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Guildford

South East · E07000209 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,362
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
14.8%
higher than 68% of authorities
Majors in time
50.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
62.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
77.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.3%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
36.1%
182 allowed of 504 decided
Decisions overturned
2.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 26.8%

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
1,349
in the window
Applications decided
1,362
in the window
Approval rate
85.2%
1,161 granted, 201 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 117 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
73.5%
rank 283 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 152 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
Major2176.2%50.0%
Minor28184.0%62.9%
Other1,06085.8%—
of which householder85986.4%77.3%
"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
02014022024 Q3: 361 received2024 Q3: 324 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 367 received2024 Q4: 293 decided2025 Q1: 402 received2025 Q1: 301 decided2025 Q2: 376 received2025 Q2: 306 decided2025 Q3: 304 received2025 Q3: 384 decided2025 Q4: 324 received2025 Q4: 325 decided2026 Q1: 354 received2026 Q1: 333 decided2026 Q2: 367 received2026 Q2: 320 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
102%
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 (E07000209). 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 320 279 41 12.8% 100.0% 33.3% 367
2026 Q1 333 273 60 18.0% 0.0% 63.6% 354
2025 Q4 325 267 58 17.8% — 58.8% 324
2025 Q3 384 342 42 10.9% — 85.7% 304
2025 Q2 306 247 59 19.3% — 54.5% 376
2025 Q1 301 256 45 15.0% — 69.2% 402
2024 Q4 293 246 47 16.0% — 76.5% 367
2024 Q3 324 284 40 12.3% — 72.2% 361
2024 Q2 368 309 59 16.0% 100.0% 78.6% 393
2024 Q1 331 270 61 18.4% 100.0% 69.2% 396
2023 Q4 437 347 90 20.6% 75.0% 69.0% 388
2023 Q3 485 400 85 17.5% 50.0% 57.1% 414
2023 Q2 513 396 117 22.8% 100.0% 53.6% 491
2023 Q1 465 364 101 21.7% 100.0% 28.6% 419
2022 Q4 499 409 90 18.0% 100.0% 22.2% 441
2022 Q3 468 380 88 18.8% 100.0% 16.7% 425
2022 Q2 398 328 70 17.6% — 18.5% 478
2022 Q1 453 351 102 22.5% 0.0% 11.3% 492
2021 Q4 407 315 92 22.6% 50.0% 2.6% 458
2021 Q3 455 368 87 19.1% 0.0% 32.0% 389
2021 Q2 433 362 71 16.4% 100.0% 41.9% 603
2021 Q1 383 292 91 23.8% 66.7% 40.5% 570
2020 Q4 415 348 67 16.1% 100.0% 50.9% 492
2020 Q3 405 339 66 16.3% 75.0% 75.5% 493
2020 Q2 405 336 69 17.0% 100.0% 72.0% 406
2020 Q1 415 354 61 14.7% 100.0% 93.4% 486
2019 Q4 438 361 77 17.6% 100.0% 92.5% 457
2019 Q3 413 339 74 17.9% 85.7% 88.5% 456
2019 Q2 456 380 76 16.7% 100.0% 98.5% 479
2019 Q1 400 340 60 15.0% 100.0% 96.0% 484
2018 Q4 490 424 66 13.5% 100.0% 92.6% 454
2018 Q3 497 421 76 15.3% 100.0% 91.5% 516
2018 Q2 526 435 91 17.3% 100.0% 87.0% 498
2018 Q1 449 366 83 18.5% 100.0% 94.5% 539
2017 Q4 496 399 97 19.6% 80.0% 83.1% 503
2017 Q3 503 411 92 18.3% 100.0% 93.5% 514
2017 Q2 527 425 102 19.4% 80.0% 90.4% 570
2017 Q1 457 363 94 20.6% 100.0% 88.1% 551
2016 Q4 512 375 137 26.8% 50.0% 79.4% 522
2016 Q3 585 469 116 19.8% 66.7% 89.5% 522
2016 Q2 528 419 109 20.6% 100.0% 86.9% 625
2016 Q1 478 359 119 24.9% 100.0% 72.2% 545
2015 Q4 496 384 112 22.6% 87.5% 73.7% 552
2015 Q3 464 374 90 19.4% 83.3% 69.4% 497
2015 Q2 508 424 84 16.5% 80.0% 64.6% 561
2015 Q1 425 317 108 25.4% 75.0% 70.2% 503
2014 Q4 454 366 88 19.4% 100.0% 71.3% 511
2014 Q3 512 409 103 20.1% 87.5% 67.6% 498
2014 Q2 480 407 73 15.2% 87.5% 68.3% 635
2014 Q1 431 329 68 15.8% 72.7% 65.3% 544
2013 Q4 506 401 54 10.7% 61.5% 49.4% 538
2013 Q3 518 407 50 9.7% 70.0% 45.5% 543
2013 Q2 548 420 65 11.9% 58.8% 68.9% 565
2013 Q1 449 355 60 13.4% 40.0% 63.7% 544
2012 Q4 473 355 76 16.1% 75.0% 65.2% 509
2012 Q3 506 386 73 14.4% 50.0% 62.0% 482
2012 Q2 477 348 81 17.0% 71.4% 69.6% 548
2012 Q1 461 311 95 20.6% 100.0% 74.7% 581
2011 Q4 540 404 76 14.1% 100.0% 81.3% 488
2011 Q3 562 391 101 18.0% 62.5% 76.1% 603
2011 Q2 517 376 108 20.9% 87.5% 69.7% 525
2011 Q1 368 244 89 24.2% 62.5% 67.1% 521
2010 Q4 515 355 121 23.5% 75.0% 55.9% 478
2010 Q3 569 402 131 23.0% 90.9% 71.6% 600
2010 Q2 485 327 111 22.9% 100.0% 68.6% 606
2010 Q1 474 319 128 27.0% 72.7% 47.3% 496
2009 Q4 418 312 86 20.6% 92.3% 62.3% 541
2009 Q3 470 312 105 22.3% 81.3% 73.9% 498
2009 Q2 422 304 83 19.7% 100.0% 77.7% 513
2009 Q1 415 268 115 27.7% 83.3% 76.9% 480
2008 Q4 454 327 106 23.3% 81.8% 70.2% 494
2008 Q3 571 406 153 26.8% 91.7% 80.5% 531
2008 Q2 564 414 143 25.4% 62.5% 73.2% 633
2008 Q1 432 311 101 23.4% 60.0% 65.2% 594
2007 Q4 582 447 116 19.9% 93.3% 80.2% 613
2007 Q3 632 463 154 24.4% 90.9% 87.4% 652
2007 Q2 564 426 124 22.0% 100.0% 83.9% 711
2007 Q1 548 398 124 22.6% 90.9% 73.4% 648
2006 Q4 487 371 83 17.0% 100.0% 79.5% 618
2006 Q3 623 488 106 17.0% 62.5% 70.7% 591
2006 Q2 588 431 135 23.0% 42.9% 69.9% 682
2006 Q1 547 401 110 20.1% 46.2% 79.6% 673
2005 Q4 496 374 91 18.3% 14.3% 56.4% 574
2005 Q3 561 441 93 16.6% 46.2% 62.4% 624
2005 Q2 608 478 106 17.4% 66.7% 70.1% 634
2005 Q1 568 442 101 17.8% 58.3% 66.0% 626
2004 Q4 534 443 66 12.4% 57.1% 65.8% 613
2004 Q3 643 532 96 14.9% 63.2% 76.6% 659
2004 Q2 657 529 113 17.2% 30.0% 60.6% 718
2004 Q1 582 464 101 17.4% 69.2% 69.6% 713
2003 Q4 589 465 112 19.0% 43.8% 52.2% 615
2003 Q3 690 559 115 16.7% 57.1% 61.4% 675
2003 Q2 557 463 81 14.5% 0.0% 50.9% 651
2003 Q1 548 443 88 16.1% 20.0% 62.3% 635
2002 Q4 552 454 84 15.2% 40.0% 64.4% 623
2002 Q3 633 518 100 15.8% 38.5% 51.4% 618
2002 Q2 549 467 63 11.5% 66.7% 59.8% 657
2002 Q1 497 387 88 17.7% 44.4% 49.5% 654
2001 Q4 546 409 84 15.4% 18.2% 54.0% 524
2001 Q3 590 489 89 15.1% 50.0% 57.1% 660
2001 Q2 531 433 78 14.7% 62.5% 51.8% 520
2001 Q1 514 408 67 13.0% 62.5% 52.6% 595
2000 Q4 464 376 67 14.4% 28.6% 59.3% 480
2000 Q3 616 508 103 16.7% 53.8% 45.8% 511
2000 Q2 615 512 97 15.8% 33.3% 40.0% 633
2000 Q1 518 433 75 14.5% 37.5% 27.6% 579
1999 Q4 298 245 39 13.1% 100.0% 29.0% 419
1999 Q3 644 518 91 14.1% — 28.8% 871
1999 Q2 534 451 60 11.2% 0.0% 10.9% 538
1999 Q1 399 352 36 9.0% 0.0% 22.3% 526
1998 Q4 482 415 58 12.0% 0.0% 35.0% 421
1998 Q3 479 415 42 8.8% 0.0% 27.9% 527
1998 Q2 480 410 44 9.2% 42.9% 32.4% 479
1998 Q1 481 409 47 9.8% 11.1% 39.5% 462
1997 Q4 406 338 43 10.6% 22.2% 35.1% 412
1997 Q3 463 395 46 9.9% 14.3% 32.5% 487
1997 Q2 455 377 47 10.3% 25.0% 15.2% 475
1997 Q1 391 320 38 9.7% 50.0% 34.9% 421
1996 Q4 410 343 50 12.2% 0.0% 22.8% 415
1996 Q3 441 373 53 12.0% 66.7% 29.2% 373
1996 Q2 405 337 51 12.6% 0.0% 34.2% 466
1996 Q1 228 184 44 19.3% 50.0% 66.1% —
1995 Q4 280 229 51 18.2% 61.1% 39.2% —
1995 Q3 291 235 56 19.2% 54.5% 51.4% —
1995 Q2 235 197 38 16.2% 50.0% 56.1% —
1995 Q1 192 152 40 20.8% 60.0% 46.2% —
1994 Q4 320 274 46 14.4% 68.4% 49.0% —
1994 Q3 259 223 36 13.9% 60.0% 46.2% —
1994 Q2 250 206 44 17.6% 64.3% 43.2% —
1994 Q1 302 301 1 0.3% 80.0% 61.5% —
1993 Q4 303 276 27 8.9% 68.2% 56.9% —
1993 Q3 232 195 37 15.9% 50.0% 60.0% —
1993 Q2 187 162 25 13.4% 100.0% 62.0% —
1993 Q1 193 146 47 24.4% 66.7% 51.5% —
1992 Q4 104 77 27 26.0% 0.0% 50.0% —
1992 Q3 268 231 37 13.8% 57.1% 55.9% —
1992 Q2 232 168 64 27.6% 70.0% 35.7% —
1992 Q1 209 172 37 17.7% 62.5% 35.5% —
1991 Q4 278 213 65 23.4% 60.0% 47.5% —
1991 Q3 278 213 65 23.4% 25.0% 45.8% —
1991 Q2 291 198 93 32.0% 25.0% 14.9% —
1991 Q1 107 72 35 32.7% 0.0% 2.4% —
1990 Q4 202 134 68 33.7% 20.0% 34.4% —
1990 Q3 297 206 91 30.6% 62.5% 16.3% —
1990 Q2 239 164 75 31.4% 50.0% 39.2% —
1990 Q1 257 186 71 27.6% 31.3% 47.9% —
1989 Q4 229 148 81 35.4% 16.7% 33.3% —
1989 Q3 305 213 92 30.2% 62.5% 18.0% —
1989 Q2 297 206 91 30.6% 20.0% 12.5% —
1989 Q1 276 170 106 38.4% 18.2% 32.6% —
1988 Q4 307 190 117 38.1% 50.0% 24.5% —
1988 Q3 267 189 78 29.2% 80.0% 32.6% —
1988 Q2 342 225 117 34.2% 50.0% 50.9% —
1988 Q1 254 166 88 34.6% 57.1% 43.9% —
1987 Q4 245 171 74 30.2% 50.0% 46.2% —
1987 Q3 426 366 60 14.1% 14.3% 49.5% —
1987 Q2 416 356 60 14.4% 50.0% 43.6% —
1987 Q1 431 361 70 16.2% 37.5% 44.4% —
1986 Q4 393 323 70 17.8% 41.2% 57.4% —
1986 Q3 406 327 79 19.5% 54.5% 65.7% —
1986 Q2 484 388 96 19.8% 62.5% 72.3% —
1986 Q1 326 269 57 17.5% 26.7% 57.1% —
1985 Q4 352 287 65 18.5% 81.8% 60.4% —
1985 Q3 266 220 46 17.3% 33.3% 57.0% —
1985 Q2 514 427 87 16.9% 41.7% 60.5% —
1985 Q1 289 239 50 17.3% 71.4% 61.4% —
1984 Q4 322 262 60 18.6% 70.0% 72.2% —
1984 Q3 352 280 72 20.5% 75.0% 64.8% —
1984 Q2 512 421 91 17.8% 64.7% 73.4% —
1984 Q1 327 257 70 21.4% 77.8% 57.5% —
1983 Q4 303 249 54 17.8% 54.5% 74.0% —
1983 Q3 355 285 70 19.7% 85.7% 74.7% —
1983 Q2 440 376 64 14.5% 50.0% 74.1% —
1983 Q1 350 303 47 13.4% 72.7% 87.5% —
1982 Q4 310 267 43 13.9% 87.5% 70.8% —
1982 Q3 320 259 61 19.1% 37.5% 77.9% —
1982 Q2 484 403 81 16.7% 47.4% 66.9% —
1982 Q1 287 247 40 13.9% 53.8% 75.8% —
1981 Q4 300 252 48 16.0% 50.0% 37.7% —
1981 Q3 290 245 45 15.5% 57.1% 38.2% —
1981 Q2 636 533 103 16.2% 21.4% 19.5% —
1981 Q1 395 332 63 15.9% 66.7% 78.0% —
1980 Q4 401 332 69 17.2% 83.3% 78.8% —
1980 Q3 540 456 84 15.6% 87.5% 82.0% —
1980 Q2 587 491 96 16.4% 84.6% 82.5% —
1980 Q1 462 364 98 21.2% 90.9% 82.9% —
1979 Q4 484 399 85 17.6% 100.0% 82.1% —
1979 Q3 568 469 99 17.4% 11.1% 65.8% —
1979 Q2 526 437 89 16.9% 69.2% 84.0% —

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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