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St Albans

East of England · E07000240 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,411
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
13.0%
higher than 59% of authorities
Majors in time
66.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
74.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
82.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.6%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
33.3%
135 allowed of 406 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 22.4%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 333 286 47 14.1% 50.0% 83.3% 404
2025 Q4 355 303 52 14.6% — 58.3% 393
2025 Q3 428 380 48 11.2% 100.0% 80.6% 344
2025 Q2 295 258 37 12.5% — 76.0% 428
2025 Q1 297 239 58 19.5% 100.0% 64.7% 327
2024 Q4 361 280 81 22.4% — 96.6% 328
2024 Q3 437 366 71 16.2% 100.0% 61.5% 357
2024 Q2 464 393 71 15.3% 60.0% 28.0% 354
2024 Q1 440 379 61 13.9% 0.0% 0.0% 369
2023 Q4 371 314 57 15.4% 100.0% 0.0% 401
2023 Q3 283 231 52 18.4% 100.0% 0.0% 392
2023 Q2 353 295 58 16.4% — 21.7% 449
2023 Q1 408 327 81 19.9% 80.0% 27.3% 443
2022 Q4 361 297 64 17.7% 0.0% 13.3% 447
2022 Q3 476 397 79 16.6% — 61.7% 508
2022 Q2 589 491 98 16.6% 66.7% 81.1% 548
2022 Q1 514 452 62 12.1% — 76.0% 595
2021 Q4 484 402 82 16.9% 66.7% 85.7% 556
2021 Q3 666 552 114 17.1% 66.7% 74.6% 571
2021 Q2 716 611 105 14.7% — 73.7% 703
2021 Q1 572 487 85 14.9% 100.0% 63.6% 655
2020 Q4 461 388 73 15.8% 100.0% 57.9% 654
2020 Q3 426 363 63 14.8% 100.0% 64.3% 541
2020 Q2 432 364 68 15.7% 75.0% 71.4% 458
2020 Q1 476 406 70 14.7% 100.0% 60.0% 495
2019 Q4 538 458 80 14.9% 0.0% 79.2% 562
2019 Q3 525 460 65 12.4% 100.0% 81.8% 512
2019 Q2 443 386 57 12.9% — 87.2% 533
2019 Q1 462 409 53 11.5% 100.0% 89.2% 533
2018 Q4 522 460 62 11.9% 100.0% 78.6% 516
2018 Q3 505 438 67 13.3% 100.0% 83.3% 569
2018 Q2 518 447 71 13.7% — 92.2% 610
2018 Q1 520 445 75 14.4% 75.0% 94.8% 552
2017 Q4 529 464 65 12.3% 100.0% 92.8% 596
2017 Q3 572 511 61 10.7% 80.0% 98.2% 595
2017 Q2 608 549 59 9.7% 100.0% 91.8% 617
2017 Q1 552 493 59 10.7% 66.7% 86.5% 645
2016 Q4 538 470 68 12.6% 100.0% 80.8% 622
2016 Q3 673 576 97 14.4% 33.3% 61.6% 633
2016 Q2 695 599 96 13.8% 50.0% 71.1% 689
2016 Q1 565 459 106 18.8% 100.0% 55.1% 667
2015 Q4 537 419 118 22.0% 100.0% 59.0% 588
2015 Q3 557 438 119 21.4% 42.9% 58.9% 575
2015 Q2 527 415 112 21.3% 80.0% 67.9% 661
2015 Q1 517 419 98 19.0% 71.4% 60.4% 646
2014 Q4 566 454 112 19.8% 58.3% 59.9% 636
2014 Q3 667 562 105 15.7% 50.0% 60.8% 636
2014 Q2 562 449 113 20.1% 100.0% 52.9% 635
2014 Q1 543 376 84 15.5% 50.0% 53.2% 741
2013 Q4 682 491 102 15.0% 66.7% 61.9% 743
2013 Q3 655 441 130 19.8% 63.6% 77.8% 787
2013 Q2 589 383 122 20.7% 85.7% 75.0% 710
2013 Q1 550 362 116 21.1% 71.4% 69.4% 680
2012 Q4 587 373 156 26.6% 88.9% 74.8% 717
2012 Q3 652 404 160 24.5% 77.8% 75.2% 733
2012 Q2 651 505 63 9.7% 50.0% 77.9% 776
2012 Q1 607 393 153 25.2% 50.0% 68.7% 766
2011 Q4 640 405 170 26.6% 60.0% 81.0% 699
2011 Q3 769 506 170 22.1% 66.7% 62.6% 766
2011 Q2 622 422 128 20.6% 27.8% 50.0% 668
2011 Q1 580 410 110 19.0% 0.0% 45.5% 622
2010 Q4 501 320 114 22.8% 16.7% 37.7% 622
2010 Q3 616 358 162 26.3% 0.0% 74.2% 706
2010 Q2 546 395 65 11.9% 75.0% 80.8% 612
2010 Q1 470 294 92 19.6% 75.0% 94.3% 646
2009 Q4 468 295 105 22.4% 100.0% 94.7% 532
2009 Q3 561 385 98 17.5% 75.0% 91.5% 539
2009 Q2 519 313 141 27.2% 25.0% 79.3% 569
2009 Q1 440 302 86 19.5% 75.0% 74.7% 528
2008 Q4 587 374 168 28.6% 66.7% 75.4% 535
2008 Q3 690 424 209 30.3% 80.0% 75.7% 677
2008 Q2 711 433 220 30.9% 71.4% 67.6% 713
2008 Q1 598 375 181 30.3% 81.8% 78.0% 761
2007 Q4 701 463 193 27.5% 90.0% 80.6% 636
2007 Q3 735 470 220 29.9% 57.1% 83.3% 795
2007 Q2 728 455 227 31.2% 100.0% 88.3% 787
2007 Q1 667 429 190 28.5% 42.9% 74.8% 794
2006 Q4 663 449 160 24.1% 61.1% 69.8% 696
2006 Q3 690 541 99 14.3% 66.7% 79.1% 932
2006 Q2 669 485 143 21.4% 66.7% 84.3% 766
2006 Q1 583 375 180 30.9% 66.7% 86.0% 694
2005 Q4 563 445 91 16.2% 61.5% 89.3% 583
2005 Q3 621 413 170 27.4% 75.0% 90.6% 636
2005 Q2 675 492 147 21.8% 87.5% 92.1% 673
2005 Q1 682 443 192 28.2% 75.0% 76.1% 705
2004 Q4 640 434 168 26.3% 50.0% 59.5% 677
2004 Q3 740 524 180 24.3% 50.0% 64.8% 744
2004 Q2 681 485 157 23.1% 69.2% 43.8% 726
2004 Q1 591 423 138 23.4% 20.0% 35.7% 677
2003 Q4 569 388 146 25.7% 50.0% 32.7% 666
2003 Q3 776 538 193 24.9% 25.0% 37.3% 644
2003 Q2 653 460 155 23.7% 0.0% 21.1% 723
2003 Q1 663 459 172 25.9% 25.0% 23.7% 670
2002 Q4 652 471 142 21.8% 100.0% 10.5% 652
2002 Q3 580 450 101 17.4% 0.0% 8.0% 573
2002 Q2 635 500 102 16.1% 66.7% 2.5% 621
2002 Q1 539 421 92 17.1% 66.7% 9.4% 701
2001 Q4 530 409 89 16.8% 100.0% 8.2% 547
2001 Q3 540 424 88 16.3% 25.0% 15.3% 564
2001 Q2 554 438 90 16.2% 75.0% 23.2% 630
2001 Q1 523 388 115 22.0% 38.9% 31.9% 631
2000 Q4 478 348 107 22.4% 42.9% 45.5% 537
2000 Q3 604 451 118 19.5% 12.5% 62.4% 587
2000 Q2 668 535 105 15.7% 71.4% 64.0% 663
2000 Q1 581 456 99 17.0% 55.6% 56.5% 763
1999 Q4 586 467 101 17.2% 66.7% 56.3% 585
1999 Q3 579 460 92 15.9% 50.0% 62.5% 604
1999 Q2 598 463 99 16.6% 60.0% 54.9% 581
1999 Q1 498 372 99 19.9% 0.0% 52.7% 614
1998 Q4 519 403 102 19.7% 70.0% 63.2% 570
1998 Q3 594 432 128 21.5% 30.0% 51.9% 534
1998 Q2 621 455 141 22.7% 50.0% 59.1% 609
1998 Q1 446 344 80 17.9% 0.0% 70.8% 595
1997 Q4 467 341 103 22.1% 66.7% 66.0% 521
1997 Q3 614 443 146 23.8% 45.5% 69.4% 586
1997 Q2 569 403 132 23.2% 38.5% 63.8% 640
1997 Q1 400 274 105 26.3% 55.6% 66.7% 488
1996 Q4 464 335 108 23.3% 50.0% 70.0% 484
1996 Q3 499 380 92 18.4% 40.0% 73.0% 449
1996 Q2 436 315 100 22.9% 85.7% 86.8% 542
1996 Q1 146 120 26 17.8% 66.7% 60.5% —
1995 Q4 117 94 23 19.7% 50.0% 66.7% —
1995 Q3 143 123 20 14.0% 33.3% 62.1% —
1995 Q2 182 149 33 18.1% 33.3% 51.2% —
1995 Q1 134 113 21 15.7% 0.0% 57.5% —
1994 Q4 137 128 9 6.6% 57.1% 55.6% —
1994 Q3 166 146 20 12.0% 33.3% 61.5% —
1994 Q2 197 170 27 13.7% 66.7% 61.5% —
1994 Q1 159 140 19 11.9% 0.0% 50.9% —
1993 Q4 154 136 18 11.7% 50.0% 51.4% —
1993 Q3 191 170 21 11.0% 80.0% 53.1% —
1993 Q2 181 157 24 13.3% 75.0% 59.5% —
1993 Q1 192 158 34 17.7% 75.0% 76.8% —
1992 Q4 136 113 23 16.9% 66.7% 63.6% —
1992 Q3 174 136 38 21.8% 75.0% 62.7% —
1992 Q2 205 169 36 17.6% 80.0% 51.5% —
1992 Q1 161 136 25 15.5% 66.7% 61.5% —
1991 Q4 187 148 39 20.9% 66.7% 50.0% —
1991 Q3 178 148 30 16.9% 50.0% 43.1% —
1991 Q2 233 173 60 25.8% 54.5% 62.1% —
1991 Q1 208 173 35 16.8% 33.3% 35.8% —
1990 Q4 202 169 33 16.3% 37.5% 29.1% —
1990 Q3 199 173 26 13.1% 66.7% 31.9% —
1990 Q2 274 233 41 15.0% 62.5% 26.3% —
1990 Q1 258 231 27 10.5% 56.3% 20.3% —
1989 Q4 273 245 28 10.3% 70.0% 24.1% —
1989 Q3 176 158 18 10.2% 50.0% 29.3% —
1989 Q2 289 272 17 5.9% 85.7% 42.2% —
1989 Q1 178 157 21 11.8% 75.0% 46.7% —
1988 Q4 230 209 21 9.1% 90.9% 62.3% —
1988 Q3 241 226 15 6.2% 85.7% 60.3% —
1988 Q2 361 329 32 8.9% 87.5% 77.8% —
1988 Q1 257 230 27 10.5% 100.0% 85.9% —
1987 Q4 245 217 28 11.4% 83.3% 73.5% —
1987 Q3 332 304 28 8.4% 90.9% 92.9% —
1987 Q2 257 227 30 11.7% 77.8% 70.4% —
1987 Q1 218 197 21 9.6% 100.0% 87.1% —
1986 Q4 193 167 26 13.5% 93.8% 77.8% —
1986 Q3 282 250 32 11.3% 100.0% 86.4% —
1986 Q2 220 190 30 13.6% 92.3% 85.2% —
1986 Q1 135 114 21 15.6% 100.0% 86.5% —
1985 Q4 201 164 37 18.4% 93.3% 63.1% —
1985 Q3 329 287 42 12.8% 87.5% 67.0% —
1985 Q2 233 204 29 12.4% 88.2% 85.5% —
1985 Q1 249 229 20 8.0% 100.0% 82.4% —
1984 Q4 245 229 16 6.5% 100.0% 73.9% —
1984 Q3 252 234 18 7.1% 87.5% 70.8% —
1984 Q2 207 186 21 10.1% 75.0% 65.7% —
1984 Q1 192 169 23 12.0% 87.5% 71.7% —
1983 Q4 175 159 16 9.1% 100.0% 65.1% —
1983 Q3 232 205 27 11.6% 85.7% 63.0% —
1983 Q2 299 271 28 9.4% 92.3% 74.7% —
1983 Q1 172 160 12 7.0% 85.7% 67.3% —
1982 Q4 230 210 20 8.7% 94.1% 70.9% —
1982 Q3 203 178 25 12.3% 100.0% 60.7% —
1982 Q2 304 278 26 8.6% 90.5% 63.3% —
1982 Q1 130 120 10 7.7% 75.0% 82.4% —
1981 Q4 159 141 18 11.3% 75.0% 72.5% —
1981 Q3 271 244 27 10.0% 78.6% 58.2% —
1981 Q2 231 210 21 9.1% 88.9% 70.5% —
1981 Q1 195 178 17 8.7% 88.9% 74.0% —
1980 Q4 250 228 22 8.8% 57.1% 71.9% —
1980 Q3 281 255 26 9.3% 91.7% 56.6% —
1980 Q2 371 337 34 9.2% 90.0% 52.7% —
1980 Q1 219 199 20 9.1% 90.0% 53.2% —
1979 Q4 276 255 21 7.6% 100.0% 70.4% —
1979 Q3 281 257 24 8.5% 100.0% 49.3% —
1979 Q2 326 299 27 8.3% 88.9% 58.3% —

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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