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Epsom and Ewell

South East · E07000208 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
639
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
17.2%
higher than 81% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
93.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
96.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.1%
52 allowed of 207 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 26.0%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 150 111 39 26.0% 100.0% 86.4% 162
2025 Q4 157 130 27 17.2% 100.0% 95.7% 155
2025 Q3 149 130 19 12.8% 100.0% 87.5% 151
2025 Q2 183 158 25 13.7% 100.0% 100.0% 150
2025 Q1 142 121 21 14.8% 100.0% 78.9% 191
2024 Q4 139 109 30 21.6% 100.0% 95.2% 146
2024 Q3 170 147 23 13.5% 93.3% 159
2024 Q2 178 144 34 19.1% 77.8% 177
2024 Q1 154 122 32 20.8% 100.0% 91.3% 186
2023 Q4 158 136 22 13.9% 77.8% 136
2023 Q3 170 151 19 11.2% 100.0% 53.3% 153
2023 Q2 173 146 27 15.6% 62.5% 168
2023 Q1 163 138 25 15.3% 88.9% 207
2022 Q4 166 148 18 10.8% 71.4% 172
2022 Q3 224 187 37 16.5% 100.0% 58.8% 172
2022 Q2 226 207 19 8.4% 100.0% 66.7% 220
2022 Q1 371 320 51 13.7% 100.0% 19.4% 186
2021 Q4 154 146 8 5.2% 4.2% 202
2021 Q3 161 143 18 11.2% 0.0% 0.0% 224
2021 Q2 181 152 29 16.0% 50.0% 7.1% 267
2021 Q1 174 136 38 21.8% 0.0% 47.4% 273
2020 Q4 179 141 38 21.2% 63.2% 198
2020 Q3 158 131 27 17.1% 100.0% 47.6% 174
2020 Q2 189 164 25 13.2% 92.6% 230
2020 Q1 198 176 22 11.1% 0.0% 11.8% 230
2019 Q4 187 159 28 15.0% 50.0% 80.0% 220
2019 Q3 197 175 22 11.2% 63.0% 189
2019 Q2 272 246 26 9.6% 92.0% 233
2019 Q1 192 163 29 15.1% 100.0% 100.0% 274
2018 Q4 202 178 24 11.9% 100.0% 71.4% 192
2018 Q3 213 180 33 15.5% 100.0% 69.2% 187
2018 Q2 227 204 23 10.1% 84.8% 247
2018 Q1 186 161 25 13.4% 100.0% 87.5% 202
2017 Q4 214 185 29 13.6% 100.0% 75.0% 236
2017 Q3 238 205 33 13.9% 73.5% 202
2017 Q2 206 177 29 14.1% 100.0% 91.9% 246
2017 Q1 204 182 22 10.8% 90.0% 219
2016 Q4 213 188 25 11.7% 100.0% 91.7% 218
2016 Q3 234 198 36 15.4% 100.0% 93.5% 228
2016 Q2 242 217 25 10.3% 100.0% 93.5% 252
2016 Q1 203 181 22 10.8% 75.0% 94.7% 251
2015 Q4 181 167 14 7.7% 100.0% 93.3% 191
2015 Q3 248 229 19 7.7% 50.0% 97.5% 241
2015 Q2 215 182 33 15.3% 75.0% 90.3% 235
2015 Q1 199 169 30 15.1% 100.0% 84.8% 209
2014 Q4 232 201 31 13.4% 66.7% 78.9% 222
2014 Q3 202 165 37 18.3% 100.0% 84.6% 228
2014 Q2 214 181 33 15.4% 100.0% 82.8% 205
2014 Q1 177 138 22 12.4% 75.0% 65.2% 254
2013 Q4 210 158 26 12.4% 100.0% 58.1% 213
2013 Q3 240 174 32 13.3% 100.0% 68.8% 221
2013 Q2 210 157 24 11.4% 0.0% 76.5% 239
2013 Q1 162 117 23 14.2% 40.0% 50.0% 205
2012 Q4 206 156 29 14.1% 50.0% 67.7% 186
2012 Q3 268 188 35 13.1% 50.0% 58.6% 276
2012 Q2 187 135 27 14.4% 0.0% 85.0% 196
2012 Q1 169 130 24 14.2% 66.7% 89.3% 204
2011 Q4 192 151 16 8.3% 60.0% 79.2% 183
2011 Q3 213 155 33 15.5% 100.0% 88.9% 198
2011 Q2 224 143 38 17.0% 66.7% 75.9% 234
2011 Q1 172 121 28 16.3% 100.0% 46.2% 206
2010 Q4 196 130 35 17.9% 0.0% 60.0% 200
2010 Q3 221 149 37 16.7% 66.7% 67.7% 223
2010 Q2 222 162 33 14.9% 50.0% 79.4% 210
2010 Q1 164 119 23 14.0% 50.0% 86.5% 219
2009 Q4 191 134 36 18.8% 100.0% 80.0% 213
2009 Q3 192 148 28 14.6% 75.0% 80.0% 163
2009 Q2 183 138 32 17.5% 100.0% 100.0% 205
2009 Q1 140 97 29 20.7% 66.7% 67.9% 179
2008 Q4 189 130 45 23.8% 100.0% 95.5% 181
2008 Q3 245 164 59 24.1% 100.0% 89.5% 211
2008 Q2 280 202 57 20.4% 88.9% 92.7% 276
2008 Q1 253 197 42 16.6% 87.5% 76.5% 294
2007 Q4 282 207 50 17.7% 50.0% 90.9% 284
2007 Q3 273 184 64 23.4% 75.0% 79.4% 271
2007 Q2 280 210 51 18.2% 100.0% 78.8% 301
2007 Q1 230 167 48 20.9% 80.0% 89.4% 285
2006 Q4 203 156 39 19.2% 80.0% 77.8% 227
2006 Q3 291 207 66 22.7% 75.0% 80.0% 252
2006 Q2 236 170 59 25.0% 72.7% 78.0% 297
2006 Q1 250 189 42 16.8% 50.0% 83.0% 268
2005 Q4 247 184 51 20.6% 100.0% 81.1% 250
2005 Q3 249 178 55 22.1% 75.0% 75.0% 265
2005 Q2 266 201 41 15.4% 83.3% 75.6% 259
2005 Q1 245 185 46 18.8% 100.0% 75.0% 310
2004 Q4 223 145 62 27.8% 100.0% 71.9% 263
2004 Q3 268 188 67 25.0% 100.0% 77.3% 271
2004 Q2 296 212 66 22.3% 80.0% 68.4% 269
2004 Q1 193 136 38 19.7% 100.0% 66.7% 268
2003 Q4 213 157 43 20.2% 100.0% 68.8% 237
2003 Q3 260 191 55 21.2% 100.0% 77.8% 239
2003 Q2 292 203 79 27.1% 66.7% 60.7% 257
2003 Q1 244 179 59 24.2% 60.0% 64.6% 268
2002 Q4 202 175 23 11.4% 25.0% 52.9% 226
2002 Q3 270 215 51 18.9% 28.6% 63.2% 230
2002 Q2 312 252 51 16.3% 0.0% 25.6% 231
2002 Q1 170 150 20 11.8% 0.0% 38.5% 279
2001 Q4 162 142 20 12.3% 0.0% 27.3% 236
2001 Q3 209 176 33 15.8% 25.0% 60.5% 206
2001 Q2 176 147 29 16.5% 33.3% 55.6% 237
2001 Q1 215 179 36 16.7% 40.0% 59.0% 264
2000 Q4 294 249 45 15.3% 0.0% 44.4% 282
2000 Q3 208 181 27 13.0% 8.3% 45.7% 227
2000 Q2 232 206 26 11.2% 52.8% 255
2000 Q1 202 179 23 11.4% 28.6% 49.0% 255
1999 Q4 214 189 25 11.7% 33.3% 52.0% 179
1999 Q3 204 172 32 15.7% 0.0% 53.8% 246
1999 Q2 203 178 25 12.3% 50.0% 56.5% 222
1999 Q1 149 122 27 18.1% 0.0% 55.3% 202
1998 Q4 163 146 17 10.4% 33.3% 35.5% 153
1998 Q3 234 204 30 12.8% 50.0% 19.6% 257
1998 Q2 150 124 26 17.3% 66.7% 25.0% 178
1998 Q1 152 121 31 20.4% 22.2% 45.2% 162
1997 Q4 170 142 28 16.5% 0.0% 44.4% 165
1997 Q3 186 167 19 10.2% 50.0% 40.4% 192
1997 Q2 172 145 27 15.7% 66.7% 61.5% 209
1997 Q1 144 126 18 12.5% 50.0% 59.5% 177
1996 Q4 135 113 22 16.3% 50.0% 65.0% 136
1996 Q3 152 120 32 21.1% 100.0% 59.6% 163
1996 Q2 156 139 17 10.9% 0.0% 48.6% 163
1996 Q1 263 208 55 20.9% 100.0% 51.4%
1995 Q4 323 254 69 21.4% 66.7% 48.5%
1995 Q3 302 248 54 17.9% 33.3% 52.3%
1995 Q2 354 288 66 18.6% 57.1% 46.2%
1995 Q1 242 193 49 20.2% 42.9% 64.3%
1994 Q4 333 263 70 21.0% 66.7% 38.8%
1994 Q3 313 251 62 19.8% 22.2% 50.0%
1994 Q2 282 228 54 19.1% 100.0% 41.9%
1994 Q1 326 268 58 17.8% 100.0% 43.2%
1993 Q4 291 220 71 24.4% 42.9% 47.6%
1993 Q3 289 223 66 22.8% 60.0% 50.0%
1993 Q2 324 248 76 23.5% 87.5% 61.7%
1993 Q1 266 193 73 27.4% 84.2% 55.1%
1992 Q4 270 193 77 28.5% 37.5% 42.2%
1992 Q3 291 208 83 28.5% 0.0% 55.9%
1992 Q2 293 216 77 26.3% 62.5% 56.9%
1992 Q1 376 376 0 0.0% 9.1% 42.9%
1991 Q4 280 187 93 33.2% 0.0% 48.0%
1991 Q3 362 263 99 27.3% 37.5% 31.3%
1991 Q2 332 225 107 32.2% 0.0% 33.9%
1991 Q1 370 236 134 36.2% 16.7% 26.5%
1990 Q4 367 268 99 27.0% 20.0% 54.0%
1990 Q3 359 264 95 26.5% 0.0% 35.9%
1990 Q2 355 254 101 28.5% 57.1% 40.3%
1990 Q1 438 328 110 25.1% 66.7% 31.2%
1989 Q4 403 306 97 24.1% 50.0% 32.6%
1989 Q3 461 296 165 35.8% 57.1% 36.5%
1989 Q2 523 379 144 27.5% 33.3% 45.6%
1989 Q1 498 340 158 31.7% 50.0% 60.5%
1988 Q4 447 350 97 21.7% 40.0% 61.0%
1988 Q3 598 393 205 34.3% 76.9% 54.5%
1988 Q2 581 450 131 22.5% 30.8% 41.3%
1988 Q1 518 413 105 20.3% 0.0% 32.4%
1987 Q4 482 351 131 27.2% 66.7% 40.0%
1987 Q3 236 206 30 12.7% 90.0% 51.4%
1987 Q2 234 199 35 15.0% 92.3% 29.5%
1987 Q1 302 267 35 11.6% 94.7% 46.8%
1986 Q4 240 179 61 25.4% 86.7% 65.8%
1986 Q3 208 182 26 12.5% 88.9% 50.8%
1986 Q2 207 177 30 14.5% 91.7% 29.6%
1986 Q1 276 246 30 10.9% 94.1% 46.5%
1985 Q4 225 169 56 24.9% 85.7% 64.9%
1985 Q3 208 182 26 12.5% 88.9% 50.8%
1985 Q2 191 164 27 14.1% 80.0% 53.8%
1985 Q1 252 200 52 20.6% 78.6% 54.8%
1984 Q4 211 184 27 12.8% 64.3% 47.4%
1984 Q3 209 175 34 16.3% 92.3% 67.2%
1984 Q2 173 140 33 19.1% 100.0% 52.8%
1984 Q1 247 215 32 13.0% 91.7% 64.4%
1983 Q4 222 187 35 15.8% 100.0% 53.1%
1983 Q3 185 159 26 14.1% 100.0% 59.3%
1983 Q2 196 163 33 16.8% 33.3% 48.1%
1983 Q1 210 177 33 15.7% 100.0% 40.0%
1982 Q4 163 135 28 17.2% 100.0% 52.3%
1982 Q3 175 149 26 14.9% 100.0% 30.3%
1982 Q2 162 140 22 13.6% 100.0% 38.1%
1982 Q1 172 147 25 14.5% 60.0% 50.8%
1981 Q4 231 190 41 17.7% 100.0% 49.2%
1981 Q3 178 151 27 15.2% 66.7% 57.4%
1981 Q2 150 117 33 22.0% 66.7% 43.9%
1981 Q1 262 204 58 22.1% 83.3% 76.9%
1980 Q4 208 173 35 16.8% 60.0% 81.4%
1980 Q3 213 181 32 15.0% 75.0% 51.1%
1980 Q2 262 226 36 13.7% 83.3% 69.4%
1980 Q1 264 225 39 14.8% 57.1% 45.5%
1979 Q4 260 221 39 15.0% 80.0% 54.4%
1979 Q3 137 110 27 19.7% 100.0% 42.5%
1979 Q2 199 185 14 7.0% 60.0% 38.8%

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1. 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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