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Horsham

South East · E07000227 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,339
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
9.0%
higher than 33% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
91.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
99.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.3%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.8%
100 allowed of 388 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 19.6%

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
1,350
in the window
Applications decided
1,339
in the window
Approval rate
91.0%
1,219 granted, 120 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 62 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
96.0%
rank 74 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 41 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
Major7490.5%100.0%
Minor40579.0%91.3%
Other86096.7%—
of which householder67097.9%99.2%
"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
01993982024 Q3: 293 received2024 Q3: 332 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 320 received2024 Q4: 284 decided2025 Q1: 339 received2025 Q1: 283 decided2025 Q2: 318 received2025 Q2: 317 decided2025 Q3: 313 received2025 Q3: 323 decided2025 Q4: 361 received2025 Q4: 336 decided2026 Q1: 398 received2026 Q1: 343 decided2026 Q2: 278 received2026 Q2: 337 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
44%
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 (E07000227). 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 337 294 43 12.8% 100.0% 89.7% 278
2026 Q1 343 319 24 7.0% 100.0% 94.0% 398
2025 Q4 336 311 25 7.4% 100.0% 88.0% 361
2025 Q3 323 295 28 8.7% 100.0% 91.7% 313
2025 Q2 317 283 34 10.7% 100.0% 86.2% 318
2025 Q1 283 242 41 14.5% 50.0% 82.8% 339
2024 Q4 284 257 27 9.5% 50.0% 92.1% 320
2024 Q3 332 267 65 19.6% 83.3% 40.0% 293
2024 Q2 346 288 58 16.8% — 86.0% 292
2024 Q1 313 285 28 8.9% 100.0% 81.0% 306
2023 Q4 255 232 23 9.0% 100.0% 95.7% 339
2023 Q3 288 269 19 6.6% 100.0% 100.0% 309
2023 Q2 322 294 28 8.7% 100.0% 96.4% 326
2023 Q1 314 274 40 12.7% 66.7% 84.0% 332
2022 Q4 277 255 22 7.9% 100.0% 94.7% 310
2022 Q3 305 271 34 11.1% 100.0% 85.7% 350
2022 Q2 410 344 66 16.1% 100.0% 87.2% 352
2022 Q1 367 329 38 10.4% — 92.3% 400
2021 Q4 392 359 33 8.4% 100.0% 78.6% 373
2021 Q3 464 440 24 5.2% 100.0% 86.2% 561
2021 Q2 322 287 35 10.9% 100.0% 89.7% 422
2021 Q1 404 362 42 10.4% 100.0% 100.0% 424
2020 Q4 341 299 42 12.3% 100.0% 91.9% 433
2020 Q3 352 318 34 9.7% 100.0% 93.1% 376
2020 Q2 347 319 28 8.1% 100.0% 92.7% 316
2020 Q1 378 328 50 13.2% 100.0% 95.5% 412
2019 Q4 371 332 39 10.5% 100.0% 100.0% 387
2019 Q3 393 349 44 11.2% 100.0% 97.8% 403
2019 Q2 428 393 35 8.2% 100.0% 98.4% 389
2019 Q1 405 367 38 9.4% 100.0% 95.6% 489
2018 Q4 389 349 40 10.3% 100.0% 98.2% 440
2018 Q3 407 364 43 10.6% 100.0% 98.4% 433
2018 Q2 438 397 41 9.4% 100.0% 94.2% 448
2018 Q1 399 362 37 9.3% 100.0% 96.3% 446
2017 Q4 366 333 33 9.0% 100.0% 96.0% 395
2017 Q3 443 389 54 12.2% 100.0% 96.7% 444
2017 Q2 490 430 60 12.2% 100.0% 98.4% 472
2017 Q1 460 399 61 13.3% 100.0% 90.5% 492
2016 Q4 406 345 61 15.0% 85.7% 82.3% 488
2016 Q3 488 409 79 16.2% 100.0% 76.9% 458
2016 Q2 429 374 55 12.8% 75.0% 81.6% 504
2016 Q1 388 318 70 18.0% 100.0% 81.7% 430
2015 Q4 387 335 52 13.4% 90.0% 80.0% 397
2015 Q3 454 369 85 18.7% 100.0% 72.3% 465
2015 Q2 409 339 70 17.1% 66.7% 87.2% 443
2015 Q1 367 297 70 19.1% 14.3% 75.4% 438
2014 Q4 392 331 61 15.6% 0.0% 86.2% 402
2014 Q3 476 429 47 9.9% 60.0% 78.2% 450
2014 Q2 432 392 40 9.3% 83.3% 62.1% 503
2014 Q1 296 229 38 12.8% 40.0% 72.2% 422
2013 Q4 365 301 37 10.1% 66.7% 69.2% 415
2013 Q3 516 401 66 12.8% 87.5% 65.1% 470
2013 Q2 436 346 52 11.9% 57.1% 61.1% 511
2013 Q1 381 300 50 13.1% 0.0% 40.7% 433
2012 Q4 377 292 54 14.3% 7.1% 52.2% 425
2012 Q3 398 295 65 16.3% 20.0% 61.4% 427
2012 Q2 412 306 63 15.3% 33.3% 60.7% 453
2012 Q1 421 339 47 11.2% 57.1% 61.9% 488
2011 Q4 469 366 66 14.1% 8.3% 77.2% 510
2011 Q3 518 388 77 14.9% 18.2% 62.0% 510
2011 Q2 476 361 72 15.1% 62.5% 62.9% 520
2011 Q1 382 296 60 15.7% 18.2% 73.1% 473
2010 Q4 478 348 84 17.6% 43.8% 74.2% 492
2010 Q3 549 433 68 12.4% 52.9% 73.0% 541
2010 Q2 520 425 53 10.2% 66.7% 66.0% 537
2010 Q1 397 290 66 16.6% 62.5% 69.4% 537
2009 Q4 427 299 63 14.8% 57.1% 80.2% 471
2009 Q3 502 353 50 10.0% 72.7% 72.3% 528
2009 Q2 451 360 49 10.9% 66.7% 74.5% 450
2009 Q1 369 292 60 16.3% 78.6% 76.5% 457
2008 Q4 487 377 77 15.8% 62.5% 76.6% 446
2008 Q3 529 404 94 17.8% 68.2% 72.2% 557
2008 Q2 636 499 115 18.1% 72.0% 74.8% 585
2008 Q1 499 393 81 16.2% 76.5% 74.1% 623
2007 Q4 530 421 80 15.1% 65.4% 76.1% 565
2007 Q3 622 479 111 17.8% 81.5% 70.0% 580
2007 Q2 604 482 92 15.2% 50.0% 63.2% 651
2007 Q1 512 370 107 20.9% 50.0% 61.2% 635
2006 Q4 571 409 133 23.3% 50.0% 62.1% 584
2006 Q3 642 468 136 21.2% 34.5% 57.1% 588
2006 Q2 595 437 134 22.5% 68.4% 70.1% 676
2006 Q1 618 436 155 25.1% 65.8% 74.2% 754
2005 Q4 596 440 135 22.7% 71.4% 66.4% 646
2005 Q3 641 484 130 20.3% 50.0% 56.6% 616
2005 Q2 585 420 138 23.6% 63.2% 69.0% 696
2005 Q1 552 421 119 21.6% 70.6% 73.2% 679
2004 Q4 534 400 117 21.9% 82.6% 62.9% 624
2004 Q3 642 497 128 19.9% 89.5% 81.0% 647
2004 Q2 708 545 153 21.6% 65.0% 67.9% 736
2004 Q1 428 332 96 22.4% 0.0% 64.2% 583
2003 Q4 468 384 84 17.9% 44.4% 55.9% 515
2003 Q3 633 546 87 13.7% 50.0% 58.3% 633
2003 Q2 587 499 88 15.0% 42.9% 56.0% 667
2003 Q1 516 432 82 15.9% 53.8% 50.6% 629
2002 Q4 653 552 99 15.2% 42.9% 56.8% 671
2002 Q3 598 505 93 15.6% 44.4% 55.7% 670
2002 Q2 679 581 94 13.8% 46.7% 58.6% 696
2002 Q1 533 470 63 11.8% 20.0% 46.0% 711
2001 Q4 534 437 97 18.2% 61.9% 52.6% 533
2001 Q3 686 605 81 11.8% 29.4% 43.2% 733
2001 Q2 719 626 93 12.9% 40.0% 53.8% 738
2001 Q1 319 273 46 14.4% 66.7% 43.0% 491
2000 Q4 563 481 81 14.4% 57.9% 47.2% 544
2000 Q3 471 423 47 10.0% 50.0% 47.1% 573
2000 Q2 488 440 46 9.4% 77.8% 51.7% 403
2000 Q1 538 455 82 15.2% 38.5% 64.4% 707
1999 Q4 488 437 49 10.0% 76.9% 60.2% 473
1999 Q3 552 473 76 13.8% 60.0% 54.5% 534
1999 Q2 603 514 88 14.6% 75.0% 49.6% 683
1999 Q1 375 328 47 12.5% 66.7% 61.5% 543
1998 Q4 519 450 68 13.1% 56.5% 53.3% 522
1998 Q3 611 528 81 13.3% 70.0% 63.9% 704
1998 Q2 474 410 59 12.4% 16.7% 64.2% 505
1998 Q1 375 318 53 14.1% 46.2% 65.0% 482
1997 Q4 434 375 57 13.1% 20.0% 70.6% 465
1997 Q3 522 456 65 12.5% 53.8% 60.1% 542
1997 Q2 575 513 59 10.3% 86.4% 73.8% 925
1997 Q1 289 238 51 17.6% 68.8% 65.8% 125
1996 Q4 722 624 96 13.3% 77.8% 68.3% 780
1996 Q3 106 82 24 22.6% 50.0% 69.2% 0
1996 Q2 566 505 61 10.8% 56.0% 71.2% 636
1996 Q1 204 157 47 23.0% 36.4% 50.5% —
1995 Q4 178 148 30 16.9% 50.0% 59.5% —
1995 Q3 229 196 33 14.4% 100.0% 53.3% —
1995 Q2 203 182 21 10.3% 33.3% 69.0% —
1995 Q1 172 147 25 14.5% 25.0% 68.7% —
1994 Q4 201 171 30 14.9% 71.4% 70.5% —
1994 Q3 201 172 29 14.4% 25.0% 67.0% —
1994 Q2 207 178 29 14.0% 20.0% 60.5% —
1994 Q1 186 151 35 18.8% 0.0% 73.0% —
1993 Q4 234 192 42 17.9% 69.2% 72.0% —
1993 Q3 182 154 28 15.4% 66.7% 76.5% —
1993 Q2 233 196 37 15.9% 40.0% 65.4% —
1993 Q1 199 158 41 20.6% 54.5% 58.9% —
1992 Q4 203 157 46 22.7% 72.7% 55.2% —
1992 Q3 214 190 24 11.2% 66.7% 63.0% —
1992 Q2 256 205 51 19.9% 30.0% 55.6% —
1992 Q1 180 147 33 18.3% 40.0% 51.9% —
1991 Q4 274 199 75 27.4% 41.7% 43.0% —
1991 Q3 240 189 51 21.3% 33.3% 39.8% —
1991 Q2 289 231 58 20.1% 14.3% 41.1% —
1991 Q1 190 136 54 28.4% 12.5% 21.9% —
1990 Q4 252 199 53 21.0% 37.5% 24.3% —
1990 Q3 317 252 65 20.5% 44.4% 24.5% —
1990 Q2 242 185 57 23.6% 66.7% 29.7% —
1990 Q1 231 187 44 19.0% 73.3% 28.0% —
1989 Q4 248 186 62 25.0% 11.1% 37.4% —
1989 Q3 242 193 49 20.2% 30.8% 36.4% —
1989 Q2 292 246 46 15.8% 75.0% 51.7% —
1989 Q1 224 184 40 17.9% 38.5% 55.5% —
1988 Q4 258 217 41 15.9% 66.7% 50.7% —
1988 Q3 244 219 25 10.2% 55.6% 68.1% —
1988 Q2 237 219 18 7.6% 60.0% 46.9% —
1988 Q1 214 188 26 12.1% 64.3% 71.6% —
1987 Q4 227 197 30 13.2% 100.0% 72.4% —
1987 Q3 214 170 44 20.6% 72.7% 55.6% —
1987 Q2 227 210 17 7.5% 50.0% 52.7% —
1987 Q1 195 164 31 15.9% 87.5% 71.8% —
1986 Q4 187 158 29 15.5% 57.1% 75.0% —
1986 Q3 231 199 32 13.9% 75.0% 75.2% —
1986 Q2 215 194 21 9.8% 69.2% 72.6% —
1986 Q1 182 158 24 13.2% 50.0% 59.8% —
1985 Q4 186 161 25 13.4% 42.9% 72.0% —
1985 Q3 204 174 30 14.7% 80.0% 83.3% —
1985 Q2 230 199 31 13.5% 50.0% 68.2% —
1985 Q1 222 201 21 9.5% 70.0% 81.8% —
1984 Q4 193 172 21 10.9% 66.7% 74.1% —
1984 Q3 205 185 20 9.8% 83.3% 72.8% —
1984 Q2 249 214 35 14.1% 100.0% 59.8% —
1984 Q1 210 181 29 13.8% 66.7% 64.0% —
1983 Q4 231 207 24 10.4% 72.7% 62.7% —
1983 Q3 252 225 27 10.7% 60.0% 62.7% —
1983 Q2 260 237 23 8.8% 50.0% 60.0% —
1983 Q1 191 164 27 14.1% 75.0% 56.4% —
1982 Q4 218 190 28 12.8% 90.9% 73.9% —
1982 Q3 241 209 32 13.3% 100.0% 55.0% —
1982 Q2 210 188 22 10.5% 55.6% 62.1% —
1982 Q1 134 125 9 6.7% 87.5% 60.0% —
1981 Q4 262 233 29 11.1% 71.4% 66.3% —
1981 Q3 245 215 30 12.2% 72.7% 52.9% —
1981 Q2 298 251 47 15.8% 68.2% 49.0% —
1981 Q1 250 226 24 9.6% 46.7% 65.1% —
1980 Q4 334 291 43 12.9% 83.3% 74.1% —
1980 Q3 324 285 39 12.0% 41.2% 50.0% —
1980 Q2 317 279 38 12.0% 81.8% 50.0% —
1980 Q1 301 273 28 9.3% 50.0% 44.2% —
1979 Q4 363 313 50 13.8% 100.0% 47.5% —
1979 Q3 343 297 46 13.4% 53.8% 34.3% —
1979 Q2 256 233 23 9.0% 62.5% 68.4% —

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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