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East Hertfordshire

East of England · E07000242 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,111
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
16.7%
higher than 78% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
78.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
93.9%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.4%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.1%
209 allowed of 613 decided
Decisions overturned
2.6%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 32.6%

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
1,320
in the window
Applications decided
1,111
in the window
Approval rate
83.3%
926 granted, 185 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 135 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
91.5%
rank 152 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 86 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
Major2387.0%100.0%
Minor25973.7%78.6%
Other82986.2%—
of which householder64085.5%93.9%
"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
01973942024 Q3: 347 received2024 Q3: 317 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 342 received2024 Q4: 341 decided2025 Q1: 394 received2025 Q1: 327 decided2025 Q2: 283 received2025 Q2: 355 decided2025 Q3: 353 received2025 Q3: 215 decided2025 Q4: 302 received2025 Q4: 321 decided2026 Q1: 362 received2026 Q1: 293 decided2026 Q2: 303 received2026 Q2: 282 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
102%
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 (E07000242). 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 282 240 42 14.9% — 63.2% 303
2026 Q1 293 260 33 11.3% — 76.0% 362
2025 Q4 321 249 72 22.4% 100.0% 84.6% 302
2025 Q3 215 177 38 17.7% — 86.7% 353
2025 Q2 355 275 80 22.5% — 90.0% 283
2025 Q1 327 271 56 17.1% 0.0% 93.2% 394
2024 Q4 341 292 49 14.4% 100.0% 82.9% 342
2024 Q3 317 256 61 19.2% — 76.7% 347
2024 Q2 377 285 92 24.4% — 84.4% 358
2024 Q1 342 263 79 23.1% — 88.6% 388
2023 Q4 311 254 57 18.3% 75.0% 78.8% 392
2023 Q3 398 290 108 27.1% 40.0% 62.3% 321
2023 Q2 429 340 89 20.7% 50.0% 66.7% 401
2023 Q1 474 350 124 26.2% 25.0% 45.3% 451
2022 Q4 528 390 138 26.1% 71.4% 48.1% 464
2022 Q3 397 316 81 20.4% — 46.9% 455
2022 Q2 398 319 79 19.8% 0.0% 34.5% 429
2022 Q1 452 351 101 22.3% 0.0% 40.7% 475
2021 Q4 482 380 102 21.2% — 38.1% 502
2021 Q3 449 355 94 20.9% 66.7% 37.9% 513
2021 Q2 374 277 97 25.9% 100.0% 69.2% 592
2021 Q1 447 328 119 26.6% 0.0% 75.8% 573
2020 Q4 421 312 109 25.9% 66.7% 83.0% 510
2020 Q3 385 278 107 27.8% 100.0% 90.2% 435
2020 Q2 395 281 114 28.9% — 91.7% 376
2020 Q1 372 263 109 29.3% 100.0% 92.0% 482
2019 Q4 474 356 118 24.9% 66.7% 88.9% 481
2019 Q3 430 312 118 27.4% 50.0% 88.2% 450
2019 Q2 452 337 115 25.4% 100.0% 93.4% 492
2019 Q1 475 327 148 31.2% — 74.4% 512
2018 Q4 438 295 143 32.6% 100.0% 81.4% 489
2018 Q3 471 365 106 22.5% 100.0% 79.3% 484
2018 Q2 480 364 116 24.2% 62.5% 92.6% 555
2018 Q1 449 324 125 27.8% 60.0% 83.8% 480
2017 Q4 488 393 95 19.5% 71.4% 82.6% 476
2017 Q3 529 419 110 20.8% 0.0% 83.9% 540
2017 Q2 535 423 112 20.9% 100.0% 84.8% 525
2017 Q1 454 350 104 22.9% 40.0% 91.1% 577
2016 Q4 485 377 108 22.3% 75.0% 95.2% 470
2016 Q3 540 433 107 19.8% 50.0% 93.5% 567
2016 Q2 502 403 99 19.7% 100.0% 93.4% 536
2016 Q1 456 373 83 18.2% 75.0% 93.2% 564
2015 Q4 470 373 97 20.6% 66.7% 86.0% 600
2015 Q3 515 429 86 16.7% 50.0% 87.2% 626
2015 Q2 474 391 83 17.5% 0.0% 85.7% 732
2015 Q1 390 301 89 22.8% 50.0% 86.3% 737
2014 Q4 422 340 82 19.4% 66.7% 86.4% 511
2014 Q3 458 389 69 15.1% 0.0% 77.8% 538
2014 Q2 467 398 69 14.8% 80.0% 88.2% 564
2014 Q1 474 367 68 14.3% 66.7% 83.2% 550
2013 Q4 472 379 62 13.1% 25.0% 79.8% 490
2013 Q3 578 463 73 12.6% 54.5% 82.6% 586
2013 Q2 471 373 65 13.8% 0.0% 80.5% 583
2013 Q1 405 309 71 17.5% 52.9% 77.0% 515
2012 Q4 493 366 87 17.6% 66.7% 80.7% 491
2012 Q3 480 373 71 14.8% 57.1% 86.8% 545
2012 Q2 495 366 90 18.2% 50.0% 69.1% 497
2012 Q1 426 306 94 22.1% 66.7% 78.8% 543
2011 Q4 464 342 92 19.8% 50.0% 76.5% 494
2011 Q3 499 386 81 16.2% 75.0% 79.3% 574
2011 Q2 485 368 82 16.9% 33.3% 85.7% 535
2011 Q1 442 351 72 16.3% 80.0% 76.7% 532
2010 Q4 445 332 80 18.0% 56.3% 86.4% 523
2010 Q3 543 411 103 19.0% 60.0% 81.3% 565
2010 Q2 519 388 99 19.1% 75.0% 88.5% 548
2010 Q1 459 342 83 18.1% 66.7% 84.5% 572
2009 Q4 492 347 117 23.8% 80.0% 90.5% 550
2009 Q3 462 339 90 19.5% 87.5% 84.4% 577
2009 Q2 457 327 102 22.3% 88.9% 89.8% 490
2009 Q1 367 275 70 19.1% 66.7% 84.7% 483
2008 Q4 452 340 96 21.2% 80.0% 86.7% 431
2008 Q3 489 375 100 20.4% 66.7% 80.5% 558
2008 Q2 471 351 108 22.9% 77.8% 88.0% 513
2008 Q1 534 402 132 24.7% 66.7% 90.8% 618
2007 Q4 561 432 129 23.0% 87.5% 86.8% 652
2007 Q3 624 459 165 26.4% 90.9% 86.2% 691
2007 Q2 578 423 155 26.8% 75.0% 89.4% 684
2007 Q1 480 378 102 21.3% 66.7% 85.3% 706
2006 Q4 575 446 129 22.4% 82.4% 93.5% 609
2006 Q3 606 428 178 29.4% 78.6% 83.1% 681
2006 Q2 575 425 148 25.7% 81.8% 77.3% 665
2006 Q1 462 351 111 24.0% 84.6% 73.0% 648
2005 Q4 534 379 155 29.0% 75.0% 78.4% 526
2005 Q3 559 416 143 25.6% 68.8% 79.8% 637
2005 Q2 588 467 121 20.6% 57.9% 74.3% 613
2005 Q1 419 327 92 22.0% 50.0% 82.1% 602
2004 Q4 479 388 91 19.0% 29.4% 79.1% 552
2004 Q3 703 527 175 24.9% 62.5% 87.5% 618
2004 Q2 622 485 137 22.0% 50.0% 78.2% 669
2004 Q1 565 435 130 23.0% 30.8% 60.0% 629
2003 Q4 600 476 118 19.7% 30.8% 20.2% 512
2003 Q3 564 443 110 19.5% 28.6% 14.4% 564
2003 Q2 658 553 100 15.2% 35.7% 9.6% 544
2003 Q1 517 399 112 21.7% 22.2% 14.5% 510
2002 Q4 564 450 108 19.1% 0.0% 27.6% 636
2002 Q3 627 505 117 18.7% 28.6% 40.5% 662
2002 Q2 584 489 89 15.2% 16.7% 24.7% 656
2002 Q1 487 387 97 19.9% 60.0% 30.3% 679
2001 Q4 511 410 98 19.2% 11.1% 29.4% 536
2001 Q3 531 450 74 13.9% 0.0% 37.4% 557
2001 Q2 512 433 70 13.7% 50.0% 50.6% 598
2001 Q1 430 354 63 14.7% 50.0% 37.3% 560
2000 Q4 422 342 65 15.4% 40.0% 35.3% 444
2000 Q3 555 471 81 14.6% 22.2% 43.9% 499
2000 Q2 467 403 55 11.8% 40.0% 25.7% 578
2000 Q1 398 345 49 12.3% 14.3% 52.1% 536
1999 Q4 420 344 73 17.4% 50.0% 56.2% 458
1999 Q3 430 378 49 11.4% 40.0% 40.0% 483
1999 Q2 445 352 84 18.9% 60.0% 54.5% 490
1999 Q1 400 329 46 11.5% 50.0% 58.8% 476
1998 Q4 468 377 61 13.0% 0.0% 46.5% 438
1998 Q3 420 373 37 8.8% 25.0% 58.1% 444
1998 Q2 432 368 57 13.2% 57.1% 60.3% 509
1998 Q1 400 332 60 15.0% 0.0% 43.9% 477
1997 Q4 374 304 67 17.9% 85.7% 48.2% 447
1997 Q3 443 373 62 14.0% 28.6% 50.5% 437
1997 Q2 403 351 46 11.4% 60.0% 57.0% 448
1997 Q1 418 336 70 16.7% 40.0% 39.1% 382
1996 Q4 365 291 55 15.1% 40.0% 57.5% 430
1996 Q3 419 358 58 13.8% 38.5% 40.8% 412
1996 Q2 380 298 64 16.8% 25.0% 61.4% 484
1996 Q1 366 330 36 9.8% 33.3% 37.9% —
1995 Q4 319 279 40 12.5% 100.0% 50.0% —
1995 Q3 343 297 46 13.4% 75.0% 52.9% —
1995 Q2 377 323 54 14.3% 60.0% 54.0% —
1995 Q1 359 317 42 11.7% 46.2% 48.4% —
1994 Q4 323 291 32 9.9% 100.0% 58.1% —
1994 Q3 428 357 71 16.6% 85.7% 57.1% —
1994 Q2 411 369 42 10.2% 50.0% 60.0% —
1994 Q1 349 312 37 10.6% 69.2% 52.3% —
1993 Q4 360 320 40 11.1% 40.0% 54.0% —
1993 Q3 372 337 35 9.4% 60.0% 64.6% —
1993 Q2 429 378 51 11.9% 71.4% 67.6% —
1993 Q1 326 284 42 12.9% 60.0% 62.5% —
1992 Q4 354 301 53 15.0% 33.3% 55.6% —
1992 Q3 346 292 54 15.6% 75.0% 54.9% —
1992 Q2 374 322 52 13.9% 63.6% 63.9% —
1992 Q1 334 288 46 13.8% 77.8% 64.2% —
1991 Q4 376 314 62 16.5% 54.5% 53.9% —
1991 Q3 453 378 75 16.6% 62.5% 42.7% —
1991 Q2 385 336 49 12.7% 21.1% 45.8% —
1991 Q1 390 326 64 16.4% 52.9% 39.2% —
1990 Q4 368 368 0 0.0% 33.3% 36.3% —
1990 Q3 451 396 55 12.2% 60.0% 37.2% —
1990 Q2 436 326 110 25.2% 45.5% 33.0% —
1990 Q1 479 370 109 22.8% 41.7% 33.2% —
1989 Q4 443 329 114 25.7% 36.4% 27.1% —
1989 Q3 697 511 186 26.7% 53.3% 27.0% —
1989 Q2 693 519 174 25.1% 43.8% 33.1% —
1989 Q1 618 473 145 23.5% 43.3% 32.8% —
1988 Q4 684 487 197 28.8% 32.1% 25.2% —
1988 Q3 704 537 167 23.7% 10.0% 17.7% —
1988 Q2 708 576 132 18.6% 26.9% 18.0% —
1988 Q1 496 359 137 27.6% 28.6% 15.9% —
1987 Q4 600 453 147 24.5% 29.2% 22.3% —
1987 Q3 495 399 96 19.4% 65.0% 39.1% —
1987 Q2 596 495 101 16.9% 66.7% 43.4% —
1987 Q1 436 360 76 17.4% 38.5% 46.3% —
1986 Q4 420 338 82 19.5% 41.2% 37.4% —
1986 Q3 387 326 61 15.8% 78.9% 27.2% —
1986 Q2 485 438 47 9.7% 50.0% 38.3% —
1986 Q1 379 319 60 15.8% 85.7% 50.0% —
1985 Q4 348 284 64 18.4% 50.0% 47.1% —
1985 Q3 386 325 61 15.8% 78.9% 27.2% —
1985 Q2 410 357 53 12.9% 57.9% 36.7% —
1985 Q1 356 291 65 18.3% 60.0% 34.5% —
1984 Q4 352 297 55 15.6% 52.9% 32.9% —
1984 Q3 445 380 65 14.6% 47.4% 40.0% —
1984 Q2 488 417 71 14.5% 80.0% 43.2% —
1984 Q1 359 310 49 13.6% 86.7% 50.0% —
1983 Q4 329 276 53 16.1% 60.0% 45.6% —
1983 Q3 417 355 62 14.9% 77.8% 42.2% —
1983 Q2 402 355 47 11.7% 100.0% 34.3% —
1983 Q1 371 312 59 15.9% 58.3% 43.7% —
1982 Q4 318 274 44 13.8% 25.0% 51.6% —
1982 Q3 364 319 45 12.4% 83.3% 35.0% —
1982 Q2 399 341 58 14.5% 50.0% 33.3% —
1982 Q1 308 254 54 17.5% 38.5% 41.2% —
1981 Q4 399 323 76 19.0% 62.5% 46.9% —
1981 Q3 436 337 99 22.7% 21.1% 21.7% —
1981 Q2 370 322 48 13.0% 60.0% 43.1% —
1981 Q1 337 277 60 17.8% 76.9% 49.1% —
1980 Q4 434 358 76 17.5% 56.5% 52.4% —
1980 Q3 477 390 87 18.2% 39.1% 45.6% —
1980 Q2 441 392 49 11.1% 50.0% 37.0% —
1980 Q1 292 253 39 13.4% 85.7% 23.7% —
1979 Q4 456 372 84 18.4% 54.5% 25.9% —
1979 Q3 601 522 79 13.1% 57.9% 21.5% —
1979 Q2 340 289 51 15.0% 47.1% 22.6% —

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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