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Wirral

North West · E08000015 · 168 quarters held (1982 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
909
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
12.3%
higher than 54% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
88.8%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
27.1%
71 allowed of 262 decided
Decisions overturned
1.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 18.3%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 231 206 25 10.8% — 85.0% 256
2025 Q4 194 171 23 11.9% 100.0% 100.0% 228
2025 Q3 227 192 35 15.4% 100.0% 88.2% 227
2025 Q2 257 228 29 11.3% 100.0% 81.8% 217
2025 Q1 254 219 35 13.8% 100.0% 80.8% 297
2024 Q4 270 225 45 16.7% — 94.1% 261
2024 Q3 289 250 39 13.5% — 95.0% 288
2024 Q2 243 208 35 14.4% — 88.9% 284
2024 Q1 234 201 33 14.1% 100.0% 100.0% 245
2023 Q4 252 218 34 13.5% 100.0% 68.4% 262
2023 Q3 239 215 24 10.0% — 77.8% 273
2023 Q2 284 232 52 18.3% 100.0% 59.1% 301
2023 Q1 278 250 28 10.1% 0.0% 86.7% 282
2022 Q4 260 235 25 9.6% 66.7% 50.0% 341
2022 Q3 248 227 21 8.5% 40.0% 60.0% 329
2022 Q2 273 233 40 14.7% 100.0% 64.7% 318
2022 Q1 385 341 44 11.4% 100.0% 62.5% 362
2021 Q4 377 322 55 14.6% 100.0% 44.4% 345
2021 Q3 395 361 34 8.6% — 29.4% 377
2021 Q2 322 294 28 8.7% — 81.0% 501
2021 Q1 308 288 20 6.5% 100.0% 81.0% 419
2020 Q4 342 311 31 9.1% 0.0% 82.9% 391
2020 Q3 287 268 19 6.6% 75.0% 77.8% 347
2020 Q2 277 253 24 8.7% 100.0% 74.1% 282
2020 Q1 252 229 23 9.1% 100.0% 76.9% 291
2019 Q4 308 288 20 6.5% 100.0% 84.3% 332
2019 Q3 326 297 29 8.9% 100.0% 88.4% 345
2019 Q2 394 360 34 8.6% 66.7% 84.0% 351
2019 Q1 289 267 22 7.6% 66.7% 52.1% 357
2018 Q4 366 332 34 9.3% 50.0% 46.3% 329
2018 Q3 314 297 17 5.4% 33.3% 38.8% 326
2018 Q2 302 279 23 7.6% 0.0% 41.8% 354
2018 Q1 303 277 26 8.6% 11.1% 51.4% 355
2017 Q4 301 269 32 10.6% 42.9% 65.2% 304
2017 Q3 341 304 37 10.9% 0.0% 69.8% 336
2017 Q2 310 285 25 8.1% 80.0% 76.6% 382
2017 Q1 253 231 22 8.7% 66.7% 62.1% 293
2016 Q4 314 283 31 9.9% 25.0% 76.4% 284
2016 Q3 364 334 30 8.2% 57.1% 64.3% 351
2016 Q2 338 313 25 7.4% 57.1% 63.0% 388
2016 Q1 278 256 22 7.9% 66.7% 75.8% 342
2015 Q4 317 292 25 7.9% 100.0% 64.3% 269
2015 Q3 367 342 25 6.8% 60.0% 70.1% 359
2015 Q2 352 329 23 6.5% 60.0% 60.6% 388
2015 Q1 307 270 37 12.1% 72.7% 57.5% 369
2014 Q4 271 246 25 9.2% 80.0% 71.6% 322
2014 Q3 320 296 24 7.5% 100.0% 83.3% 292
2014 Q2 367 338 29 7.9% 62.5% 77.5% 355
2014 Q1 274 244 29 10.6% 40.0% 51.9% 377
2013 Q4 341 304 35 10.3% 46.2% 63.9% 299
2013 Q3 296 279 17 5.7% 50.0% 72.0% 370
2013 Q2 396 365 29 7.3% 50.0% 74.1% 349
2013 Q1 311 277 31 10.0% 66.7% 66.7% 410
2012 Q4 299 279 16 5.4% 50.0% 79.3% 334
2012 Q3 328 300 28 8.5% 57.1% 81.4% 317
2012 Q2 408 379 22 5.4% 28.6% 64.3% 389
2012 Q1 284 264 17 6.0% 56.3% 68.3% 386
2011 Q4 296 271 23 7.8% 45.5% 75.7% 306
2011 Q3 363 330 26 7.2% 62.5% 90.9% 353
2011 Q2 341 295 32 9.4% 75.0% 77.6% 376
2011 Q1 280 240 30 10.7% 77.8% 87.5% 370
2010 Q4 303 273 29 9.6% 50.0% 81.8% 310
2010 Q3 361 311 45 12.5% 57.1% 81.4% 358
2010 Q2 349 312 37 10.6% 80.0% 82.4% 373
2010 Q1 312 276 33 10.6% 100.0% 75.9% 373
2009 Q4 353 316 36 10.2% 42.9% 90.6% 332
2009 Q3 375 323 52 13.9% 66.7% 86.0% 413
2009 Q2 347 292 53 15.3% 57.1% 84.0% 379
2009 Q1 267 238 29 10.9% 45.0% 81.6% 343
2008 Q4 399 356 43 10.8% 80.0% 88.7% 327
2008 Q3 524 460 62 11.8% 76.9% 76.1% 486
2008 Q2 571 506 63 11.0% 62.5% 73.1% 521
2008 Q1 437 387 48 11.0% 60.9% 81.5% 560
2007 Q4 603 532 71 11.8% 42.1% 72.9% 521
2007 Q3 570 510 56 9.8% 62.5% 73.4% 624
2007 Q2 596 507 89 14.9% 58.3% 77.1% 657
2007 Q1 582 479 102 17.5% 66.7% 72.7% 596
2006 Q4 548 487 60 10.9% 57.1% 73.4% 618
2006 Q3 526 463 62 11.8% 66.7% 65.0% 573
2006 Q2 670 584 85 12.7% 52.4% 77.3% 621
2006 Q1 565 489 74 13.1% 66.7% 70.6% 636
2005 Q4 620 517 103 16.6% 70.6% 72.9% 637
2005 Q3 683 597 85 12.4% 85.0% 71.9% 697
2005 Q2 699 600 98 14.0% 64.0% 67.2% 747
2005 Q1 551 471 78 14.2% 71.4% 71.3% 713
2004 Q4 704 598 105 14.9% 79.3% 69.8% 636
2004 Q3 688 571 117 17.0% 65.0% 70.4% 744
2004 Q2 753 622 125 16.6% 66.7% 83.6% 765
2004 Q1 557 432 124 22.3% 75.0% 66.4% 745
2003 Q4 773 613 158 20.4% 72.4% 58.3% 646
2003 Q3 612 538 73 11.9% 38.5% 41.7% 652
2003 Q2 585 567 16 2.7% 50.0% 46.2% 681
2003 Q1 476 423 50 10.5% 68.8% 58.9% 682
2002 Q4 589 510 78 13.2% 50.0% 69.4% 557
2002 Q3 642 586 55 8.6% 62.5% 68.5% 671
2002 Q2 628 582 45 7.2% 77.8% 79.4% 658
2002 Q1 452 406 44 9.7% 80.0% 73.9% 634
2001 Q4 538 481 55 10.2% 91.7% 67.1% 500
2001 Q3 603 552 47 7.8% 65.0% 62.3% 578
2001 Q2 534 465 66 12.4% 77.8% 78.5% 625
2001 Q1 404 350 51 12.6% 73.1% 74.8% 525
2000 Q4 436 403 31 7.1% 83.3% 89.8% 428
2000 Q3 556 507 49 8.8% 86.7% 81.2% 538
2000 Q2 451 426 24 5.3% 90.5% 74.0% 544
2000 Q1 439 383 55 12.5% 81.8% 84.8% 547
1999 Q4 517 469 47 9.1% 81.8% 85.4% 426
1999 Q3 544 507 37 6.8% 84.2% 76.6% 547
1999 Q2 469 431 38 8.1% 80.0% 85.8% 598
1999 Q1 390 351 39 10.0% 76.2% 73.9% 470
1998 Q4 411 360 51 12.4% 73.9% 78.5% 396
1998 Q3 499 454 45 9.0% 88.9% 80.6% 488
1998 Q2 445 399 46 10.3% 69.2% 79.9% 527
1996 Q1 310 289 21 6.8% 68.8% 75.0% —
1995 Q4 323 307 16 5.0% 85.7% 60.2% —
1995 Q3 706 661 45 6.4% 81.6% 72.6% —
1995 Q2 365 349 16 4.4% 76.9% 84.2% —
1995 Q1 367 338 29 7.9% 70.0% 71.9% —
1994 Q4 396 369 27 6.8% 80.0% 80.5% —
1994 Q3 419 381 38 9.1% 94.1% 73.8% —
1994 Q2 423 401 22 5.2% 82.4% 79.3% —
1994 Q1 368 328 40 10.9% 85.7% 78.0% —
1993 Q4 438 399 39 8.9% 71.4% 62.9% —
1993 Q3 362 339 23 6.4% 83.3% 71.4% —
1993 Q2 438 413 25 5.7% 88.2% 78.4% —
1993 Q1 373 345 28 7.5% 84.6% 82.3% —
1992 Q4 494 457 37 7.5% 100.0% 75.4% —
1992 Q3 457 411 46 10.1% 81.3% 59.6% —
1992 Q2 455 431 24 5.3% 65.2% 73.2% —
1992 Q1 459 409 50 10.9% 78.9% 61.7% —
1991 Q4 553 490 63 11.4% 69.2% 66.5% —
1991 Q3 542 488 54 10.0% 90.9% 56.3% —
1991 Q2 498 448 50 10.0% 60.0% 61.6% —
1991 Q1 452 401 51 11.3% 52.9% 70.7% —
1990 Q4 570 498 72 12.6% 78.9% 65.3% —
1990 Q3 624 558 66 10.6% 78.3% 51.1% —
1990 Q2 672 597 75 11.2% 86.2% 53.9% —
1990 Q1 476 419 57 12.0% 79.2% 66.3% —
1989 Q4 601 531 70 11.6% 75.0% 61.9% —
1989 Q3 565 500 65 11.5% 72.7% 48.9% —
1989 Q2 642 570 72 11.2% 68.4% 64.9% —
1989 Q1 448 369 79 17.6% 77.8% 73.1% —
1988 Q4 530 467 63 11.9% 95.0% 78.2% —
1988 Q3 558 482 76 13.6% 55.2% 79.8% —
1988 Q2 623 570 53 8.5% 88.9% 71.4% —
1988 Q1 457 403 54 11.8% 80.0% 74.6% —
1987 Q4 441 395 46 10.4% 75.0% 68.4% —
1987 Q3 523 474 49 9.4% 75.0% 55.3% —
1987 Q2 480 443 37 7.7% 45.5% 49.7% —
1987 Q1 437 376 61 14.0% 77.8% 58.2% —
1986 Q4 441 391 50 11.3% 53.3% 72.7% —
1986 Q3 488 433 55 11.3% 81.3% 74.4% —
1986 Q2 458 421 37 8.1% 63.6% 56.5% —
1986 Q1 418 361 57 13.6% 78.6% 61.4% —
1985 Q4 469 415 54 11.5% 56.3% 73.6% —
1985 Q3 547 484 63 11.5% 83.3% 74.6% —
1985 Q2 520 477 43 8.3% 61.5% 56.7% —
1985 Q1 449 390 59 13.1% 80.0% 61.0% —
1984 Q4 480 425 55 11.5% 56.3% 74.3% —
1984 Q3 546 483 63 11.5% 83.3% 74.6% —
1984 Q2 563 518 45 8.0% 64.3% 56.8% —
1984 Q1 497 436 61 12.3% 70.8% 52.9% —
1983 Q4 485 435 50 10.3% 86.4% 84.4% —
1983 Q3 624 548 76 12.2% 74.3% 64.1% —
1983 Q2 579 510 69 11.9% 93.1% 63.1% —
1983 Q1 441 382 59 13.4% 79.2% 60.9% —
1982 Q4 530 440 90 17.0% 79.2% 62.9% —
1982 Q3 622 542 80 12.9% 85.7% 70.1% —
1982 Q2 533 462 71 13.3% 96.0% 57.5% —

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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