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Newcastle-under-Lyme

West Midlands · E07000195 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
441
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
9.3%
higher than 34% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
95.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
98.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
90.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
46.9%
30 allowed of 64 decided
Decisions overturned
1.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 14.6%

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
473
in the window
Applications decided
441
in the window
Approval rate
90.7%
400 granted, 41 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 65 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
97.9%
rank 42 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 18 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
Major22100.0%100.0%
Minor16479.9%95.5%
Other25596.9%—
of which householder19697.4%98.7%
"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
0851692024 Q3: 107 received2024 Q3: 124 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 120 received2024 Q4: 94 decided2025 Q1: 140 received2025 Q1: 100 decided2025 Q2: 115 received2025 Q2: 169 decided2025 Q3: 103 received2025 Q3: 102 decided2025 Q4: 117 received2025 Q4: 108 decided2026 Q1: 145 received2026 Q1: 106 decided2026 Q2: 108 received2026 Q2: 125 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
94%
Action plan

Delivery 85–94%: the authority must publish an action plan. No presumption or buffer 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 (E07000195). 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 125 114 11 8.8% 100.0% 86.4% 108
2026 Q1 106 98 8 7.5% 100.0% 100.0% 145
2025 Q4 108 97 11 10.2% 100.0% 100.0% 117
2025 Q3 102 91 11 10.8% 100.0% 96.3% 103
2025 Q2 169 165 4 2.4% — 85.7% 115
2025 Q1 100 95 5 5.0% 100.0% 86.7% 140
2024 Q4 94 89 5 5.3% 100.0% 100.0% 120
2024 Q3 124 115 9 7.3% 100.0% 95.2% 107
2024 Q2 123 114 9 7.3% 100.0% 90.0% 133
2024 Q1 105 101 4 3.8% — 100.0% 132
2023 Q4 141 131 10 7.1% 100.0% 81.0% 111
2023 Q3 151 144 7 4.6% 100.0% 82.4% 141
2023 Q2 120 116 4 3.3% — 92.3% 142
2023 Q1 130 122 8 6.2% — 100.0% 130
2022 Q4 153 142 11 7.2% 100.0% 81.3% 139
2022 Q3 134 129 5 3.7% 100.0% 100.0% 149
2022 Q2 141 132 9 6.4% — 100.0% 167
2022 Q1 131 123 8 6.1% 100.0% 94.4% 140
2021 Q4 149 143 6 4.0% 100.0% 100.0% 144
2021 Q3 182 174 8 4.4% 100.0% 100.0% 162
2021 Q2 199 193 6 3.0% 100.0% 100.0% 198
2021 Q1 141 135 6 4.3% 100.0% 100.0% 203
2020 Q4 159 151 8 5.0% 100.0% 95.7% 152
2020 Q3 135 128 7 5.2% 100.0% 100.0% 165
2020 Q2 121 117 4 3.3% 100.0% 96.0% 116
2020 Q1 135 121 14 10.4% 100.0% 100.0% 144
2019 Q4 131 117 14 10.7% 100.0% 100.0% 138
2019 Q3 165 152 13 7.9% 100.0% 97.1% 138
2019 Q2 172 157 15 8.7% 100.0% 100.0% 172
2019 Q1 148 130 18 12.2% 100.0% 83.3% 157
2018 Q4 137 117 20 14.6% 100.0% 95.7% 159
2018 Q3 149 132 17 11.4% 100.0% 79.2% 154
2018 Q2 151 133 18 11.9% 100.0% 76.7% 147
2018 Q1 144 131 13 9.0% 100.0% 76.9% 157
2017 Q4 147 126 21 14.3% 100.0% 75.9% 153
2017 Q3 171 156 15 8.8% 33.3% 71.8% 167
2017 Q2 176 167 9 5.1% 100.0% 76.3% 185
2017 Q1 132 119 13 9.8% 100.0% 95.1% 175
2016 Q4 160 151 9 5.6% 100.0% 97.6% 167
2016 Q3 164 152 12 7.3% 100.0% 92.1% 148
2016 Q2 169 144 25 14.8% 100.0% 100.0% 191
2016 Q1 153 141 12 7.8% 100.0% 90.7% 175
2015 Q4 168 155 13 7.7% 100.0% 78.5% 151
2015 Q3 179 152 27 15.1% 100.0% 84.5% 192
2015 Q2 175 152 23 13.1% 100.0% 71.9% 172
2015 Q1 124 115 9 7.3% 0.0% 80.5% 161
2014 Q4 160 154 6 3.8% 100.0% 78.4% 150
2014 Q3 151 139 12 7.9% 80.0% 86.5% 153
2014 Q2 161 143 18 11.2% 100.0% 87.7% 161
2014 Q1 114 97 15 13.2% — 74.1% 165
2013 Q4 148 124 18 12.2% 100.0% 85.4% 126
2013 Q3 163 144 10 6.1% 75.0% 77.6% 166
2013 Q2 173 159 11 6.4% 100.0% 71.7% 199
2013 Q1 139 114 18 12.9% 60.0% 81.4% 158
2012 Q4 145 128 8 5.5% 66.7% 92.9% 150
2012 Q3 153 136 13 8.5% 100.0% 90.2% 152
2012 Q2 138 127 5 3.6% 50.0% 87.5% 147
2012 Q1 133 113 19 14.3% 100.0% 84.6% 149
2011 Q4 173 154 17 9.8% 85.7% 92.5% 149
2011 Q3 147 123 23 15.6% 60.0% 94.2% 165
2011 Q2 144 123 18 12.5% 85.7% 97.4% 158
2011 Q1 129 110 15 11.6% 83.3% 78.8% 167
2010 Q4 150 126 21 14.0% 62.5% 89.1% 139
2010 Q3 189 156 31 16.4% 63.6% 90.2% 145
2010 Q2 161 140 19 11.8% 88.9% 87.2% 196
2010 Q1 172 142 27 15.7% 90.9% 83.3% 174
2009 Q4 162 136 25 15.4% 66.7% 87.8% 176
2009 Q3 166 147 16 9.6% 50.0% 91.4% 168
2009 Q2 179 157 22 12.3% 88.9% 83.6% 178
2009 Q1 139 113 22 15.8% 85.7% 91.3% 170
2008 Q4 213 169 42 19.7% 76.5% 89.1% 163
2008 Q3 253 207 44 17.4% 100.0% 89.8% 242
2008 Q2 260 199 57 21.9% 81.8% 80.6% 277
2008 Q1 199 162 36 18.1% 72.7% 86.5% 261
2007 Q4 254 194 57 22.4% 62.5% 83.7% 213
2007 Q3 274 220 53 19.3% 42.9% 81.6% 272
2007 Q2 293 250 42 14.3% 61.5% 80.0% 296
2007 Q1 260 199 60 23.1% 50.0% 80.5% 291
2006 Q4 232 165 65 28.0% 25.0% 64.9% 259
2006 Q3 279 211 66 23.7% 80.0% 65.3% 243
2006 Q2 301 228 68 22.6% 55.6% 50.6% 289
2006 Q1 238 192 44 18.5% 55.6% 55.2% 311
2005 Q4 269 205 60 22.3% 46.2% 69.2% 245
2005 Q3 317 256 54 17.0% 18.2% 41.9% 293
2005 Q2 320 256 61 19.1% 16.7% 52.1% 276
2005 Q1 244 184 59 24.2% 16.7% 20.0% 318
2004 Q4 289 240 46 15.9% 54.5% 33.0% 243
2004 Q3 350 273 72 20.6% 37.5% 23.0% 350
2004 Q2 331 265 60 18.1% 33.3% 34.1% 345
2004 Q1 309 259 44 14.2% 22.2% 20.6% 327
2003 Q4 262 222 36 13.7% 54.5% 12.7% 274
2003 Q3 271 221 50 18.5% 50.0% 29.2% 291
2003 Q2 281 252 27 9.6% 20.0% 45.6% 331
2003 Q1 249 210 38 15.3% 62.5% 51.0% 285
2002 Q4 255 214 36 14.1% 25.0% 53.8% 255
2002 Q3 242 198 41 16.9% 60.0% 38.2% 287
2002 Q2 221 178 40 18.1% 50.0% 72.1% 230
2002 Q1 196 170 22 11.2% 85.7% 77.2% 253
2001 Q4 195 167 26 13.3% 57.1% 76.6% 204
2001 Q3 246 214 29 11.8% 50.0% 85.5% 220
2001 Q2 263 222 35 13.3% 66.7% 79.7% 243
2001 Q1 172 142 27 15.7% 80.0% 72.7% 266
2000 Q4 215 159 53 24.7% 42.9% 67.2% 184
2000 Q3 190 166 21 11.1% 75.0% 77.6% 208
2000 Q2 212 198 13 6.1% 64.3% 56.9% 200
2000 Q1 183 151 24 13.1% 42.9% 68.2% 226
1999 Q4 397 329 54 13.6% 35.7% 64.4% 194
1999 Q3 447 396 36 8.1% 50.0% 68.7% 207
1999 Q2 382 324 44 11.5% 60.0% 51.8% 209
1999 Q1 388 347 35 9.0% 64.3% 72.1% 221
1998 Q4 422 367 53 12.6% 25.0% 71.1% 169
1998 Q3 469 428 36 7.7% 50.0% 65.0% 203
1998 Q2 378 341 33 8.7% 56.3% 55.2% 199
1998 Q1 357 309 38 10.6% 14.3% 52.5% 216
1997 Q4 426 371 51 12.0% 25.0% 63.9% 170
1997 Q3 419 376 38 9.1% 60.0% 51.1% 216
1997 Q2 429 384 38 8.9% 63.6% 57.6% 213
1997 Q1 335 290 38 11.3% 38.9% 52.6% 220
1996 Q4 321 286 29 9.0% 38.5% 61.2% 172
1996 Q3 500 439 47 9.4% 66.7% 62.1% 216
1996 Q2 401 365 24 6.0% 80.0% 64.5% 228
1996 Q1 353 321 32 9.1% 47.6% 68.9% —
1995 Q4 421 378 43 10.2% 66.7% 64.1% —
1995 Q3 391 357 34 8.7% 83.3% 66.4% —
1995 Q2 487 441 46 9.4% 70.6% 66.4% —
1995 Q1 457 409 48 10.5% 61.1% 70.7% —
1994 Q4 382 351 31 8.1% 55.0% 61.1% —
1994 Q3 474 426 48 10.1% 60.0% 68.0% —
1994 Q2 456 424 32 7.0% 69.7% 71.5% —
1994 Q1 365 339 26 7.1% 80.0% 60.9% —
1993 Q4 458 409 49 10.7% 66.7% 60.4% —
1993 Q3 484 445 39 8.1% 50.0% 55.8% —
1993 Q2 447 418 29 6.5% 80.0% 43.2% —
1993 Q1 366 331 35 9.6% 64.3% 54.1% —
1992 Q4 403 374 29 7.2% 84.6% 48.7% —
1992 Q3 354 316 38 10.7% 92.9% 58.1% —
1992 Q2 457 423 34 7.4% 90.9% 66.7% —
1992 Q1 330 309 21 6.4% 75.0% 62.0% —
1991 Q4 393 362 31 7.9% 72.0% 64.8% —
1991 Q3 482 443 39 8.1% 85.7% 63.5% —
1991 Q2 424 381 43 10.1% 50.0% 72.3% —
1991 Q1 350 303 47 13.4% 75.0% 72.9% —
1990 Q4 434 367 67 15.4% 60.0% 62.0% —
1990 Q3 416 353 63 15.1% 72.7% 66.0% —
1990 Q2 537 474 63 11.7% 53.3% 65.9% —
1990 Q1 431 377 54 12.5% 58.3% 59.7% —
1989 Q4 542 464 78 14.4% 57.9% 57.9% —
1989 Q3 432 393 39 9.0% 54.5% 32.3% —
1989 Q2 495 448 47 9.5% 65.4% 60.0% —
1989 Q1 494 443 51 10.3% 63.6% 64.8% —
1988 Q4 433 381 52 12.0% 69.6% 64.7% —
1988 Q3 481 430 51 10.6% 84.6% 66.4% —
1988 Q2 446 406 40 9.0% 50.0% 63.8% —
1988 Q1 364 315 49 13.5% 62.5% 61.5% —
1987 Q4 353 314 39 11.0% 61.5% 62.3% —
1987 Q3 506 446 60 11.9% 52.9% 65.2% —
1987 Q2 392 353 39 9.9% 90.9% 72.6% —
1987 Q1 335 282 53 15.8% 71.4% 69.6% —
1986 Q4 443 392 51 11.5% 60.9% 63.6% —
1986 Q3 471 419 52 11.0% 72.7% 78.6% —
1986 Q2 539 473 66 12.2% 76.9% 70.5% —
1986 Q1 308 271 37 12.0% 52.2% 72.1% —
1985 Q4 418 363 55 13.2% 82.6% 68.2% —
1985 Q3 442 397 45 10.2% 84.0% 75.2% —
1985 Q2 564 512 52 9.2% 76.3% 81.6% —
1985 Q1 355 328 27 7.6% 84.4% 81.5% —
1984 Q4 393 368 25 6.4% 90.6% 79.2% —
1984 Q3 627 568 59 9.4% 87.9% 85.5% —
1984 Q2 537 495 42 7.8% 81.0% 78.9% —
1984 Q1 497 466 31 6.2% 86.8% 84.4% —
1983 Q4 469 436 33 7.0% 97.1% 81.3% —
1983 Q3 489 452 37 7.6% 90.3% 80.1% —
1983 Q2 524 494 30 5.7% 91.4% 81.3% —
1983 Q1 636 590 46 7.2% 92.1% 86.3% —
1982 Q4 542 499 43 7.9% 91.4% 87.5% —
1982 Q3 633 574 59 9.3% 92.6% 86.2% —
1982 Q2 522 483 39 7.5% 96.4% 87.2% —
1982 Q1 353 320 33 9.3% 94.1% 86.8% —
1981 Q4 576 506 70 12.2% 81.8% 81.3% —
1981 Q3 485 437 48 9.9% 80.0% 76.1% —
1981 Q2 655 581 74 11.3% 87.0% 64.4% —
1981 Q1 594 524 70 11.8% 72.7% 65.4% —
1980 Q4 584 523 61 10.4% 50.0% 62.7% —
1980 Q3 619 574 45 7.3% 82.4% 63.8% —
1980 Q2 744 666 78 10.5% 76.5% 50.6% —
1980 Q1 692 631 61 8.8% 65.0% 58.4% —
1979 Q4 643 589 54 8.4% 59.1% 50.0% —
1979 Q3 895 812 83 9.3% 73.0% 50.2% —
1979 Q2 594 540 54 9.1% 68.8% 53.4% —

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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