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Spelthorne

South East · E07000213 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
566
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
20.8%
higher than 90% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
97.1%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.8%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.1%
67 allowed of 230 decided
Decisions overturned
1.9%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 25.4%

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
571
in the window
Applications decided
566
in the window
Approval rate
79.2%
448 granted, 118 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 155 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
97.3%
rank 53 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 25 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
Major1145.5%100.0%
Minor13965.5%97.1%
Other41684.6%—
of which householder35187.2%97.8%
"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
01062112024 Q3: 160 received2024 Q3: 154 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 161 received2024 Q4: 136 decided2025 Q1: 197 received2025 Q1: 157 decided2025 Q2: 176 received2025 Q2: 211 decided2025 Q3: 139 received2025 Q3: 144 decided2025 Q4: 142 received2025 Q4: 156 decided2026 Q1: 148 received2026 Q1: 123 decided2026 Q2: 142 received2026 Q2: 143 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 (E07000213). 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 143 118 25 17.5% — 94.4% 142
2026 Q1 123 97 26 21.1% 100.0% 100.0% 148
2025 Q4 156 122 34 21.8% — 94.7% 142
2025 Q3 144 111 33 22.9% 100.0% 100.0% 139
2025 Q2 211 182 29 13.7% 100.0% 100.0% 176
2025 Q1 157 123 34 21.7% 100.0% 95.5% 197
2024 Q4 136 118 18 13.2% 100.0% 90.0% 161
2024 Q3 154 132 22 14.3% — 100.0% 160
2024 Q2 165 138 27 16.4% 100.0% 100.0% 162
2024 Q1 143 115 28 19.6% 100.0% 100.0% 159
2023 Q4 154 126 28 18.2% 100.0% 100.0% 162
2023 Q3 174 142 32 18.4% 100.0% 100.0% 150
2023 Q2 178 149 29 16.3% 100.0% 100.0% 166
2023 Q1 155 123 32 20.6% 100.0% 100.0% 194
2022 Q4 196 160 36 18.4% 100.0% 100.0% 183
2022 Q3 187 157 30 16.0% 100.0% 90.9% 188
2022 Q2 194 159 35 18.0% 100.0% 100.0% 188
2022 Q1 180 142 38 21.1% 100.0% 84.2% 198
2021 Q4 189 141 48 25.4% 100.0% 93.9% 196
2021 Q3 237 208 29 12.2% 0.0% 100.0% 216
2021 Q2 209 182 27 12.9% 100.0% 100.0% 237
2021 Q1 185 145 40 21.6% 100.0% 92.3% 201
2020 Q4 188 158 30 16.0% 100.0% 94.7% 217
2020 Q3 165 142 23 13.9% — 94.1% 171
2020 Q2 160 137 23 14.4% 100.0% 89.7% 153
2020 Q1 162 143 19 11.7% 100.0% 100.0% 181
2019 Q4 176 152 24 13.6% 100.0% 94.3% 183
2019 Q3 207 165 42 20.3% 100.0% 94.4% 198
2019 Q2 232 200 32 13.8% 100.0% 100.0% 202
2019 Q1 171 147 24 14.0% 100.0% 96.3% 230
2018 Q4 156 134 22 14.1% 100.0% 100.0% 168
2018 Q3 193 175 18 9.3% 100.0% 100.0% 189
2018 Q2 194 172 22 11.3% 88.9% 87.1% 220
2018 Q1 183 160 23 12.6% 100.0% 100.0% 194
2017 Q4 204 182 22 10.8% 0.0% 89.6% 190
2017 Q3 227 191 36 15.9% 77.8% 82.5% 204
2017 Q2 219 180 39 17.8% 100.0% 88.2% 238
2017 Q1 202 172 30 14.9% 100.0% 80.6% 226
2016 Q4 190 164 26 13.7% 100.0% 76.1% 188
2016 Q3 249 205 44 17.7% 100.0% 82.2% 240
2016 Q2 246 200 46 18.7% 100.0% 70.8% 264
2016 Q1 199 167 32 16.1% 66.7% 54.5% 263
2015 Q4 192 157 35 18.2% 100.0% 58.7% 233
2015 Q3 214 180 34 15.9% 100.0% 54.3% 223
2015 Q2 209 181 28 13.4% 100.0% 66.7% 269
2015 Q1 188 153 35 18.6% 100.0% 40.8% 263
2014 Q4 212 172 40 18.9% 100.0% 47.9% 228
2014 Q3 164 147 17 10.4% 66.7% 64.5% 249
2014 Q2 188 161 27 14.4% 100.0% 62.5% 242
2014 Q1 170 127 24 14.1% 33.3% 70.0% 229
2013 Q4 179 134 20 11.2% — 53.1% 164
2013 Q3 191 137 28 14.7% 25.0% 63.9% 199
2013 Q2 207 148 37 17.9% 80.0% 79.6% 197
2013 Q1 179 126 33 18.4% 80.0% 62.2% 230
2012 Q4 171 121 33 19.3% 75.0% 58.5% 156
2012 Q3 171 134 15 8.8% 14.3% 56.5% 180
2012 Q2 190 143 30 15.8% 66.7% 74.3% 189
2012 Q1 147 100 29 19.7% 50.0% 76.5% 191
2011 Q4 154 114 24 15.6% 33.3% 75.6% 134
2011 Q3 196 150 24 12.2% 50.0% 66.0% 186
2011 Q2 157 113 29 18.5% 40.0% 65.6% 185
2011 Q1 179 136 23 12.8% 83.3% 62.5% 184
2010 Q4 191 148 31 16.2% 50.0% 76.9% 214
2010 Q3 199 141 44 22.1% 75.0% 73.8% 182
2010 Q2 197 139 40 20.3% 60.0% 86.7% 216
2010 Q1 171 131 27 15.8% 100.0% 73.8% 216
2009 Q4 186 129 39 21.0% 80.0% 87.5% 194
2009 Q3 187 136 38 20.3% 0.0% 89.2% 181
2009 Q2 188 136 38 20.2% 0.0% 70.0% 190
2009 Q1 155 114 24 15.5% 66.7% 74.4% 182
2008 Q4 187 120 53 28.3% 50.0% 60.3% 162
2008 Q3 257 177 63 24.5% 28.6% 60.4% 222
2008 Q2 276 201 50 18.1% 66.7% 50.8% 263
2008 Q1 225 176 37 16.4% 28.6% 42.3% 250
2007 Q4 292 223 58 19.9% 46.2% 40.3% 273
2007 Q3 260 212 38 14.6% 50.0% 60.4% 297
2007 Q2 260 199 51 19.6% 62.5% 70.1% 297
2007 Q1 235 172 49 20.9% 60.0% 71.0% 266
2006 Q4 252 191 53 21.0% 83.3% 70.9% 248
2006 Q3 257 191 55 21.4% 60.0% 70.3% 250
2006 Q2 240 177 51 21.3% 100.0% 78.3% 257
2006 Q1 208 162 32 15.4% 30.0% 74.5% 269
2005 Q4 221 161 42 19.0% 50.0% 52.3% 207
2005 Q3 258 190 50 19.4% 100.0% 78.0% 239
2005 Q2 254 190 49 19.3% 66.7% 69.6% 280
2005 Q1 218 165 40 18.3% 83.3% 84.6% 252
2004 Q4 219 171 36 16.4% 66.7% 81.8% 234
2004 Q3 276 200 61 22.1% 85.7% 89.1% 242
2004 Q2 269 205 54 20.1% 100.0% 78.0% 280
2004 Q1 254 198 49 19.3% 33.3% 81.3% 304
2003 Q4 237 189 35 14.8% 75.0% 63.8% 237
2003 Q3 279 223 49 17.6% 50.0% 70.7% 238
2003 Q2 302 245 45 14.9% 57.1% 73.8% 311
2003 Q1 246 207 32 13.0% 25.0% 54.4% 284
2002 Q4 248 201 37 14.9% 20.0% 51.9% 228
2002 Q3 249 211 33 13.3% 50.0% 36.2% 257
2002 Q2 242 222 17 7.0% 50.0% 58.3% 243
2002 Q1 226 195 27 11.9% 16.7% 64.0% 268
2001 Q4 242 205 28 11.6% 0.0% 59.4% 227
2001 Q3 251 229 19 7.6% 0.0% 56.1% 244
2001 Q2 219 194 24 11.0% 0.0% 55.3% 252
2001 Q1 201 184 16 8.0% 42.9% 43.1% 212
2000 Q4 212 182 27 12.7% 28.6% 59.0% 197
2000 Q3 222 186 32 14.4% 37.5% 56.1% 230
2000 Q2 257 224 30 11.7% 16.7% 63.8% 268
2000 Q1 200 174 20 10.0% 33.3% 58.6% 244
1999 Q4 231 190 35 15.2% 60.0% 56.5% 187
1999 Q3 234 185 44 18.8% 66.7% 72.0% 237
1999 Q2 240 195 34 14.2% 40.0% 60.0% 265
1999 Q1 180 152 25 13.9% 100.0% 39.0% 207
1998 Q4 184 152 27 14.7% 100.0% 40.6% 194
1998 Q3 188 161 22 11.7% 66.7% 47.8% 267
1998 Q2 210 184 26 12.4% 100.0% 49.1% 200
1998 Q1 143 123 18 12.6% 0.0% 42.4% 218
1997 Q4 141 125 12 8.5% 100.0% 38.9% 170
1997 Q3 194 165 24 12.4% 66.7% 43.9% 200
1997 Q2 219 184 32 14.6% 50.0% 24.5% 226
1997 Q1 145 127 16 11.0% 50.0% 38.9% 178
1996 Q4 151 131 18 11.9% 77.8% 67.6% 206
1996 Q3 177 152 20 11.3% 0.0% 61.4% 231
1996 Q2 160 133 23 14.4% 71.4% 51.4% 220
1996 Q1 219 186 33 15.1% 50.0% 57.7% —
1995 Q4 269 219 50 18.6% 69.2% 55.8% —
1995 Q3 260 224 36 13.8% 84.2% 67.6% —
1995 Q2 273 252 21 7.7% 64.7% 66.0% —
1995 Q1 221 196 25 11.3% 81.3% 52.6% —
1994 Q4 212 194 18 8.5% 71.4% 67.9% —
1994 Q3 245 217 28 11.4% 63.9% 66.9% —
1994 Q2 234 207 27 11.5% 80.6% 67.4% —
1994 Q1 241 226 15 6.2% 74.2% 70.1% —
1993 Q4 275 238 37 13.5% 78.1% 66.1% —
1993 Q3 257 235 22 8.6% 47.4% 71.1% —
1993 Q2 213 200 13 6.1% 81.0% 58.9% —
1993 Q1 211 179 32 15.2% 62.2% 68.8% —
1992 Q4 205 175 30 14.6% 63.6% 63.8% —
1992 Q3 235 213 22 9.4% 53.1% 57.3% —
1992 Q2 205 176 29 14.1% 47.1% 52.6% —
1992 Q1 238 184 54 22.7% 57.1% 44.6% —
1991 Q4 227 191 36 15.9% 82.4% 37.8% —
1991 Q3 225 195 30 13.3% 40.0% 26.0% —
1991 Q2 172 98 74 43.0% 58.3% 17.0% —
1991 Q1 247 218 29 11.7% 50.0% 40.4% —
1990 Q4 311 229 82 26.4% 30.0% 38.6% —
1990 Q3 249 224 25 10.0% 65.6% 35.9% —
1990 Q2 181 158 23 12.7% 38.5% 34.7% —
1990 Q1 281 241 40 14.2% 50.0% 32.9% —
1989 Q4 296 251 45 15.2% 98.0% 40.0% —
1989 Q3 266 191 75 28.2% 66.7% 17.3% —
1989 Q2 303 244 59 19.5% 37.8% 38.0% —
1989 Q1 305 259 46 15.1% 51.1% 32.9% —
1988 Q4 324 298 26 8.0% 73.9% 61.2% —
1988 Q3 298 235 63 21.1% 50.0% 68.4% —
1988 Q2 353 302 51 14.4% 66.7% 37.0% —
1988 Q1 352 304 48 13.6% 50.0% 38.8% —
1987 Q4 332 302 30 9.0% 50.0% 50.0% —
1987 Q3 337 286 51 15.1% 66.7% 28.2% —
1987 Q2 295 253 42 14.2% 60.0% 36.7% —
1987 Q1 249 230 19 7.6% 66.7% 44.6% —
1986 Q4 405 313 92 22.7% 53.3% 35.9% —
1986 Q3 237 186 51 21.5% 42.9% 28.1% —
1986 Q2 247 180 67 27.1% 50.0% 15.2% —
1986 Q1 187 152 35 18.7% 66.7% 17.1% —
1985 Q4 267 209 58 21.7% 33.3% 19.6% —
1985 Q3 239 187 52 21.8% 42.9% 29.0% —
1985 Q2 212 163 49 23.1% 33.3% 38.3% —
1985 Q1 230 192 38 16.5% 45.5% 34.7% —
1984 Q4 257 213 44 17.1% 60.0% 31.0% —
1984 Q3 209 182 27 12.9% 75.0% 50.6% —
1984 Q2 210 182 28 13.3% 100.0% 49.4% —
1984 Q1 150 122 28 18.7% 75.0% 48.5% —
1983 Q4 209 172 37 17.7% 33.3% 41.7% —
1983 Q3 216 173 43 19.9% 100.0% 64.0% —
1983 Q2 229 193 36 15.7% 100.0% 59.5% —
1983 Q1 222 190 32 14.4% 87.5% 61.5% —
1982 Q4 262 210 52 19.8% 87.5% 54.4% —
1982 Q3 219 168 51 23.3% 12.5% 74.8% —
1982 Q2 277 242 35 12.6% 42.9% 53.0% —
1982 Q1 223 198 25 11.2% 100.0% 49.0% —
1981 Q4 253 214 39 15.4% 63.2% 51.0% —
1981 Q3 200 173 27 13.5% 57.1% 50.4% —
1981 Q2 350 298 52 14.9% 69.0% 45.5% —
1981 Q1 307 275 32 10.4% 66.7% 57.6% —
1980 Q4 368 322 46 12.5% 74.2% 45.6% —
1980 Q3 165 143 22 13.3% 75.0% 35.6% —
1980 Q2 243 215 28 11.5% 80.0% 27.5% —
1980 Q1 248 207 41 16.5% 41.9% 43.4% —
1979 Q4 279 241 38 13.6% 62.5% 37.0% —
1979 Q3 175 155 20 11.4% 40.0% 20.2% —
1979 Q2 263 227 36 13.7% 40.0% 34.9% —

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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