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Manchester

North West · E08000003 · 150 quarters held (1988 Q4 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,924
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
12.6%
higher than 55% of authorities
Majors in time
97.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.5%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.7%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
35.0%
143 allowed of 409 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 16.0%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 457 406 51 11.2% 100.0% 93.8% 513
2025 Q4 515 446 69 13.4% 85.7% 92.0% 467
2025 Q3 432 380 52 12.0% 100.0% 93.7% 527
2025 Q2 520 450 70 13.5% 100.0% 98.3% 518
2025 Q1 346 305 41 11.8% 100.0% 92.4% 499
2024 Q4 451 391 60 13.3% 85.7% 97.0% 491
2024 Q3 432 376 56 13.0% 100.0% 95.7% 470
2024 Q2 494 415 79 16.0% 100.0% 96.4% 470
2024 Q1 500 437 63 12.6% 100.0% 96.8% 480
2023 Q4 536 488 48 9.0% 91.7% 75.0% 499
2023 Q3 502 463 39 7.8% 83.3% 82.8% 549
2023 Q2 403 366 37 9.2% 100.0% 76.9% 533
2023 Q1 490 426 64 13.1% 100.0% 74.1% 459
2022 Q4 481 444 37 7.7% 77.8% 83.1% 558
2022 Q3 564 514 50 8.9% 77.8% 80.0% 584
2022 Q2 546 491 55 10.1% 100.0% 82.4% 560
2022 Q1 477 444 33 6.9% 71.4% 78.6% 515
2021 Q4 525 482 43 8.2% 85.7% 68.8% 531
2021 Q3 594 558 36 6.1% 85.7% 78.0% 630
2021 Q2 589 547 42 7.1% 77.8% 77.8% 650
2021 Q1 504 457 47 9.3% 100.0% 81.0% 592
2020 Q4 525 471 54 10.3% 78.6% 69.8% 578
2020 Q3 481 442 39 8.1% 87.5% 79.3% 600
2020 Q2 425 395 30 7.1% 91.7% 77.2% 421
2020 Q1 519 471 48 9.2% 76.9% 78.8% 576
2019 Q4 597 544 53 8.9% 93.8% 87.6% 621
2019 Q3 567 512 55 9.7% 86.7% 88.3% 637
2019 Q2 613 563 50 8.2% 100.0% 90.0% 651
2019 Q1 564 492 72 12.8% 84.6% 81.0% 659
2018 Q4 584 531 53 9.1% 100.0% 88.5% 640
2018 Q3 655 601 54 8.2% 71.4% 85.9% 646
2018 Q2 635 594 41 6.5% 88.5% 81.8% 713
2018 Q1 598 544 54 9.0% 89.5% 89.2% 662
2017 Q4 595 516 79 13.3% 82.6% 81.5% 637
2017 Q3 641 594 47 7.3% 80.6% 86.5% 666
2017 Q2 581 536 45 7.7% 92.0% 81.5% 675
2017 Q1 507 466 41 8.1% 90.9% 88.5% 640
2016 Q4 605 538 67 11.1% 86.7% 78.9% 585
2016 Q3 599 550 49 8.2% 67.6% 72.7% 630
2016 Q2 526 469 57 10.8% 88.2% 73.2% 645
2016 Q1 433 385 48 11.1% 73.1% 74.0% 591
2015 Q4 580 523 57 9.8% 87.8% 82.1% 504
2015 Q3 558 503 55 9.9% 88.2% 80.5% 625
2015 Q2 483 443 40 8.3% 68.8% 82.6% 558
2015 Q1 440 407 33 7.5% 95.7% 82.0% 533
2014 Q4 543 501 42 7.7% 66.7% 80.5% 543
2014 Q3 560 519 41 7.3% 69.6% 80.0% 577
2014 Q2 486 456 30 6.2% 60.0% 81.5% 585
2014 Q1 451 420 25 5.5% 72.7% 80.4% 525
2013 Q4 570 508 51 8.9% 61.9% 76.5% 547
2013 Q3 603 542 46 7.6% 75.0% 77.4% 647
2013 Q2 555 500 37 6.7% 66.7% 81.9% 593
2013 Q1 485 432 35 7.2% 76.9% 79.3% 642
2012 Q4 552 492 47 8.5% 70.0% 77.7% 530
2012 Q3 577 515 51 8.8% 83.3% 79.2% 636
2012 Q2 533 479 48 9.0% 94.7% 85.2% 641
2012 Q1 502 441 54 10.8% 68.4% 78.9% 616
2011 Q4 509 437 68 13.4% 72.0% 80.9% 530
2011 Q3 580 497 74 12.8% 72.0% 71.0% 562
2011 Q2 526 466 50 9.5% 60.0% 85.4% 626
2011 Q1 535 472 54 10.1% 78.3% 82.7% 636
2010 Q4 586 525 49 8.4% 76.5% 77.0% 605
2010 Q3 600 530 64 10.7% 70.8% 83.3% 656
2010 Q2 522 469 47 9.0% 66.7% 81.6% 610
2010 Q1 512 472 38 7.4% 73.1% 80.2% 614
2009 Q4 556 488 58 10.4% 83.3% 77.2% 584
2009 Q3 609 544 61 10.0% 65.0% 78.4% 658
2009 Q2 579 498 72 12.4% 70.8% 78.6% 627
2009 Q1 471 412 56 11.9% 84.2% 75.5% 565
2008 Q4 587 505 77 13.1% 83.3% 79.8% 645
2008 Q3 585 499 85 14.5% 56.7% 84.2% 572
2008 Q2 582 523 54 9.3% 63.2% 80.8% 679
2008 Q1 568 466 63 11.1% 51.3% 83.2% 653
2007 Q4 639 524 78 12.2% 71.0% 85.7% 684
2007 Q3 723 576 91 12.6% 65.9% 78.4% 775
2007 Q2 689 547 97 14.1% 60.0% 79.4% 853
2007 Q1 609 484 71 11.7% 58.3% 75.6% 731
2006 Q4 647 496 87 13.4% 59.1% 77.5% 689
2006 Q3 729 517 109 15.0% 70.3% 84.2% 764
2006 Q2 660 494 82 12.4% 55.9% 78.2% 761
2006 Q1 642 459 80 12.5% 68.3% 75.0% 741
2005 Q4 717 501 83 11.6% 71.1% 87.0% 798
2005 Q3 697 465 84 12.1% 52.9% 77.5% 776
2005 Q2 698 443 72 10.3% 75.0% 77.1% 860
2005 Q1 654 368 78 11.9% 48.6% 68.9% 782
2004 Q4 809 499 92 11.4% 62.1% 67.9% 853
2004 Q3 684 431 41 6.0% 68.8% 67.7% 873
2004 Q2 695 505 59 8.5% 73.7% 80.6% 768
2004 Q1 648 455 58 9.0% 59.7% 59.5% 739
2003 Q4 615 423 53 8.6% 63.6% 65.7% 729
2003 Q3 637 462 83 13.0% 61.8% 72.2% 752
2003 Q2 621 506 77 12.4% 38.8% 67.5% 674
2003 Q1 550 461 84 15.3% 47.8% 68.9% 613
2002 Q4 582 496 79 13.6% 58.3% 77.8% 662
2002 Q3 640 542 88 13.8% 57.1% 73.5% 685
2002 Q2 671 573 93 13.9% 46.8% 78.8% 714
2002 Q1 531 465 65 12.2% 40.8% 81.7% 1,124
2001 Q4 653 561 87 13.3% 40.0% 60.6% 528
2001 Q3 621 540 79 12.7% 45.9% 45.6% 732
2001 Q2 474 417 56 11.8% 39.0% 43.9% 659
2001 Q1 478 417 60 12.6% 29.9% 58.9% 665
2000 Q4 553 484 67 12.1% 30.2% 63.5% 546
2000 Q3 636 568 67 10.5% 37.9% 51.3% 744
2000 Q2 514 454 59 11.5% 33.3% 57.1% 672
2000 Q1 545 487 58 10.6% 30.4% 35.0% 599
1999 Q4 507 465 37 7.3% 38.6% 53.6% 538
1999 Q3 452 413 38 8.4% 50.0% 43.8% 673
1999 Q2 453 401 49 10.8% 46.7% 41.8% 540
1999 Q1 462 420 41 8.9% 39.0% 48.6% 508
1998 Q4 451 414 35 7.8% 45.7% 49.7% 471
1998 Q3 665 603 61 9.2% 53.1% 51.6% 750
1998 Q2 437 385 51 11.7% 56.8% 52.1% 576
1998 Q1 433 400 31 7.2% 39.5% 40.3% 535
1997 Q4 448 382 65 14.5% 55.6% 42.7% 448
1997 Q3 571 466 104 18.2% 40.4% 49.3% 644
1997 Q2 429 385 40 9.3% 51.7% 37.8% 511
1997 Q1 447 383 57 12.8% 45.5% 39.8% 496
1996 Q4 454 409 41 9.0% 40.5% 53.4% 490
1996 Q3 483 424 57 11.8% 54.5% 57.9% 497
1996 Q2 460 412 45 9.8% 44.4% 49.0% 521
1996 Q1 334 286 48 14.4% 71.4% 58.1% —
1995 Q4 364 330 34 9.3% 58.3% 63.4% —
1995 Q3 408 360 48 11.8% 50.0% 44.5% —
1995 Q2 330 298 32 9.7% 40.0% 37.0% —
1995 Q1 349 305 44 12.6% 57.1% 51.1% —
1994 Q4 371 318 53 14.3% 37.5% 41.9% —
1994 Q3 452 376 76 16.8% 50.0% 57.4% —
1994 Q2 392 344 48 12.2% 80.0% 47.1% —
1994 Q1 308 269 39 12.7% 75.0% 49.5% —
1993 Q4 346 302 44 12.7% 88.9% 53.5% —
1993 Q3 388 345 43 11.1% 50.0% 65.5% —
1993 Q2 336 305 31 9.2% 60.0% 63.8% —
1993 Q1 353 297 56 15.9% 61.5% 46.9% —
1992 Q4 332 272 60 18.1% 28.6% 43.5% —
1992 Q3 323 284 39 12.1% 40.0% 50.0% —
1992 Q2 405 333 72 17.8% 75.0% 60.1% —
1992 Q1 373 331 42 11.3% 38.5% 42.8% —
1991 Q4 408 361 47 11.5% 63.6% 50.0% —
1991 Q3 415 345 70 16.9% 53.8% 39.1% —
1991 Q2 420 341 79 18.8% 31.3% 37.7% —
1991 Q1 377 281 96 25.5% 27.3% 43.8% —
1990 Q4 396 296 100 25.3% 28.6% 34.9% —
1990 Q3 483 427 56 11.6% 61.5% 71.0% —
1990 Q2 263 223 40 15.2% 0.0% 58.2% —
1990 Q1 701 582 119 17.0% 80.0% 63.1% —
1989 Q4 411 313 98 23.8% 100.0% 58.9% —
1989 Q3 503 446 57 11.3% 61.5% 71.6% —
1989 Q2 308 259 49 15.9% 20.0% 59.1% —
1989 Q1 779 648 131 16.8% 80.0% 63.0% —
1988 Q4 406 310 96 23.6% 100.0% 59.0% —

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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