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Epsom and Ewell

South East · E07000208 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
591
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
17.9%
higher than 84% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
90.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.8%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 26.0%

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
622
in the window
Applications decided
591
in the window
Approval rate
82.1%
485 granted, 106 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 145 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
92.3%
rank 137 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 76 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
Major977.8%100.0%
Minor11070.0%90.0%
Other47285.0%—
of which householder41186.9%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
0961912024 Q3: 159 received2024 Q3: 170 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 146 received2024 Q4: 139 decided2025 Q1: 191 received2025 Q1: 142 decided2025 Q2: 150 received2025 Q2: 183 decided2025 Q3: 151 received2025 Q3: 149 decided2025 Q4: 155 received2025 Q4: 157 decided2026 Q1: 162 received2026 Q1: 150 decided2026 Q2: 154 received2026 Q2: 135 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
33%
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 (E07000208). 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 135 114 21 15.6% — 89.5% 154
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 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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