6 5.4% 100.0% 69.4% —
1983 Q1 100 94 6 6.0% 100.0% 71.7% —
1982 Q4 112 101 11 9.8% 33.3% 71.1% —
1982 Q3 95 88 7 7.4% 50.0% 65.8% —
1982 Q2 116 108 8 6.9% 100.0% 70.0% —
1982 Q1 67 63 4 6.0% — 80.8% —
1981 Q4 127 114 13 10.2% 60.0% 89.1% —
1981 Q3 104 83 21 20.2% 100.0% 65.2% —
1981 Q2 169 144 25 14.8% 100.0% 65.2% —
1981 Q1 151 132 19 12.6% 60.0% 52.4% —
1980 Q4 105 94 11 10.5% 100.0% 61.4% —
1980 Q3 168 150 18 10.7% 75.0% 66.2% —
1980 Q2 165 150 15 9.1% 80.0% 46.8% —
1980 Q1 138 122 16 11.6% 87.5% 56.9% —
1979 Q4 157 140 17 10.8% 85.7% 68.6% —
1979 Q3 173 150 23 13.3% 72.7% 55.9% —
1979 Q2 100 91 9 9.0% 75.0% 72.5% —

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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