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Welwyn Hatfield

East of England · E07000241 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
632
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
14.9%
higher than 68% of authorities
Majors in time
—
threshold 60%
Minors in time
90.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
93.8%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.3%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 30.5%

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
722
in the window
Applications decided
632
in the window
Approval rate
85.1%
538 granted, 94 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 118 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
92.6%
rank 129 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 70 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
Major1687.5%—
Minor11281.3%90.0%
Other50485.9%—
of which householder43386.1%93.8%
"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
01012022024 Q3: 195 received2024 Q3: 190 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 177 received2024 Q4: 188 decided2025 Q1: 202 received2025 Q1: 141 decided2025 Q2: 187 received2025 Q2: 162 decided2025 Q3: 171 received2025 Q3: 179 decided2025 Q4: 195 received2025 Q4: 148 decided2026 Q1: 168 received2026 Q1: 144 decided2026 Q2: 188 received2026 Q2: 161 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
46%
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 (E07000241). 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 161 132 29 18.0% — 86.7% 188
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 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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