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Yorkshire and the Humber · E08000017 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
969
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
14.3%
higher than 66% of authorities
Majors in time
84.6%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
80.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.7%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
20.9%
39 allowed of 187 decided
Decisions overturned
0.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 16.9%

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
958
in the window
Applications decided
969
in the window
Approval rate
85.7%
830 granted, 139 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 24 of 36 metropolitan districts (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 13.2%
Decided within time
90.7%
rank 165 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 21 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
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major5983.1%84.6%
Minor31476.1%80.3%
Other59690.9%—
of which householder44293.9%97.0%
"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
01322632024 Q3: 249 received2024 Q3: 255 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 240 received2024 Q4: 235 decided2025 Q1: 235 received2025 Q1: 203 decided2025 Q2: 235 received2025 Q2: 214 decided2025 Q3: 238 received2025 Q3: 263 decided2025 Q4: 203 received2025 Q4: 233 decided2026 Q1: 255 received2026 Q1: 218 decided2026 Q2: 262 received2026 Q2: 255 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
213%
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 (E08000017). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 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 255 212 43 16.9% 100.0% 82.4% 262
2026 Q1 218 200 18 8.3% 100.0% 77.1% 255
2025 Q4 233 194 39 16.7% 83.3% 73.2% 203
2025 Q3 263 224 39 14.8% 50.0% 88.1% 238
2025 Q2 214 188 26 12.1% 100.0% 88.6% 235
2025 Q1 203 180 23 11.3% 100.0% 92.0% 235
2024 Q4 235 203 32 13.6% 100.0% 84.6% 240
2024 Q3 255 224 31 12.2% 100.0% 87.0% 249
2024 Q2 313 290 23 7.3% 100.0% 75.5% 264
2024 Q1 267 235 32 12.0% 100.0% 93.8% 254
2023 Q4 349 306 43 12.3% 75.0% 87.9% 299
2023 Q3 297 259 38 12.8% 80.0% 84.9% 304
2023 Q2 369 329 40 10.8% 100.0% 80.0% 298
2023 Q1 339 293 46 13.6% 75.0% 67.5% 348
2022 Q4 281 255 26 9.3% 0.0% 82.8% 315
2022 Q3 260 236 24 9.2% 100.0% 23.5% 214
2022 Q2 314 290 24 7.6% 66.7% 16.7% 244
2022 Q1 247 222 25 10.1% 100.0% 84.6% 305
2021 Q4 336 305 31 9.2% — 72.7% 306
2021 Q3 320 303 17 5.3% 100.0% 85.2% 330
2021 Q2 380 362 18 4.7% 85.7% 79.1% 385
2021 Q1 327 309 18 5.5% 100.0% 79.2% 373
2020 Q4 338 306 32 9.5% 42.9% 81.8% 335
2020 Q3 315 297 18 5.7% 100.0% 91.2% 326
2020 Q2 274 257 17 6.2% 66.7% 76.7% 269
2020 Q1 259 238 21 8.1% 66.7% 88.6% 328
2019 Q4 355 334 21 5.9% 100.0% 89.6% 325
2019 Q3 318 286 32 10.1% 100.0% 94.1% 331
2019 Q2 330 322 8 2.4% 100.0% 96.1% 322
2019 Q1 267 242 25 9.4% 81.8% 93.6% 307
2018 Q4 308 287 21 6.8% 100.0% 93.2% 305
2018 Q3 354 334 20 5.6% 100.0% 96.4% 328
2018 Q2 344 331 13 3.8% 66.7% 93.2% 341
2018 Q1 328 306 22 6.7% 87.5% 95.4% 343
2017 Q4 330 312 18 5.5% 77.8% 93.3% 335
2017 Q3 329 306 23 7.0% 100.0% 89.4% 309
2017 Q2 361 346 15 4.2% 100.0% 93.2% 356
2017 Q1 356 336 20 5.6% 100.0% 88.9% 367
2016 Q4 325 312 13 4.0% 92.3% 84.2% 331
2016 Q3 299 286 13 4.3% 100.0% 91.1% 328
2016 Q2 320 307 13 4.1% 100.0% 87.7% 351
2016 Q1 295 285 10 3.4% 100.0% 89.7% 325
2015 Q4 333 317 16 4.8% 85.7% 69.4% 333
2015 Q3 359 337 22 6.1% 60.0% 63.1% 360
2015 Q2 371 355 16 4.3% 80.0% 66.4% 384
2015 Q1 326 302 24 7.4% 66.7% 66.4% 391
2014 Q4 360 329 31 8.6% 100.0% 59.7% 328
2014 Q3 297 286 11 3.7% 50.0% 62.5% 368
2014 Q2 366 348 18 4.9% 50.0% 69.4% 362
2014 Q1 285 261 19 6.7% 80.0% 64.8% 383
2013 Q4 360 335 18 5.0% 62.5% 66.7% 341
2013 Q3 298 276 13 4.4% 60.0% 67.5% 314
2013 Q2 353 326 19 5.4% 40.0% 49.0% 385
2013 Q1 306 284 11 3.6% 40.0% 52.8% 303
2012 Q4 339 315 22 6.5% 37.5% 44.3% 310
2012 Q3 321 305 15 4.7% 40.0% 53.3% 361
2012 Q2 394 379 11 2.8% 40.0% 63.4% 389
2012 Q1 303 267 29 9.6% 36.4% 70.8% 406
2011 Q4 390 343 36 9.2% 43.8% 79.5% 365
2011 Q3 399 356 40 10.0% 50.0% 74.5% 426
2011 Q2 449 421 20 4.5% 91.7% 68.2% 425
2011 Q1 326 304 15 4.6% 64.7% 66.9% 445
2010 Q4 406 378 18 4.4% 66.7% 68.4% 339
2010 Q3 430 383 38 8.8% 81.0% 67.9% 415
2010 Q2 392 353 28 7.1% 78.6% 70.6% 474
2010 Q1 281 235 44 15.7% 90.9% 82.0% 429
2009 Q4 313 276 30 9.6% 60.0% 74.7% 400
2009 Q3 393 321 68 17.3% 73.3% 79.1% 383
2009 Q2 445 375 61 13.7% 86.2% 78.4% 440
2009 Q1 364 316 47 12.9% 75.0% 81.0% 423
2008 Q4 480 388 80 16.7% 40.0% 61.7% 412
2008 Q3 527 450 75 14.2% 57.1% 64.6% 485
2008 Q2 573 464 104 18.2% 68.0% 62.4% 609
2008 Q1 523 423 99 18.9% 80.6% 72.8% 648
2007 Q4 600 465 134 22.3% 59.3% 74.4% 601
2007 Q3 657 527 130 19.8% 63.3% 73.8% 665
2007 Q2 850 741 102 12.0% 73.1% 73.4% 633
2007 Q1 531 445 86 16.2% 79.4% 69.4% 671
2006 Q4 571 486 83 14.5% 51.9% 60.4% 568
2006 Q3 637 559 75 11.8% 76.5% 76.8% 656
2006 Q2 742 645 90 12.1% 73.9% 73.4% 707
2006 Q1 550 481 67 12.2% 69.6% 69.5% 756
2005 Q4 654 583 71 10.9% 72.0% 74.6% 596
2005 Q3 749 672 77 10.3% 65.2% 75.5% 752
2005 Q2 761 673 87 11.4% 52.0% 81.8% 764
2005 Q1 615 529 86 14.0% 29.0% 56.9% 619
2004 Q4 772 690 82 10.6% 57.1% 60.1% 683
2004 Q3 751 686 65 8.7% 27.3% 53.0% 741
2004 Q2 819 734 84 10.3% 32.0% 59.6% 799
2004 Q1 660 596 63 9.5% 34.8% 59.4% 776
2003 Q4 743 677 64 8.6% 24.0% 56.9% 642
2003 Q3 751 683 67 8.9% 37.5% 49.2% 721
2003 Q2 582 535 44 7.6% 45.0% 53.7% 699
2003 Q1 532 493 36 6.8% 26.1% 59.1% 762
2002 Q4 584 530 50 8.6% 32.3% 66.7% 571
2002 Q3 607 553 50 8.2% 42.9% 65.4% 625
2002 Q2 628 566 59 9.4% 52.9% 66.3% 633
2002 Q1 478 421 52 10.9% 50.0% 51.4% 565
2001 Q4 465 417 43 9.2% 55.6% 45.6% 500
2001 Q3 488 449 37 7.6% 50.0% 53.6% 511
2001 Q2 480 430 45 9.4% 55.6% 54.1% 520
2001 Q1 402 342 58 14.4% 68.8% 48.8% 504
2000 Q4 408 347 57 14.0% 68.2% 58.6% 413
2000 Q3 450 385 60 13.3% 54.5% 45.9% 456
2000 Q2 423 387 33 7.8% 52.9% 55.4% 481
2000 Q1 400 351 47 11.8% 75.0% 48.7% 459
1999 Q4 400 336 56 14.0% 56.5% 58.1% 402
1999 Q3 456 394 52 11.4% 45.8% 65.2% 476
1999 Q2 466 406 56 12.0% 46.2% 55.7% 432
1999 Q1 381 317 61 16.0% 60.0% 55.3% 490
1998 Q4 432 367 62 14.4% 34.8% 73.4% 395
1998 Q3 441 369 66 15.0% 50.0% 68.0% 446
1998 Q2 490 436 45 9.2% 44.4% 50.7% 301
1998 Q1 345 290 52 15.1% 88.9% 58.3% 459
1997 Q4 384 343 40 10.4% 41.7% 66.7% 385
1997 Q3 403 334 65 16.1% 84.2% 77.7% 482
1997 Q2 459 387 68 14.8% 83.3% 83.0% 503
1997 Q1 365 309 56 15.3% 88.2% 80.6% 421
1996 Q4 435 367 65 14.9% 92.9% 80.5% 429
1996 Q3 503 431 69 13.7% 66.7% 75.8% 510
1996 Q2 435 373 62 14.3% 66.7% 78.1% 523
1996 Q1 112 104 8 7.1% 66.7% 72.7% —
1995 Q4 131 122 9 6.9% 66.7% 87.2% —
1995 Q3 157 141 16 10.2% 77.8% 75.0% —
1995 Q2 170 163 7 4.1% 80.0% 71.4% —
1995 Q1 117 107 10 8.5% 75.0% 72.9% —
1994 Q4 199 174 25 12.6% 61.5% 66.7% —
1994 Q3 169 160 9 5.3% 33.3% 69.4% —
1994 Q2 157 144 13 8.3% 75.0% 53.7% —
1994 Q1 147 138 9 6.1% 60.0% 58.5% —
1993 Q4 178 163 15 8.4% 40.0% 71.7% —
1993 Q3 164 150 14 8.5% 85.7% 58.9% —
1993 Q2 163 152 11 6.7% 66.7% 37.8% —
1993 Q1 160 147 13 8.1% 83.3% 41.7% —
1992 Q4 131 113 18 13.7% 28.6% 60.5% —
1992 Q3 178 152 26 14.6% 37.5% 58.8% —
1992 Q2 200 183 17 8.5% 66.7% 40.0% —
1992 Q1 130 116 14 10.8% 33.3% 17.1% —
1991 Q4 167 142 25 15.0% 50.0% 23.3% —
1991 Q3 198 187 11 5.6% 0.0% 37.7% —
1991 Q2 154 135 19 12.3% 25.0% 25.6% —
1991 Q1 146 123 23 15.8% 12.5% 12.1% —
1990 Q4 149 131 18 12.1% 0.0% 24.2% —
1990 Q3 157 138 19 12.1% 0.0% 22.0% —
1990 Q2 161 142 19 11.8% 0.0% 24.0% —
1990 Q1 164 144 20 12.2% 60.0% 36.2% —
1989 Q4 181 71 110 60.8% 0.0% 26.5% —
1989 Q3 181 167 14 7.7% 75.0% 17.0% —
1989 Q2 199 183 16 8.0% 50.0% 35.2% —
1989 Q1 122 113 9 7.4% 20.0% 51.3% —
1988 Q4 152 143 9 5.9% 100.0% 36.8% —
1988 Q3 202 179 23 11.4% 100.0% 55.6% —
1988 Q2 185 175 10 5.4% 100.0% 53.7% —
1988 Q1 133 127 6 4.5% — 48.7% —
1987 Q4 151 138 13 8.6% 0.0% 43.9% —
1987 Q3 324 276 48 14.8% 50.0% 46.6% —
1987 Q2 402 352 50 12.4% 73.3% 45.9% —
1987 Q1 334 295 39 11.7% 46.2% 47.7% —
1986 Q4 345 257 88 25.5% 44.0% 44.2% —
1986 Q3 344 309 35 10.2% 50.0% 54.7% —
1986 Q2 367 322 45 12.3% 87.5% 36.4% —
1986 Q1 298 260 38 12.8% 52.4% 50.8% —
1985 Q4 378 328 50 13.2% 58.3% 56.8% —
1985 Q3 366 326 40 10.9% 50.0% 44.8% —
1985 Q2 439 370 69 15.7% 45.0% 37.9% —
1985 Q1 355 301 54 15.2% 40.0% 30.1% —
1984 Q4 381 328 53 13.9% 46.7% 10.4% —
1984 Q3 381 345 36 9.4% 27.3% 22.2% —
1984 Q2 424 367 57 13.4% 37.5% 38.7% —
1984 Q1 401 334 67 16.7% 35.0% 34.2% —
1983 Q4 355 308 47 13.2% 45.5% 38.2% —
1983 Q3 546 483 63 11.5% 36.0% 31.8% —
1983 Q2 405 356 49 12.1% 66.7% 33.3% —
1983 Q1 342 304 38 11.1% 73.3% 37.9% —
1982 Q4 464 402 62 13.4% 55.0% 47.3% —
1982 Q3 424 359 65 15.3% 47.1% 53.0% —
1982 Q2 445 397 48 10.8% 57.1% 47.4% —
1982 Q1 367 302 65 17.7% 38.5% 26.1% —
1981 Q4 433 378 55 12.7% 58.8% 40.9% —
1981 Q3 441 397 44 10.0% 35.0% 32.0% —
1981 Q2 694 601 93 13.4% 59.4% 21.7% —
1981 Q1 603 515 88 14.6% 45.5% 24.0% —
1980 Q4 629 530 99 15.7% 32.0% 22.2% —
1980 Q3 723 608 115 15.9% 34.6% 13.8% —
1980 Q2 859 730 129 15.0% 29.8% 13.0% —
1980 Q1 557 468 89 16.0% 25.0% 9.8% —
1979 Q4 754 624 130 17.2% 42.3% 13.5% —
1979 Q3 649 565 84 12.9% 25.0% 10.1% —
1979 Q2 488 434 54 11.1% 28.6% 13.7% —

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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