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East Hertfordshire

East of England · E07000242 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,184
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
18.8%
higher than 87% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
84.4%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.2%
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 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 32.6%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
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 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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