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Welwyn Hatfield

East of England · E07000241 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
633
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
13.7%
higher than 64% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
87.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.7%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.9%
75 allowed of 251 decided
Decisions overturned
1.8%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 30.5%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 144 121 23 16.0% — 85.7% 168
2025 Q4 148 129 19 12.8% — 100.0% 195
2025 Q3 179 156 23 12.8% — 90.9% 171
2025 Q2 162 140 22 13.6% 100.0% 75.0% 187
2025 Q1 141 127 14 9.9% 100.0% 100.0% 202
2024 Q4 188 154 34 18.1% 0.0% 80.0% 177
2024 Q3 190 143 47 24.7% 100.0% 88.9% 195
2024 Q2 191 135 56 29.3% 100.0% 100.0% 210
2024 Q1 176 143 33 18.8% — 100.0% 217
2023 Q4 159 124 35 22.0% — 90.9% 213
2023 Q3 179 137 42 23.5% — 92.9% 202
2023 Q2 205 171 34 16.6% 100.0% 90.0% 212
2023 Q1 158 129 29 18.4% 100.0% 90.0% 229
2022 Q4 196 154 42 21.4% — 88.9% 218
2022 Q3 261 201 60 23.0% 100.0% 94.1% 254
2022 Q2 277 216 61 22.0% 50.0% 62.5% 248
2022 Q1 231 183 48 20.8% — 72.7% 291
2021 Q4 295 239 56 19.0% — 64.0% 271
2021 Q3 260 217 43 16.5% — 38.5% 267
2021 Q2 287 221 66 23.0% — 85.7% 307
2021 Q1 251 196 55 21.9% — 100.0% 330
2020 Q4 236 164 72 30.5% 100.0% 92.3% 288
2020 Q3 244 187 57 23.4% 100.0% 90.6% 244
2020 Q2 198 142 56 28.3% 100.0% 77.8% 217
2020 Q1 239 192 47 19.7% 0.0% 80.0% 253
2019 Q4 222 169 53 23.9% 80.0% 92.6% 254
2019 Q3 229 197 32 14.0% 100.0% 87.0% 227
2019 Q2 268 213 55 20.5% 0.0% 75.0% 266
2019 Q1 226 185 41 18.1% 100.0% 90.9% 256
2018 Q4 254 206 48 18.9% 100.0% 67.9% 275
2018 Q3 243 179 64 26.3% 100.0% 88.5% 246
2018 Q2 248 197 51 20.6% 100.0% 84.0% 261
2018 Q1 244 191 53 21.7% 100.0% 72.0% 291
2017 Q4 237 169 68 28.7% 100.0% 95.8% 240
2017 Q3 296 230 66 22.3% 75.0% 82.1% 252
2017 Q2 245 189 56 22.9% 83.3% 67.9% 293
2017 Q1 250 197 53 21.2% 83.3% 63.0% 240
2016 Q4 241 199 42 17.4% 0.0% 69.0% 265
2016 Q3 270 228 42 15.6% 75.0% 62.1% 255
2016 Q2 244 209 35 14.3% 100.0% 59.1% 293
2016 Q1 224 210 14 6.3% 66.7% 65.0% 250
2015 Q4 246 223 23 9.3% 100.0% 50.0% 246
2015 Q3 205 187 18 8.8% 77.8% 32.1% 233
2015 Q2 214 193 21 9.8% 100.0% 75.0% 218
2015 Q1 182 160 22 12.1% 87.5% 53.3% 215
2014 Q4 228 187 41 18.0% 50.0% 55.6% 254
2014 Q3 259 218 41 15.8% 71.4% 76.2% 310
2014 Q2 248 186 62 25.0% 100.0% 67.6% 343
2014 Q1 218 156 39 17.9% 66.7% 78.6% 295
2013 Q4 253 163 54 21.3% 77.8% 68.3% 256
2013 Q3 277 188 56 20.2% 50.0% 74.4% 259
2013 Q2 246 177 36 14.6% 83.3% 79.1% 307
2013 Q1 233 168 47 20.2% 53.8% 76.1% 225
2012 Q4 254 181 51 20.1% 62.5% 67.6% 261
2012 Q3 261 189 51 19.5% 87.5% 71.7% 327
2012 Q2 276 199 50 18.1% 60.0% 66.7% 286
2012 Q1 251 175 57 22.7% 72.2% 80.6% 284
2011 Q4 238 153 50 21.0% 25.0% 75.0% 280
2011 Q3 229 186 31 13.5% 73.3% 90.0% 191
2011 Q2 240 175 42 17.5% 70.0% 65.4% 248
2011 Q1 194 141 33 17.0% 66.7% 70.8% 250
2010 Q4 258 172 56 21.7% 88.2% 75.6% 237
2010 Q3 277 191 51 18.4% 100.0% 77.1% 255
2010 Q2 228 161 44 19.3% 75.0% 76.2% 285
2010 Q1 197 141 36 18.3% 88.9% 88.9% 238
2009 Q4 230 170 40 17.4% 85.7% 77.3% 210
2009 Q3 259 179 49 18.9% 84.6% 70.0% 269
2009 Q2 208 127 59 28.4% 100.0% 87.2% 232
2009 Q1 203 123 62 30.5% 90.0% 88.1% 233
2008 Q4 235 148 79 33.6% 83.3% 86.4% 216
2008 Q3 261 171 79 30.3% 93.3% 87.5% 289
2008 Q2 280 184 85 30.4% 100.0% 87.8% 303
2008 Q1 285 206 65 22.8% 100.0% 90.8% 377
2007 Q4 271 191 73 26.9% 78.6% 88.0% 332
2007 Q3 408 279 104 25.5% 61.1% 80.0% 425
2007 Q2 332 236 79 23.8% 75.0% 83.9% 374
2007 Q1 278 210 63 22.7% 38.5% 80.8% 302
2006 Q4 294 203 82 27.9% 57.1% 84.6% 293
2006 Q3 299 214 78 26.1% 66.7% 83.1% 304
2006 Q2 289 188 98 33.9% 75.0% 87.9% 316
2006 Q1 243 152 79 32.5% 69.2% 87.5% 295
2005 Q4 273 206 57 20.9% 90.9% 85.7% 272
2005 Q3 293 233 53 18.1% 80.0% 69.0% 280
2005 Q2 299 225 67 22.4% 64.3% 73.3% 305
2005 Q1 248 187 50 20.2% 68.8% 74.1% 290
2004 Q4 286 226 55 19.2% 75.0% 80.7% 315
2004 Q3 382 316 63 16.5% 66.7% 68.7% 308
2004 Q2 300 253 41 13.7% 28.6% 65.5% 349
2004 Q1 264 218 44 16.7% 28.6% 41.2% 350
2003 Q4 293 235 49 16.7% 42.9% 37.3% 238
2003 Q3 365 290 68 18.6% 33.3% 8.3% 286
2003 Q2 249 212 31 12.4% 33.3% 21.1% 363
2003 Q1 317 276 36 11.4% 16.7% 27.0% 329
2002 Q4 205 182 19 9.3% 50.0% 16.7% 276
2002 Q3 326 290 32 9.8% 40.0% 40.0% 404
2002 Q2 306 275 31 10.1% 16.7% 35.9% 342
2002 Q1 292 258 28 9.6% 9.1% 21.4% 311
2001 Q4 217 202 15 6.9% 50.0% 31.9% 212
2001 Q3 341 305 25 7.3% 53.8% 56.5% 322
2001 Q2 271 255 16 5.9% 0.0% 40.5% 316
2001 Q1 0 0 0 — — — 12
2000 Q4 231 190 15 6.5% 100.0% 54.8% 285
2000 Q3 272 243 20 7.4% 50.0% 57.4% 258
2000 Q2 349 316 22 6.3% 8.3% 61.1% 342
2000 Q1 288 258 12 4.2% 42.9% 62.3% 313
1999 Q4 201 163 27 13.4% 80.0% 40.0% 245
1999 Q3 283 260 23 8.1% 25.0% 58.3% 277
1999 Q2 208 185 22 10.6% 66.7% 53.8% 257
1999 Q1 213 199 13 6.1% 85.7% 50.9% 238
1998 Q4 201 184 16 8.0% 25.0% 48.1% 237
1998 Q3 243 210 11 4.5% 50.0% 69.2% 219
1998 Q2 241 220 11 4.6% 100.0% 65.9% 255
1998 Q1 232 204 11 4.7% 83.3% 70.7% 287
1997 Q4 231 208 12 5.2% 100.0% 76.3% 215
1997 Q3 244 216 14 5.7% 33.3% 47.7% 262
1997 Q2 255 229 14 5.5% 100.0% 68.8% 274
1997 Q1 181 146 15 8.3% 66.7% 59.3% 216
1996 Q4 198 159 17 8.6% 50.0% 77.3% 217
1996 Q3 239 186 17 7.1% 100.0% 52.6% 230
1996 Q2 217 152 15 6.9% 60.0% 83.3% 256
1996 Q1 135 115 20 14.8% 50.0% 62.7% —
1995 Q4 98 88 10 10.2% 33.3% 54.1% —
1995 Q3 177 159 18 10.2% 66.7% 52.3% —
1995 Q2 139 137 2 1.4% 100.0% 35.7% —
1995 Q1 115 104 11 9.6% 75.0% 56.8% —
1994 Q4 109 100 9 8.3% 50.0% 50.0% —
1994 Q3 139 126 13 9.4% 50.0% 46.5% —
1994 Q2 126 116 10 7.9% 0.0% 42.9% —
1994 Q1 120 109 11 9.2% 60.0% 61.2% —
1993 Q4 102 91 11 10.8% 33.3% 85.2% —
1993 Q3 130 112 18 13.8% 80.0% 85.0% —
1993 Q2 123 115 8 6.5% 100.0% 92.7% —
1993 Q1 115 103 12 10.4% 80.0% 83.9% —
1992 Q4 100 84 16 16.0% 100.0% 90.6% —
1992 Q3 140 117 23 16.4% 87.5% 90.0% —
1992 Q2 103 90 13 12.6% 75.0% 85.3% —
1992 Q1 126 102 24 19.0% 100.0% 81.0% —
1991 Q4 160 139 21 13.1% 100.0% 71.9% —
1991 Q3 102 85 17 16.7% 80.0% 82.8% —
1991 Q2 119 101 18 15.1% 0.0% 60.9% —
1991 Q1 132 112 20 15.2% 100.0% 73.5% —
1990 Q4 149 132 17 11.4% 61.5% 90.4% —
1990 Q3 145 124 21 14.5% 55.6% 89.6% —
1990 Q2 179 145 34 19.0% 100.0% 87.7% —
1990 Q1 135 116 19 14.1% 66.7% 79.4% —
1989 Q4 164 142 22 13.4% 100.0% 75.4% —
1989 Q3 147 123 24 16.3% 76.5% 61.5% —
1989 Q2 266 219 47 17.7% 83.3% 75.3% —
1989 Q1 184 159 25 13.6% 90.9% 76.5% —
1988 Q4 166 134 32 19.3% 100.0% 94.9% —
1988 Q3 203 165 38 18.7% 81.8% 82.6% —
1988 Q2 223 196 27 12.1% 84.6% 92.3% —
1988 Q1 227 198 29 12.8% 100.0% 72.7% —
1987 Q4 152 130 22 14.5% 75.0% 82.3% —
1987 Q3 228 211 17 7.5% 90.9% 69.2% —
1987 Q2 151 142 9 6.0% 100.0% 82.5% —
1987 Q1 174 158 16 9.2% 50.0% 59.6% —
1986 Q4 151 129 22 14.6% 100.0% 70.8% —
1986 Q3 182 164 18 9.9% 50.0% 75.4% —
1986 Q2 204 182 22 10.8% 66.7% 69.0% —
1986 Q1 155 142 13 8.4% 77.8% 67.2% —
1985 Q4 137 122 15 10.9% 66.7% 74.4% —
1985 Q3 151 137 14 9.3% 100.0% 65.9% —
1985 Q2 165 144 21 12.7% 75.0% 86.3% —
1985 Q1 165 150 15 9.1% 75.0% 66.1% —
1984 Q4 124 110 14 11.3% 66.7% 77.5% —
1984 Q3 136 114 22 16.2% 75.0% 70.5% —
1984 Q2 186 175 11 5.9% 100.0% 68.1% —
1984 Q1 157 143 14 8.9% 100.0% 71.0% —
1983 Q4 107 95 12 11.2% 0.0% 68.2% —
1983 Q3 147 138 9 6.1% 100.0% 83.3% —
1983 Q2 162 148 14 8.6% 100.0% 74.4% —
1983 Q1 162 151 11 6.8% 66.7% 64.2% —
1982 Q4 122 109 13 10.7% 100.0% 75.7% —
1982 Q3 196 181 15 7.7% 100.0% 77.4% —
1982 Q2 134 119 15 11.2% 100.0% 84.6% —
1982 Q1 149 138 11 7.4% 100.0% 93.8% —
1981 Q4 136 122 14 10.3% 50.0% 66.7% —
1981 Q3 208 187 21 10.1% 66.7% 85.1% —
1981 Q2 120 115 5 4.2% 75.0% 81.8% —
1981 Q1 220 203 17 7.7% 75.0% 61.1% —
1980 Q4 154 145 9 5.8% 60.0% 85.5% —
1980 Q3 224 200 24 10.7% 100.0% 63.6% —
1980 Q2 235 215 20 8.5% 70.0% 75.8% —
1980 Q1 218 198 20 9.2% 60.0% 68.0% —
1979 Q4 179 157 22 12.3% 33.3% 73.8% —
1979 Q3 194 170 24 12.4% 75.0% 91.2% —
1979 Q2 179 166 13 7.3% 100.0% 71.2% —

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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