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Surrey Heath

South East · E07000214 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
589
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
13.6%
higher than 63% of authorities
Majors in time
—
threshold 60%
Minors in time
79.4%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
88.8%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 28.5%

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
668
in the window
Applications decided
589
in the window
Approval rate
86.4%
509 granted, 80 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 108 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
86.9%
rank 217 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 118 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
Major1994.7%—
Minor9178.0%79.4%
Other47987.7%—
of which householder42287.0%88.8%
"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: 163 received2024 Q3: 141 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 194 received2024 Q4: 161 decided2025 Q1: 211 received2025 Q1: 160 decided2025 Q2: 176 received2025 Q2: 169 decided2025 Q3: 182 received2025 Q3: 145 decided2025 Q4: 150 received2025 Q4: 158 decided2026 Q1: 178 received2026 Q1: 128 decided2026 Q2: 158 received2026 Q2: 158 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
98%
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 (E07000214). 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 158 140 18 11.4% — 90.0% 158
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% 51.3% —
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 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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