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Worthing

South East · E07000229 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
553
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
9.9%
higher than 38% of authorities
Majors in time
0.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
85.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
91.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
95.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
24.3%
25 allowed of 103 decided
Decisions overturned
0.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 15.4%

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
548
in the window
Applications decided
553
in the window
Approval rate
90.1%
498 granted, 55 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 68 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
85.9%
rank 227 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 122 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
Major5100.0%0.0%
Minor16788.0%85.3%
Other38190.8%—
of which householder29293.5%91.4%
"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
0891772024 Q3: 149 received2024 Q3: 140 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 119 received2024 Q4: 124 decided2025 Q1: 141 received2025 Q1: 126 decided2025 Q2: 177 received2025 Q2: 148 decided2025 Q3: 156 received2025 Q3: 156 decided2025 Q4: 119 received2025 Q4: 133 decided2026 Q1: 132 received2026 Q1: 136 decided2026 Q2: 141 received2026 Q2: 128 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
142%
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 (E07000229). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 128 116 12 9.4% — 76.0% 141
2026 Q1 136 115 21 15.4% — 91.3% 132
2025 Q4 133 118 15 11.3% 0.0% 91.7% 119
2025 Q3 156 149 7 4.5% 0.0% 82.6% 156
2025 Q2 148 137 11 7.4% — 85.2% 177
2025 Q1 126 121 5 4.0% — 93.8% 141
2024 Q4 124 117 7 5.6% 100.0% 91.7% 119
2024 Q3 140 125 15 10.7% — 90.6% 149
2024 Q2 146 126 20 13.7% — 96.3% 153
2024 Q1 146 133 13 8.9% — 92.9% 148
2023 Q4 134 124 10 7.5% — 95.0% 140
2023 Q3 158 143 15 9.5% 50.0% 82.1% 135
2023 Q2 180 164 16 8.9% 100.0% 73.9% 176
2023 Q1 134 120 14 10.4% — 68.0% 157
2022 Q4 177 154 23 13.0% — 76.7% 160
2022 Q3 202 179 23 11.4% 0.0% 71.9% 172
2022 Q2 195 180 15 7.7% 0.0% 85.4% 214
2022 Q1 175 164 11 6.3% 0.0% 78.9% 235
2021 Q4 188 180 8 4.3% 100.0% 71.9% 188
2021 Q3 239 220 19 7.9% 100.0% 84.0% 237
2021 Q2 248 230 18 7.3% 100.0% 79.6% 269
2021 Q1 169 155 14 8.3% — 72.4% 218
2020 Q4 234 215 19 8.1% — 90.5% 206
2020 Q3 176 162 14 8.0% — 64.7% 230
2020 Q2 168 158 10 6.0% 0.0% 86.7% 176
2020 Q1 183 158 25 13.7% 100.0% 92.7% 207
2019 Q4 171 151 20 11.7% 0.0% 85.7% 195
2019 Q3 199 177 22 11.1% — 78.6% 186
2019 Q2 183 172 11 6.0% 100.0% 82.8% 195
2019 Q1 187 167 20 10.7% — 89.6% 215
2018 Q4 180 155 25 13.9% — 81.3% 185
2018 Q3 205 187 18 8.8% 0.0% 71.2% 187
2018 Q2 187 162 25 13.4% 100.0% 65.9% 201
2018 Q1 164 150 14 8.5% — 79.5% 179
2017 Q4 188 164 24 12.8% 100.0% 66.7% 187
2017 Q3 182 162 20 11.0% 80.0% 78.3% 185
2017 Q2 197 179 18 9.1% 100.0% 86.5% 222
2017 Q1 157 136 21 13.4% — 93.5% 208
2016 Q4 181 170 11 6.1% 83.3% 79.5% 173
2016 Q3 208 195 13 6.3% 100.0% 72.2% 188
2016 Q2 170 159 11 6.5% — 80.0% 221
2016 Q1 142 132 10 7.0% 100.0% 74.3% 171
2015 Q4 179 160 19 10.6% 50.0% 72.9% 169
2015 Q3 181 171 10 5.5% 100.0% 69.2% 168
2015 Q2 187 165 22 11.8% 100.0% 76.5% 227
2015 Q1 189 159 30 15.9% 66.7% 77.8% 182
2014 Q4 179 159 20 11.2% 100.0% 69.5% 187
2014 Q3 180 146 34 18.9% 100.0% 75.0% 193
2014 Q2 154 130 24 15.6% 50.0% 67.2% 244
2014 Q1 169 143 16 9.5% 83.3% 67.3% 186
2013 Q4 176 153 10 5.7% 100.0% 65.0% 168
2013 Q3 146 128 5 3.4% 33.3% 61.5% 199
2013 Q2 210 182 24 11.4% 0.0% 71.7% 239
2013 Q1 176 150 23 13.1% 0.0% 68.2% 221
2012 Q4 195 166 26 13.3% 33.3% 72.0% 202
2012 Q3 208 177 28 13.5% — 68.0% 213
2012 Q2 223 192 28 12.6% 12.5% 69.2% 203
2012 Q1 194 163 28 14.4% 0.0% 72.5% 188
2011 Q4 210 180 27 12.9% 100.0% 71.4% 209
2011 Q3 228 192 32 14.0% 100.0% 73.2% 240
2011 Q2 219 183 32 14.6% — 71.7% 226
2011 Q1 186 163 19 10.2% 0.0% 42.9% 188
2010 Q4 189 150 31 16.4% 100.0% 44.4% 209
2010 Q3 227 191 33 14.5% 66.7% 65.5% 246
2010 Q2 216 183 29 13.4% 100.0% 79.5% 236
2010 Q1 181 144 34 18.8% 33.3% 75.7% 202
2009 Q4 224 177 40 17.9% 80.0% 90.2% 186
2009 Q3 227 184 39 17.2% 50.0% 80.0% 271
2009 Q2 193 146 39 20.2% — 88.6% 215
2009 Q1 152 119 30 19.7% 100.0% 89.1% 218
2008 Q4 212 162 43 20.3% 100.0% 74.2% 166
2008 Q3 270 193 75 27.8% 25.0% 73.5% 278
2008 Q2 278 206 68 24.5% 80.0% 85.7% 291
2008 Q1 249 196 53 21.3% 50.0% 81.3% 284
2007 Q4 274 204 70 25.5% 66.7% 94.2% 314
2007 Q3 341 288 53 15.5% 25.0% 87.8% 324
2007 Q2 332 266 65 19.6% 80.0% 94.5% 334
2007 Q1 243 181 62 25.5% 71.4% 90.2% 375
2006 Q4 277 204 72 26.0% 75.0% 92.9% 271
2006 Q3 300 232 68 22.7% 75.0% 93.3% 305
2006 Q2 218 169 49 22.5% 66.7% 89.2% 349
2006 Q1 271 175 96 35.4% 100.0% 94.9% 321
2005 Q4 295 224 71 24.1% 75.0% 87.5% 319
2005 Q3 262 207 54 20.6% 100.0% 95.2% 311
2005 Q2 291 211 80 27.5% 75.0% 93.7% 293
2005 Q1 260 210 50 19.2% 75.0% 96.4% 320
2004 Q4 283 218 63 22.3% 92.3% 90.6% 308
2004 Q3 265 221 43 16.2% 100.0% 96.6% 255
2004 Q2 295 247 48 16.3% 50.0% 98.1% 342
2004 Q1 304 250 53 17.4% 28.6% 94.4% 334
2003 Q4 298 249 49 16.4% 71.4% 95.1% 324
2003 Q3 393 318 74 18.8% 100.0% 97.9% 356
2003 Q2 337 269 68 20.2% 100.0% 96.1% 416
2003 Q1 293 246 47 16.0% 100.0% 100.0% 289
2002 Q4 286 227 59 20.6% 100.0% 97.8% 343
2002 Q3 274 233 41 15.0% 100.0% 98.1% 361
2002 Q2 291 242 49 16.8% 71.4% 100.0% 261
2002 Q1 262 207 55 21.0% 57.1% 100.0% 349
2001 Q4 264 214 50 18.9% 100.0% 100.0% 335
2001 Q3 321 268 53 16.5% 0.0% 98.4% 402
2001 Q2 280 248 32 11.4% 50.0% 98.4% 290
2001 Q1 282 229 53 18.8% 66.7% 97.0% 291
2000 Q4 222 185 37 16.7% 100.0% 97.5% 279
2000 Q3 321 273 48 15.0% 100.0% 98.6% 280
2000 Q2 188 154 34 18.1% 100.0% 100.0% 209
2000 Q1 214 181 33 15.4% 66.7% 100.0% 277
1999 Q4 221 199 22 10.0% 87.5% 98.2% 230
1999 Q3 235 204 31 13.2% 90.0% 100.0% 236
1999 Q2 249 215 34 13.7% 100.0% 100.0% 281
1999 Q1 212 172 40 18.9% 100.0% 100.0% 243
1998 Q4 202 173 29 14.4% 100.0% 100.0% 228
1998 Q3 268 221 46 17.2% 100.0% 100.0% 220
1998 Q2 471 383 87 18.5% 100.0% 100.0% 524
1998 Q1 371 297 69 18.6% 100.0% 100.0% 399
1997 Q4 119 108 11 9.2% 100.0% 100.0% 118
1997 Q3 165 142 23 13.9% — 100.0% 164
1997 Q2 278 240 38 13.7% 100.0% 97.5% 284
1997 Q1 153 131 22 14.4% 100.0% 100.0% 194
1996 Q4 247 211 36 14.6% 100.0% 97.3% 245
1996 Q3 76 67 9 11.8% — 100.0% 75
1996 Q2 130 107 23 17.7% 85.7% 100.0% 147
1996 Q1 256 214 42 16.4% 100.0% 97.8% —
1995 Q4 241 200 41 17.0% 100.0% 97.1% —
1995 Q3 152 128 24 15.8% 100.0% 96.1% —
1995 Q2 216 166 50 23.1% 90.9% 96.5% —
1995 Q1 164 140 24 14.6% 0.0% 96.2% —
1994 Q4 354 317 37 10.5% 100.0% 100.0% —
1994 Q3 185 152 33 17.8% 100.0% 95.9% —
1994 Q2 136 112 24 17.6% 100.0% 97.5% —
1994 Q1 338 259 79 23.4% 100.0% 97.2% —
1993 Q4 197 155 42 21.3% 80.0% 87.5% —
1993 Q3 105 80 25 23.8% 100.0% 94.1% —
1993 Q2 131 101 30 22.9% 100.0% 100.0% —
1993 Q1 155 113 42 27.1% 100.0% 96.2% —
1992 Q4 374 260 114 30.5% 88.9% 95.8% —
1992 Q3 291 221 70 24.1% 92.9% 96.4% —
1992 Q2 153 111 42 27.5% 100.0% 98.0% —
1992 Q1 186 140 46 24.7% 100.0% 86.3% —
1991 Q4 103 77 26 25.2% 66.7% 90.6% —
1991 Q3 105 89 16 15.2% 100.0% 93.3% —
1991 Q2 169 135 34 20.1% 100.0% 93.7% —
1991 Q1 222 154 68 30.6% 100.0% 94.3% —
1990 Q4 542 361 181 33.4% 80.0% 72.6% —
1990 Q3 424 304 120 28.3% 86.7% 73.8% —
1990 Q2 217 160 57 26.3% 100.0% 80.7% —
1990 Q1 345 261 84 24.3% 88.9% 74.7% —
1989 Q4 228 158 70 30.7% 80.0% 72.2% —
1989 Q3 222 171 51 23.0% 100.0% 81.2% —
1989 Q2 206 151 55 26.7% 100.0% 77.5% —
1989 Q1 343 254 89 25.9% 92.3% 82.2% —
1988 Q4 559 450 109 19.5% 78.9% 76.6% —
1988 Q3 282 238 44 15.6% 91.7% 54.5% —
1988 Q2 240 202 38 15.8% 70.0% 46.9% —
1988 Q1 131 106 25 19.1% 71.4% 34.5% —
1987 Q4 288 243 45 15.6% 78.6% 34.5% —
1987 Q3 175 138 37 21.1% 73.3% 18.1% —
1987 Q2 313 263 50 16.0% 66.7% 48.0% —
1987 Q1 219 177 42 19.2% 100.0% 52.6% —
1986 Q4 310 256 54 17.4% 62.5% 72.1% —
1986 Q3 315 262 53 16.8% 88.9% 63.8% —
1986 Q2 320 280 40 12.5% 85.7% 76.9% —
1986 Q1 243 206 37 15.2% 76.9% 61.6% —
1985 Q4 193 155 38 19.7% 83.3% 77.3% —
1985 Q3 379 316 63 16.6% 93.3% 63.3% —
1985 Q2 273 229 44 16.1% 100.0% 84.9% —
1985 Q1 135 112 23 17.0% 66.7% 70.7% —
1984 Q4 249 196 53 21.3% 87.5% 60.4% —
1984 Q3 191 152 39 20.4% 100.0% 67.6% —
1984 Q2 268 226 42 15.7% 75.0% 81.4% —
1984 Q1 201 163 38 18.9% 57.1% 85.4% —
1983 Q4 184 148 36 19.6% 42.9% 83.1% —
1983 Q3 234 187 47 20.1% 100.0% 90.2% —
1983 Q2 279 231 48 17.2% 100.0% 93.9% —
1983 Q1 204 167 37 18.1% 100.0% 96.2% —
1982 Q4 219 169 50 22.8% 71.4% 100.0% —
1982 Q3 175 143 32 18.3% 100.0% 95.9% —
1982 Q2 323 266 57 17.6% 100.0% 95.5% —
1982 Q1 173 125 48 27.7% 60.0% 88.7% —
1981 Q4 214 168 46 21.5% 60.0% 97.4% —
1981 Q3 248 193 55 22.2% 100.0% 92.5% —
1981 Q2 287 228 59 20.6% 100.0% 96.4% —
1981 Q1 241 209 32 13.3% 100.0% 90.3% —
1980 Q4 261 222 39 14.9% 100.0% 96.5% —
1980 Q3 388 322 66 17.0% 92.3% 88.7% —
1980 Q2 355 289 66 18.6% 100.0% 91.8% —
1980 Q1 247 202 45 18.2% 83.3% 88.3% —
1979 Q4 311 244 67 21.5% 100.0% 87.4% —
1979 Q3 500 390 110 22.0% 77.8% 97.0% —
1979 Q2 280 237 43 15.4% 100.0% 93.2% —

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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