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West Suffolk

East of England · E07000245 · 29 quarters held (2019 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,000
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
7.4%
higher than 21% of authorities
Majors in time
81.8%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
72.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
76.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
93.7%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
26.7%
60 allowed of 225 decided
Decisions overturned
1.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 29 quarters

2019 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 10.8%

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
994
in the window
Applications decided
1,000
in the window
Approval rate
92.6%
926 granted, 74 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 40 of 164 district councils (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 11.4%
Decided within time
74.6%
rank 278 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 149 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
Major4082.5%81.8%
Minor24688.2%72.9%
Other71494.7%—
of which householder47595.6%76.7%
"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
01502992024 Q3: 181 received2024 Q3: 223 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 243 received2024 Q4: 229 decided2025 Q1: 299 received2025 Q1: 234 decided2025 Q2: 299 received2025 Q2: 278 decided2025 Q3: 223 received2025 Q3: 296 decided2025 Q4: 260 received2025 Q4: 234 decided2026 Q1: 276 received2026 Q1: 210 decided2026 Q2: 235 received2026 Q2: 260 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
89%
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 (E07000245). 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)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2019 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (29 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 260 247 13 5.0% 75.0% 52.4% 235
2026 Q1 210 196 14 6.7% 100.0% 64.3% 276
2025 Q4 234 217 17 7.3% 100.0% 90.9% 260
2025 Q3 296 266 30 10.1% 0.0% 84.0% 223
2025 Q2 278 248 30 10.8% 50.0% 57.7% 299
2025 Q1 234 217 17 7.3% 100.0% 70.4% 299
2024 Q4 229 208 21 9.2% 75.0% 92.9% 243
2024 Q3 223 206 17 7.6% 100.0% 77.3% 181
2024 Q2 274 254 20 7.3% 0.0% 68.2% 244
2024 Q1 258 237 21 8.1% — 44.4% 283
2023 Q4 216 203 13 6.0% 100.0% 91.7% 255
2023 Q3 272 248 24 8.8% 100.0% 75.0% 281
2023 Q2 292 269 23 7.9% 100.0% 66.7% 290
2023 Q1 307 290 17 5.5% 100.0% 53.8% 345
2022 Q4 273 254 19 7.0% 100.0% 77.8% 322
2022 Q3 326 299 27 8.3% 100.0% 84.0% 318
2022 Q2 280 260 20 7.1% 66.7% 100.0% 369
2022 Q1 312 283 29 9.3% 80.0% 96.3% 338
2021 Q4 308 292 16 5.2% 100.0% 100.0% 341
2021 Q3 375 341 34 9.1% 100.0% 100.0% 355
2021 Q2 390 358 32 8.2% 100.0% 100.0% 406
2021 Q1 271 247 24 8.9% 100.0% 100.0% 427
2020 Q4 320 289 31 9.7% 100.0% 94.9% 326
2020 Q3 280 263 17 6.1% 100.0% 97.0% 303
2020 Q2 294 278 16 5.4% 100.0% 100.0% 294
2020 Q1 272 247 25 9.2% 100.0% 97.4% 366
2019 Q4 351 317 34 9.7% 100.0% 100.0% 288
2019 Q3 367 338 29 7.9% 100.0% 95.7% 393
2019 Q2 361 343 18 5.0% 100.0% 97.4% 398

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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