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Surrey Heath

South East · E07000214 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
600
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
13.0%
higher than 59% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
74.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
87.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
36.1%
112 allowed of 310 decided
Decisions overturned
3.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 28.5%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 128 110 18 14.1% 57.1% 178
2025 Q4 158 134 24 15.2% 83.3% 150
2025 Q3 145 125 20 13.8% 80.0% 182
2025 Q2 169 153 16 9.5% 100.0% 71.4% 176
2025 Q1 160 121 39 24.4% 100.0% 87.5% 211
2024 Q4 161 140 21 13.0% 100.0% 194
2024 Q3 141 122 19 13.5% 78.6% 163
2024 Q2 153 129 24 15.7% 100.0% 173
2024 Q1 135 114 21 15.6% 100.0% 100.0% 185
2023 Q4 144 122 22 15.3% 80.0% 162
2023 Q3 181 150 31 17.1% 100.0% 70.0% 162
2023 Q2 178 130 48 27.0% 91.7% 207
2023 Q1 186 133 53 28.5% 66.7% 72.2% 209
2022 Q4 186 135 51 27.4% 85.7% 199
2022 Q3 197 162 35 17.8% 80.0% 184
2022 Q2 188 170 18 9.6% 0.0% 81.8% 186
2022 Q1 160 137 23 14.4% 60.0% 222
2021 Q4 183 143 40 21.9% 52.9% 161
2021 Q3 216 186 30 13.9% 62.5% 229
2021 Q2 203 171 32 15.8% 34.8% 237
2021 Q1 181 154 27 14.9% 50.0% 63.6% 211
2020 Q4 214 175 39 18.2% 50.0% 228
2020 Q3 171 140 31 18.1% 0.0% 33.3% 225
2020 Q2 149 133 16 10.7% 42.9% 155
2020 Q1 166 143 23 13.9% 100.0% 71.4% 237
2019 Q4 157 135 22 14.0% 60.0% 81.3% 194
2019 Q3 178 152 26 14.6% 0.0% 75.0% 178
2019 Q2 203 174 29 14.3% 0.0% 84.2% 186
2019 Q1 164 142 22 13.4% 75.0% 81.0% 199
2018 Q4 197 173 24 12.2% 100.0% 77.8% 179
2018 Q3 212 174 38 17.9% 100.0% 88.6% 228
2018 Q2 224 188 36 16.1% 100.0% 75.0% 241
2018 Q1 199 166 33 16.6% 87.5% 88.0% 228
2017 Q4 251 209 42 16.7% 85.7% 83.9% 218
2017 Q3 221 176 45 20.4% 100.0% 91.7% 218
2017 Q2 215 192 23 10.7% 100.0% 78.6% 246
2017 Q1 203 176 27 13.3% 66.7% 68.0% 229
2016 Q4 214 188 26 12.1% 33.3% 42.3% 210
2016 Q3 205 181 24 11.7% 100.0% 48.1% 204
2016 Q2 222 203 19 8.6% 60.0% 64.3% 252
2016 Q1 171 151 20 11.7% 100.0% 50.0% 234
2015 Q4 203 171 32 15.8% 100.0% 83.3% 221
2015 Q3 218 188 30 13.8% 90.9% 83.3% 192
2015 Q2 226 209 17 7.5% 100.0% 73.1% 245
2015 Q1 169 149 20 11.8% 100.0% 69.6% 211
2014 Q4 201 171 30 14.9% 100.0% 59.3% 190
2014 Q3 206 173 33 16.0% 100.0% 60.6% 217
2014 Q2 228 196 32 14.0% 85.7% 74.4% 280
2014 Q1 224 163 33 14.7% 87.5% 58.1% 229
2013 Q4 215 161 32 14.9% 81.8% 47.6% 219
2013 Q3 207 174 21 10.1% 83.3% 56.0% 254
2013 Q2 211 170 26 12.3% 60.0% 80.0% 249
2013 Q1 168 138 19 11.3% 100.0% 75.0% 218
2012 Q4 178 147 18 10.1% 66.7% 50.0% 213
2012 Q3 205 167 25 12.2% 88.9% 75.8% 204
2012 Q2 196 163 21 10.7% 90.0% 69.6% 221
2012 Q1 204 166 27 13.2% 100.0% 83.8% 243
2011 Q4 196 169 15 7.7% 42.9% 80.6% 230
2011 Q3 240 210 18 7.5% 85.7% 78.6% 249
2011 Q2 201 165 25 12.4% 77.8% 75.0% 227
2011 Q1 187 148 15 8.0% 100.0% 77.8% 231
2010 Q4 205 169 21 10.2% 100.0% 77.5% 228
2010 Q3 266 211 37 13.9% 100.0% 87.9% 254
2010 Q2 218 160 39 17.9% 100.0% 91.9% 270
2010 Q1 178 140 31 17.4% 50.0% 79.2% 235
2009 Q4 236 175 42 17.8% 50.0% 75.6% 196
2009 Q3 243 192 37 15.2% 54.5% 65.3% 263
2009 Q2 241 175 48 19.9% 20.0% 59.0% 231
2009 Q1 198 136 41 20.7% 40.0% 74.5% 256
2008 Q4 212 164 39 18.4% 40.0% 65.0% 213
2008 Q3 282 235 45 16.0% 60.0% 52.8% 253
2008 Q2 287 234 48 16.7% 60.0% 75.0% 299
2008 Q1 308 242 62 20.1% 41.7% 48.8% 342
2007 Q4 288 246 40 13.9% 77.8% 60.4% 311
2007 Q3 289 216 67 23.2% 71.4% 90.9% 349
2007 Q2 321 244 73 22.7% 61.5% 82.2% 349
2007 Q1 259 191 60 23.2% 70.0% 73.3% 327
2006 Q4 311 235 64 20.6% 40.0% 55.3% 292
2006 Q3 343 270 68 19.8% 44.4% 36.2% 255
2006 Q2 262 224 37 14.1% 20.0% 45.9% 325
2006 Q1 209 175 27 12.9% 0.0% 8.3% 284
2005 Q4 271 238 22 8.1% 0.0% 20.0% 281
2005 Q3 196 172 20 10.2% 33.3% 21.2% 302
2005 Q2 282 235 43 15.2% 30.0% 27.7% 318
2005 Q1 287 252 31 10.8% 28.6% 32.1% 341
2004 Q4 307 272 33 10.7% 53.3% 42.6% 338
2004 Q3 350 313 33 9.4% 33.3% 47.4% 327
2004 Q2 284 237 43 15.1% 43.8% 37.8% 342
2004 Q1 284 240 38 13.4% 71.4% 41.0% 329
2003 Q4 306 252 50 16.3% 30.8% 41.0% 334
2003 Q3 286 252 30 10.5% 33.3% 46.8% 286
2003 Q2 306 290 14 4.6% 20.0% 57.1% 376
2003 Q1 301 261 38 12.6% 66.7% 66.1% 363
2002 Q4 303 241 59 19.5% 71.4% 54.3% 293
2002 Q3 335 303 32 9.6% 20.0% 62.1% 356
2002 Q2 344 299 43 12.5% 40.0% 57.4% 388
2002 Q1 279 233 41 14.7% 0.0% 45.9% 335
2001 Q4 341 299 41 12.0% 33.3% 53.1% 312
2001 Q3 316 273 40 12.7% 40.0% 42.4% 320
2001 Q2 311 277 31 10.0% 23.5% 27.3% 310
2001 Q1 287 235 50 17.4% 0.0% 32.6% 303
2000 Q4 210 194 15 7.1% 25.0% 41.2% 269
2000 Q3 330 307 18 5.5% 0.0% 42.3% 307
2000 Q2 353 332 18 5.1% 40.0% 44.4% 396
2000 Q1 289 257 31 10.7% 50.0% 45.0% 365
1999 Q4 270 247 20 7.4% 28.6% 47.6% 278
1999 Q3 310 277 26 8.4% 16.7% 50.8% 281
1999 Q2 318 286 28 8.8% 35.7% 51.9% 339
1999 Q1 296 264 27 9.1% 26.3% 48.6% 327
1998 Q4 242 227 13 5.4% 42.9% 45.5% 115
1998 Q3 306 271 32 10.5% 27.3% 39.7% 264
1998 Q2 260 236 22 8.5% 0.0% 41.2% 286
1998 Q1 230 213 12 5.2% 12.5% 30.6% 295
1997 Q4 292 276 13 4.5% 22.2% 41.7% 250
1997 Q3 297 268 26 8.8% 50.0% 53.8% 310
1997 Q2 315 291 20 6.3% 33.3% 48.4% 317
1997 Q1 193 173 16 8.3% 50.0% 58.8% 276
1996 Q4 270 247 20 7.4% 55.6% 45.0% 248
1996 Q3 213 197 14 6.6% 60.0% 47.9% 248
1996 Q2 261 232 27 10.3% 43.8% 60.6% 244
1996 Q1 309 288 21 6.8% 50.0% 66.2%
1995 Q4 426 380 46 10.8% 65.0% 64.8%
1995 Q3 410 379 31 7.6% 82.4% 51.2%
1995 Q2 334 304 30 9.0% 64.7% 57.4%
1995 Q1 301 276 25 8.3% 71.4% 65.3%
1994 Q4 479 449 30 6.3% 63.2% 55.8%
1994 Q3 483 448 35 7.2% 88.9% 62.2%
1994 Q2 431 401 30 7.0% 75.0% 67.0%
1994 Q1 380 342 38 10.0% 40.0% 69.3%
1993 Q4 445 412 33 7.4% 87.5% 67.6%
1993 Q3 534 500 34 6.4% 75.0% 56.8%
1993 Q2 428 404 24 5.6% 44.4% 51.3%
1993 Q1 332 298 34 10.2% 64.3% 63.2%
1992 Q4 358 327 31 8.7% 45.5% 55.7%
1992 Q3 464 424 40 8.6% 38.9% 42.5%
1992 Q2 447 416 31 6.9% 12.5% 61.0%
1992 Q1 415 384 31 7.5% 84.2% 45.0%
1991 Q4 438 408 30 6.8% 62.5% 44.3%
1991 Q3 526 499 27 5.1% 88.9% 50.0%
1991 Q2 552 517 35 6.3% 75.0% 48.6%
1991 Q1 408 376 32 7.8% 75.0% 48.2%
1990 Q4 402 367 35 8.7% 52.6% 42.1%
1990 Q3 487 447 40 8.2% 70.0% 33.6%
1990 Q2 379 359 20 5.3% 46.7% 17.9%
1990 Q1 314 283 31 9.9% 64.3% 49.4%
1989 Q4 467 434 33 7.1% 83.3% 59.6%
1989 Q3 504 481 23 4.6% 68.8% 54.4%
1989 Q2 557 524 33 5.9% 81.8% 63.4%
1989 Q1 320 297 23 7.2% 100.0% 45.0%
1988 Q4 335 309 26 7.8% 50.0% 58.5%
1988 Q3 548 513 35 6.4% 61.5% 74.6%
1988 Q2 439 411 28 6.4% 66.7% 70.3%
1988 Q1 282 269 13 4.6% 100.0% 76.4%
1987 Q4 407 381 26 6.4% 40.0% 82.2%
1987 Q3 466 441 25 5.4% 80.0% 83.2%
1987 Q2 478 440 38 7.9% 90.9% 79.0%
1987 Q1 299 278 21 7.0% 85.7% 61.6%
1986 Q4 475 442 33 6.9% 88.9% 76.4%
1986 Q3 417 362 55 13.2% 92.3% 77.5%
1986 Q2 432 400 32 7.4% 87.5% 78.2%
1986 Q1 338 315 23 6.8% 80.0% 71.2%
1985 Q4 468 429 39 8.3% 66.7% 65.0%
1985 Q3 469 423 46 9.8% 100.0% 73.1%
1985 Q2 432 400 32 7.4% 78.6% 74.2%
1985 Q1 301 280 21 7.0% 90.0% 81.8%
1984 Q4 442 407 35 7.9% 100.0% 69.9%
1984 Q3 495 467 28 5.7% 66.7% 71.1%
1984 Q2 602 570 32 5.3% 88.9% 75.8%
1984 Q1 399 368 31 7.8% 62.5% 60.7%
1983 Q4 504 462 42 8.3% 100.0% 68.7%
1983 Q3 601 564 37 6.2% 81.8% 85.0%
1983 Q2 598 566 32 5.4% 100.0% 77.0%
1983 Q1 489 455 34 7.0% 94.1% 81.1%
1982 Q4 615 579 36 5.9% 66.7% 75.9%
1982 Q3 500 473 27 5.4% 66.7% 59.6%
1982 Q2 580 553 27 4.7% 85.7% 74.3%
1982 Q1 427 400 27 6.3% 88.9% 68.2%
1981 Q4 424 400 24 5.7% 85.7% 65.8%
1981 Q3 432 410 22 5.1% 100.0% 84.1%
1981 Q2 639 586 53 8.3% 93.8% 73.8%
1981 Q1 422 379 43 10.2% 81.3% 66.7%
1980 Q4 399 366 33 8.3% 77.8% 74.2%
1980 Q3 589 540 49 8.3% 70.6% 43.7%
1980 Q2 639 588 51 8.0% 69.2% 54.0%
1980 Q1 456 421 35 7.7% 92.3% 64.7%
1979 Q4 542 497 45 8.3% 63.6% 74.0%
1979 Q3 757 702 55 7.3% 58.3% 57.0%
1979 Q2 546 500 46 8.4% 80.0% 64.1%

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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