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Chichester

South East · E07000225 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
935
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
11.4%
higher than 49% of authorities
Majors in time
91.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
97.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
100.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
32.8%
99 allowed of 302 decided
Decisions overturned
1.8%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 16.4%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 199 170 29 14.6% 100.0% 97.6% 239
2025 Q4 220 199 21 9.5% 100.0% 93.3% 233
2025 Q3 241 212 29 12.0% — 100.0% 227
2025 Q2 275 247 28 10.2% 66.7% 98.3% 235
2025 Q1 193 173 20 10.4% 100.0% 88.5% 275
2024 Q4 251 222 29 11.6% 50.0% 91.7% 211
2024 Q3 245 226 19 7.8% 100.0% 94.1% 244
2024 Q2 252 224 28 11.1% 100.0% 92.3% 252
2024 Q1 231 195 36 15.6% 100.0% 90.5% 256
2023 Q4 312 277 35 11.2% — 69.6% 262
2023 Q3 250 219 31 12.4% 100.0% 85.0% 252
2023 Q2 242 212 30 12.4% 100.0% 61.1% 280
2023 Q1 220 200 20 9.1% 100.0% 35.7% 247
2022 Q4 275 263 12 4.4% 100.0% 57.9% 256
2022 Q3 243 221 22 9.1% — 75.0% 328
2022 Q2 269 250 19 7.1% 100.0% 74.1% 286
2022 Q1 348 306 42 12.1% 80.0% 72.7% 305
2021 Q4 325 298 27 8.3% 50.0% 57.1% 316
2021 Q3 308 289 19 6.2% 50.0% 70.0% 344
2021 Q2 322 294 28 8.7% 50.0% 62.1% 361
2021 Q1 254 234 20 7.9% 100.0% 70.0% 410
2020 Q4 292 260 32 11.0% 60.0% 81.8% 332
2020 Q3 269 234 35 13.0% 75.0% 79.4% 324
2020 Q2 274 229 45 16.4% 100.0% 85.4% 287
2020 Q1 283 254 29 10.2% 100.0% 93.1% 302
2019 Q4 280 253 27 9.6% 100.0% 60.5% 328
2019 Q3 314 289 25 8.0% 83.3% 88.9% 328
2019 Q2 291 253 38 13.1% 100.0% 70.3% 340
2019 Q1 308 274 34 11.0% 100.0% 90.3% 382
2018 Q4 351 319 32 9.1% 100.0% 85.2% 348
2018 Q3 301 270 31 10.3% 50.0% 90.9% 326
2018 Q2 361 323 38 10.5% 50.0% 79.1% 346
2018 Q1 277 253 24 8.7% 60.0% 88.9% 345
2017 Q4 374 336 38 10.2% 66.7% 83.6% 347
2017 Q3 321 290 31 9.7% 100.0% 82.6% 377
2017 Q2 326 288 38 11.7% 100.0% 70.6% 376
2017 Q1 302 257 45 14.9% 83.3% 76.0% 379
2016 Q4 342 298 44 12.9% 85.7% 92.9% 354
2016 Q3 355 302 53 14.9% 100.0% 66.7% 368
2016 Q2 412 382 30 7.3% 100.0% 71.0% 401
2016 Q1 312 267 45 14.4% 100.0% 78.6% 409
2015 Q4 366 305 61 16.7% 100.0% 80.6% 368
2015 Q3 378 308 70 18.5% 71.4% 71.8% 390
2015 Q2 335 275 60 17.9% 83.3% 63.0% 374
2015 Q1 340 290 50 14.7% 66.7% 70.6% 390
2014 Q4 374 316 58 15.5% 60.0% 79.0% 401
2014 Q3 376 321 55 14.6% 66.7% 80.0% 375
2014 Q2 351 311 40 11.4% 100.0% 72.0% 416
2014 Q1 325 264 33 10.2% 75.0% 66.0% 437
2013 Q4 373 286 45 12.1% 50.0% 62.6% 367
2013 Q3 420 314 58 13.8% 61.1% 70.5% 387
2013 Q2 324 242 44 13.6% 50.0% 67.1% 423
2013 Q1 319 239 50 15.7% 43.8% 62.2% 344
2012 Q4 410 310 59 14.4% 14.3% 28.0% 328
2012 Q3 301 229 37 12.3% 28.6% 33.3% 410
2012 Q2 473 348 79 16.7% 42.9% 35.1% 365
2012 Q1 520 423 59 11.3% 66.7% 55.6% 655
2011 Q4 572 450 81 14.2% 37.5% 53.9% 578
2011 Q3 550 388 105 19.1% 55.6% 64.7% 582
2011 Q2 588 437 100 17.0% 62.5% 62.5% 652
2011 Q1 556 431 83 14.9% 42.9% 61.3% 635
2010 Q4 608 483 82 13.5% 36.4% 56.1% 603
2010 Q3 652 525 74 11.3% 60.0% 59.5% 641
2010 Q2 618 455 67 10.8% 100.0% 49.5% 697
2010 Q1 510 389 49 9.6% 100.0% 42.6% 638
2009 Q4 499 400 43 8.6% 80.0% 69.7% 590
2009 Q3 588 477 58 9.9% 64.7% 70.9% 581
2009 Q2 456 363 59 12.9% 25.0% 86.9% 576
2009 Q1 458 355 60 13.1% 63.6% 80.8% 530
2008 Q4 601 496 81 13.5% 66.7% 77.3% 541
2008 Q3 585 471 86 14.7% 80.0% 71.0% 603
2008 Q2 665 573 70 10.5% 50.0% 66.7% 650
2008 Q1 586 510 65 11.1% 50.0% 74.2% 725
2007 Q4 679 586 80 11.8% 77.8% 74.5% 719
2007 Q3 733 603 118 16.1% 85.7% 69.9% 723
2007 Q2 673 573 87 12.9% 100.0% 78.8% 831
2007 Q1 675 553 112 16.6% 85.7% 83.2% 789
2006 Q4 584 453 112 19.2% 90.9% 69.5% 686
2006 Q3 709 555 129 18.2% 69.2% 71.7% 672
2006 Q2 645 524 115 17.8% 57.1% 73.9% 728
2006 Q1 604 487 102 16.9% 85.0% 79.5% 708
2005 Q4 628 502 102 16.2% 50.0% 74.8% 703
2005 Q3 726 598 109 15.0% 91.7% 65.9% 722
2005 Q2 716 591 105 14.7% 100.0% 80.2% 792
2005 Q1 639 532 92 14.4% 75.0% 71.6% 777
2004 Q4 711 578 108 15.2% 69.2% 66.9% 742
2004 Q3 769 621 122 15.9% 82.4% 70.3% 767
2004 Q2 792 666 110 13.9% 42.9% 67.9% 728
2004 Q1 608 511 83 13.7% 61.9% 54.6% 784
2003 Q4 658 564 72 10.9% 28.6% 56.4% 628
2003 Q3 686 577 95 13.8% 25.0% 61.7% 775
2003 Q2 721 617 87 12.1% 63.6% 51.9% 715
2003 Q1 688 590 83 12.1% 70.0% 60.5% 746
2002 Q4 706 587 99 14.0% 25.0% 59.3% 746
2002 Q3 856 733 110 12.9% 50.0% 54.2% 819
2002 Q2 680 582 94 13.8% 38.5% 61.7% 798
2002 Q1 607 512 84 13.8% 0.0% 50.6% 741
2001 Q4 725 618 87 12.0% 30.8% 48.4% 698
2001 Q3 700 588 102 14.6% 18.8% 41.3% 658
2001 Q2 689 579 86 12.5% 36.4% 33.7% 706
2001 Q1 731 624 94 12.9% 37.5% 33.8% 750
2000 Q4 590 482 83 14.1% 0.0% 25.2% 675
2000 Q3 601 488 95 15.8% 26.7% 36.3% 688
2000 Q2 669 578 84 12.6% 21.4% 35.1% 674
2000 Q1 602 528 66 11.0% 53.8% 20.3% 799
1999 Q4 554 477 70 12.6% 41.7% 43.3% 621
1999 Q3 706 590 107 15.2% 57.1% 36.6% 655
1999 Q2 607 533 65 10.7% 0.0% 36.2% 738
1999 Q1 504 426 65 12.9% 50.0% 40.9% 653
1998 Q4 658 528 110 16.7% 25.0% 47.5% 624
1998 Q3 656 563 92 14.0% 66.7% 57.7% 690
1998 Q2 708 610 98 13.8% 68.4% 57.3% 904
1998 Q1 1,001 883 112 11.2% 58.1% 50.4% 1,061
1997 Q4 696 603 90 12.9% 65.0% 54.2% 735
1997 Q3 449 380 68 15.1% 60.0% 35.3% 497
1997 Q2 610 541 69 11.3% 52.6% 45.1% 696
1997 Q1 241 213 27 11.2% 50.0% 8.6% 255
1996 Q4 379 335 43 11.3% 38.5% 32.6% 419
1996 Q3 714 620 93 13.0% 65.2% 31.7% 350
1996 Q2 497 436 61 12.3% 69.2% 22.0% 338
1996 Q1 459 400 59 12.9% 76.5% 40.9% —
1995 Q4 429 367 62 14.5% 14.3% 46.0% —
1995 Q3 740 629 111 15.0% 77.3% 52.5% —
1995 Q2 737 630 107 14.5% 50.0% 46.9% —
1995 Q1 713 605 108 15.1% 53.3% 45.5% —
1994 Q4 339 284 55 16.2% 50.0% 45.2% —
1994 Q3 895 772 123 13.7% 61.8% 51.5% —
1994 Q2 688 595 93 13.5% 58.3% 60.0% —
1994 Q1 462 376 86 18.6% 62.5% 57.3% —
1993 Q4 580 450 130 22.4% 64.7% 52.8% —
1993 Q3 477 401 76 15.9% 47.6% 46.6% —
1993 Q2 501 409 92 18.4% 65.4% 45.4% —
1993 Q1 445 361 84 18.9% 36.8% 32.0% —
1992 Q4 880 727 153 17.4% 48.8% 45.3% —
1992 Q3 120 80 40 33.3% 60.0% 30.0% —
1992 Q2 423 358 65 15.4% 57.1% 45.0% —
1992 Q1 373 283 90 24.1% 35.0% 42.4% —
1991 Q4 459 356 103 22.4% 37.5% 31.9% —
1991 Q3 512 392 120 23.4% 54.2% 42.0% —
1991 Q2 635 492 143 22.5% 44.8% 31.4% —
1991 Q1 560 428 132 23.6% 42.1% 27.8% —
1990 Q4 583 411 172 29.5% 43.8% 25.5% —
1990 Q3 455 349 106 23.3% 48.0% 24.5% —
1990 Q2 704 503 201 28.6% 44.8% 30.4% —
1990 Q1 641 481 160 25.0% 40.9% 23.9% —
1989 Q4 640 474 166 25.9% 66.7% 23.4% —
1989 Q3 607 426 181 29.8% 51.5% 22.1% —
1989 Q2 829 628 201 24.2% 32.7% 22.3% —
1989 Q1 569 441 128 22.5% 36.4% 14.4% —
1988 Q4 907 661 246 27.1% 31.0% 16.1% —
1988 Q3 791 614 177 22.4% 40.0% 10.3% —
1988 Q2 490 408 82 16.7% 20.0% 8.6% —
1988 Q1 280 261 19 6.8% 0.0% 9.5% —
1987 Q4 559 473 86 15.4% 50.0% 21.6% —
1987 Q3 588 481 107 18.2% 30.0% 16.0% —
1987 Q2 443 360 83 18.7% 14.3% 15.5% —
1987 Q1 455 351 104 22.9% 36.4% 13.3% —
1986 Q4 432 339 93 21.5% 64.7% 20.7% —
1986 Q3 477 405 72 15.1% 75.0% 27.0% —
1986 Q2 437 338 99 22.7% 85.7% 54.6% —
1986 Q1 389 330 59 15.2% 42.9% 82.9% —
1985 Q4 414 349 65 15.7% 93.8% 73.0% —
1985 Q3 531 446 85 16.0% 88.9% 46.3% —
1985 Q2 434 367 67 15.4% 75.0% 30.5% —
1985 Q1 344 274 70 20.3% 40.0% 41.5% —
1984 Q4 385 330 55 14.3% 75.0% 57.0% —
1984 Q3 513 424 89 17.3% 71.4% 49.4% —
1984 Q2 443 372 71 16.0% 50.0% 56.5% —
1984 Q1 540 465 75 13.9% 100.0% 55.5% —
1983 Q4 367 316 51 13.9% 33.3% 57.8% —
1983 Q3 629 542 87 13.8% 20.0% 30.2% —
1983 Q2 362 326 36 9.9% 0.0% 20.4% —
1983 Q1 455 391 64 14.1% 0.0% 40.3% —
1982 Q4 337 284 53 15.7% — 44.1% —
1982 Q3 469 406 63 13.4% 50.0% 50.0% —
1982 Q2 514 446 68 13.2% 0.0% 34.4% —
1982 Q1 346 289 57 16.5% 33.3% 29.2% —
1981 Q4 375 325 50 13.3% 33.3% 32.8% —
1981 Q3 446 384 62 13.9% 20.0% 16.2% —
1981 Q2 434 345 89 20.5% 0.0% 15.4% —
1981 Q1 442 350 92 20.8% 100.0% 26.6% —
1980 Q4 480 401 79 16.5% 0.0% 33.1% —
1980 Q3 518 441 77 14.9% 0.0% 21.1% —
1980 Q2 602 505 97 16.1% 50.0% 19.9% —
1980 Q1 514 425 89 17.3% — 25.0% —
1979 Q4 501 397 104 20.8% 50.0% 24.6% —
1979 Q3 421 335 86 20.4% 40.0% 38.6% —
1979 Q2 600 525 75 12.5% 100.0% 28.6% —

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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