Wirral

North West · E08000015 · 169 quarters held (1982 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions

877

2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2

Refusal rate

12.2%

higher than 54% of authorities

Majors in time

100.0%

threshold 60%

Minors in time

90.3%

threshold 70%

Householder in time

96.5%

no formal threshold

Delegated

99.1%

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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 18.3%

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

967

in the window

Applications decided

877

in the window

Approval rate

87.8%

770 granted, 107 refused · national median refusal 11.6%

Refusal rate rank 16 of 36 metropolitan districts (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 13.2%

Decided within time

94.6%

rank 98 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%

Rank 13 of 36 metropolitan districts · peer median 92.1%

Peer ranks compare only metropolitan districts 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

Type	Decisions	Approved	In time
Major	23	100.0%	100.0%
Minor	162	83.3%	90.3%
Other	692	88.4%	—
of which householder	557	89.6%	96.5%

"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

▬ received ▬ decided

Housing Delivery Test

HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25

123%

No consequence

Delivery at or above 95%: no HDT 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 (E08000015). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.

Dataset	Publisher	Covers this authority	Loaded	Official source
Planning application decisions (PS2)	MHCLG	1982 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (169 quarters)	25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationally	Live tables
Planning application flow (PS1)	MHCLG	1982 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (169 quarters)	25 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationally	Live tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025	MHCLG	2022/23 to 2024/25	18 Aug 2026	Measurement

Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

Quarter	Decisions	Granted	Refused	Refusal %	Majors in time	Minors in time	Received
2026 Q2	225	201	24	10.7%	—	85.7%	256
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 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.

Wirral

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

Quarterly history

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