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East Suffolk

East of England · E07000244 · 29 quarters held (2019 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,897
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
8.4%
higher than 29% of authorities
Majors in time
69.2%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
73.8%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
87.9%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.3%
82 allowed of 324 decided
Decisions overturned
0.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 29 quarters

2019 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 14.8%

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
2,235
in the window
Applications decided
1,897
in the window
Approval rate
91.6%
1,738 granted, 159 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 53 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
83.3%
rank 246 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 130 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
Major5594.5%69.2%
Minor47185.4%73.8%
Other1,37193.7%—
of which householder98194.9%87.9%
"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
03326642024 Q3: 480 received2024 Q3: 461 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 518 received2024 Q4: 455 decided2025 Q1: 664 received2025 Q1: 463 decided2025 Q2: 539 received2025 Q2: 540 decided2025 Q3: 511 received2025 Q3: 515 decided2025 Q4: 537 received2025 Q4: 474 decided2026 Q1: 606 received2026 Q1: 436 decided2026 Q2: 581 received2026 Q2: 472 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
91%
Action plan

Delivery 85–94%: the authority must publish an action plan. No presumption or buffer 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 (E07000244). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG2019 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (29 quarters)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2019 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (29 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 472 439 33 7.0% 66.7% 73.0% 581
2026 Q1 436 404 32 7.3% 60.0% 73.6% 606
2025 Q4 474 426 48 10.1% 100.0% 70.6% 537
2025 Q3 515 469 46 8.9% 66.7% 77.0% 511
2025 Q2 540 508 32 5.9% — 74.1% 539
2025 Q1 463 433 30 6.5% 100.0% 71.4% 664
2024 Q4 455 423 32 7.0% 12.5% 51.1% 518
2024 Q3 461 430 31 6.7% 100.0% 51.3% 480
2024 Q2 527 484 43 8.2% 87.5% 52.2% 545
2024 Q1 438 394 44 10.0% 100.0% 52.2% 554
2023 Q4 469 434 35 7.5% 50.0% 64.1% 520
2023 Q3 569 520 49 8.6% 33.3% 62.7% 539
2023 Q2 531 499 32 6.0% 100.0% 69.8% 583
2023 Q1 546 513 33 6.0% 0.0% 66.1% 677
2022 Q4 557 508 49 8.8% — 61.4% 557
2022 Q3 628 590 38 6.1% 66.7% 73.3% 617
2022 Q2 552 522 30 5.4% — 59.3% 697
2022 Q1 640 588 52 8.1% 66.7% 50.0% 710
2021 Q4 640 600 40 6.3% 66.7% 43.0% 649
2021 Q3 707 658 49 6.9% 60.0% 51.7% 755
2021 Q2 727 684 43 5.9% 66.7% 80.6% 846
2021 Q1 657 599 58 8.8% 100.0% 65.7% 847
2020 Q4 616 573 43 7.0% 66.7% 79.4% 691
2020 Q3 626 563 63 10.1% 100.0% 80.0% 737
2020 Q2 525 465 60 11.4% 50.0% 78.7% 573
2020 Q1 533 476 57 10.7% 45.5% 71.1% 612
2019 Q4 518 460 58 11.2% 77.8% 70.7% 581
2019 Q3 569 485 84 14.8% 68.8% 72.6% 617
2019 Q2 683 607 76 11.1% 100.0% 61.2% 699

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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