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Dudley

West Midlands · E08000027 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
803
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
16.8%
higher than 79% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
75.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
96.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
35.5%
92 allowed of 259 decided
Decisions overturned
1.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 24.3%

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
926
in the window
Applications decided
803
in the window
Approval rate
83.2%
668 granted, 135 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 30 of 36 metropolitan districts (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 13.2%
Decided within time
89.8%
rank 182 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 26 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
Major1675.0%100.0%
Minor17577.1%75.3%
Other61285.1%—
of which householder49688.9%96.2%
"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
01222432024 Q3: 226 received2024 Q3: 221 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 185 received2024 Q4: 201 decided2025 Q1: 231 received2025 Q1: 174 decided2025 Q2: 226 received2025 Q2: 205 decided2025 Q3: 242 received2025 Q3: 196 decided2025 Q4: 215 received2025 Q4: 165 decided2026 Q1: 243 received2026 Q1: 214 decided2026 Q2: 226 received2026 Q2: 228 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
92%
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 (E08000027). 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 228 199 29 12.7% — 81.5% 226
2026 Q1 214 162 52 24.3% 100.0% 48.3% 243
2025 Q4 165 145 20 12.1% 100.0% 90.9% 215
2025 Q3 196 162 34 17.3% — 95.5% 242
2025 Q2 205 174 31 15.1% — 100.0% 226
2025 Q1 174 135 39 22.4% 100.0% 91.9% 231
2024 Q4 201 158 43 21.4% 100.0% 92.9% 185
2024 Q3 221 183 38 17.2% 100.0% 85.0% 226
2024 Q2 229 192 37 16.2% 100.0% 86.2% 241
2024 Q1 222 185 37 16.7% 100.0% 84.4% 220
2023 Q4 216 165 51 23.6% 100.0% 79.2% 217
2023 Q3 211 170 41 19.4% 100.0% 90.0% 249
2023 Q2 267 220 47 17.6% 83.3% 85.0% 281
2023 Q1 229 196 33 14.4% 100.0% 94.7% 306
2022 Q4 286 233 53 18.5% 100.0% 97.9% 293
2022 Q3 257 217 40 15.6% 100.0% 87.1% 298
2022 Q2 317 263 54 17.0% 100.0% 100.0% 330
2022 Q1 283 239 44 15.5% 100.0% 100.0% 312
2021 Q4 323 272 51 15.8% 100.0% 90.2% 335
2021 Q3 375 331 44 11.7% 100.0% 98.0% 373
2021 Q2 387 347 40 10.3% 100.0% 100.0% 420
2021 Q1 301 267 34 11.3% 100.0% 100.0% 417
2020 Q4 288 254 34 11.8% 100.0% 100.0% 349
2020 Q3 246 222 24 9.8% 100.0% 100.0% 333
2020 Q2 251 229 22 8.8% 100.0% 100.0% 234
2020 Q1 263 240 23 8.7% 100.0% 100.0% 321
2019 Q4 264 232 32 12.1% 100.0% 100.0% 305
2019 Q3 320 297 23 7.2% 100.0% 100.0% 305
2019 Q2 309 288 21 6.8% 100.0% 100.0% 352
2019 Q1 260 235 25 9.6% 100.0% 100.0% 299
2018 Q4 292 261 31 10.6% 100.0% 100.0% 304
2018 Q3 303 275 28 9.2% 100.0% 100.0% 338
2018 Q2 280 254 26 9.3% 100.0% 95.7% 308
2018 Q1 281 257 24 8.5% 100.0% 90.7% 321
2017 Q4 291 264 27 9.3% 100.0% 95.7% 274
2017 Q3 320 294 26 8.1% 100.0% 100.0% 321
2017 Q2 361 333 28 7.8% 100.0% 98.4% 352
2017 Q1 333 298 35 10.5% 100.0% 96.4% 390
2016 Q4 315 288 27 8.6% 100.0% 91.4% 352
2016 Q3 323 291 32 9.9% 100.0% 86.0% 315
2016 Q2 348 317 31 8.9% 66.7% 83.9% 394
2016 Q1 261 243 18 6.9% 100.0% 91.7% 323
2015 Q4 315 282 33 10.5% 91.7% 96.9% 287
2015 Q3 354 328 26 7.3% 100.0% 96.1% 391
2015 Q2 315 286 29 9.2% 93.3% 94.4% 365
2015 Q1 307 283 24 7.8% 100.0% 92.9% 386
2014 Q4 317 281 36 11.4% 66.7% 91.9% 308
2014 Q3 323 283 40 12.4% 76.9% 84.9% 368
2014 Q2 373 336 37 9.9% 81.8% 92.5% 368
2014 Q1 338 292 40 11.8% 77.8% 81.1% 398
2013 Q4 328 286 34 10.4% 85.7% 87.8% 383
2013 Q3 411 340 54 13.1% 75.0% 83.6% 374
2013 Q2 335 289 40 11.9% 52.9% 77.3% 391
2013 Q1 294 244 41 13.9% 82.4% 81.3% 381
2012 Q4 328 271 39 11.9% 57.1% 74.0% 343
2012 Q3 362 316 33 9.1% 81.0% 73.8% 353
2012 Q2 339 293 35 10.3% 76.5% 72.2% 414
2012 Q1 329 280 34 10.3% 85.7% 90.0% 397
2011 Q4 369 312 48 13.0% 78.3% 78.7% 371
2011 Q3 322 241 72 22.4% 75.0% 77.4% 352
2011 Q2 371 299 66 17.8% 82.4% 81.8% 387
2011 Q1 288 237 44 15.3% 76.5% 84.3% 358
2010 Q4 392 308 72 18.4% 84.2% 77.4% 364
2010 Q3 381 295 72 18.9% 66.7% 84.3% 398
2010 Q2 398 323 74 18.6% 83.3% 82.7% 423
2010 Q1 338 274 60 17.8% 84.2% 82.6% 444
2009 Q4 399 322 74 18.5% 85.0% 83.5% 362
2009 Q3 427 350 75 17.6% 73.1% 80.9% 423
2009 Q2 327 274 48 14.7% 82.8% 79.3% 410
2009 Q1 309 251 49 15.9% 78.6% 70.1% 357
2008 Q4 366 286 73 19.9% 66.7% 71.7% 356
2008 Q3 434 351 82 18.9% 73.7% 69.7% 398
2008 Q2 462 382 78 16.9% 70.8% 66.4% 479
2008 Q1 426 324 98 23.0% 80.0% 67.2% 484
2007 Q4 483 394 81 16.8% 76.3% 72.5% 476
2007 Q3 550 453 89 16.2% 66.7% 73.3% 514
2007 Q2 557 466 82 14.7% 77.8% 69.6% 584
2007 Q1 446 351 82 18.4% 69.0% 79.0% 574
2006 Q4 478 402 69 14.4% 47.1% 73.0% 463
2006 Q3 523 431 83 15.9% 46.2% 69.7% 509
2006 Q2 594 463 118 19.9% 47.4% 80.9% 576
2006 Q1 497 358 124 24.9% 76.2% 74.4% 637
2005 Q4 559 403 149 26.7% 33.3% 82.5% 560
2005 Q3 676 496 169 25.0% 40.0% 73.4% 642
2005 Q2 657 486 160 24.4% 77.8% 79.6% 613
2005 Q1 583 427 146 25.0% 70.0% 67.0% 694
2004 Q4 635 453 165 26.0% 34.8% 57.8% 603
2004 Q3 636 490 137 21.5% 14.3% 36.1% 648
2004 Q2 566 480 77 13.6% 50.0% 42.7% 589
2004 Q1 501 394 63 12.6% 40.0% 32.7% 607
2003 Q4 522 414 86 16.5% 26.7% 27.9% 520
2003 Q3 581 463 109 18.8% 45.5% 40.0% 574
2003 Q2 489 414 68 13.9% 62.5% 46.5% 606
2003 Q1 486 404 71 14.6% 25.0% 67.7% 581
2002 Q4 500 404 81 16.2% 46.7% 57.4% 539
2002 Q3 569 487 69 12.1% 22.2% 56.5% 569
2002 Q2 534 465 56 10.5% 40.0% 59.8% 608
2002 Q1 449 369 48 10.7% 45.5% 73.6% 584
2001 Q4 497 397 53 10.7% 46.2% 55.0% 535
2001 Q3 515 434 65 12.6% 47.4% 62.5% 515
2001 Q2 476 416 48 10.1% 75.0% 71.2% 537
2001 Q1 504 408 58 11.5% 52.9% 52.2% 513
2000 Q4 498 425 50 10.0% 40.0% 41.0% 414
2000 Q3 572 464 98 17.1% 61.5% 45.9% 691
2000 Q2 473 419 47 9.9% 62.5% 64.9% 525
2000 Q1 457 359 89 19.5% 40.0% 46.3% 508
1999 Q4 367 326 30 8.2% 80.0% 53.9% 400
1999 Q3 500 440 42 8.4% 40.0% 55.1% 458
1999 Q2 460 409 39 8.5% 58.8% 47.9% 470
1999 Q1 361 308 42 11.6% 61.5% 49.6% 438
1998 Q4 437 380 41 9.4% 41.7% 64.8% 390
1998 Q3 424 372 48 11.3% 46.2% 59.8% 477
1998 Q2 451 392 50 11.1% 38.5% 49.6% 423
1998 Q1 322 290 29 9.0% 25.0% 65.5% 442
1997 Q4 408 357 45 11.0% 72.7% 48.1% 371
1997 Q3 410 368 36 8.8% 53.8% 50.4% 425
1997 Q2 432 381 46 10.6% 60.0% 54.5% 476
1997 Q1 330 274 47 14.2% 33.3% 57.0% 416
1996 Q4 450 396 46 10.2% 27.3% 60.6% 385
1996 Q3 403 369 26 6.5% 40.0% 57.6% 450
1996 Q2 431 380 33 7.7% 63.6% 64.3% 461
1996 Q1 343 270 73 21.3% 87.5% 70.7% —
1995 Q4 310 248 62 20.0% 50.0% 72.0% —
1995 Q3 332 292 40 12.0% 33.3% 66.5% —
1995 Q2 353 285 68 19.3% 20.0% 64.8% —
1995 Q1 313 237 76 24.3% 62.5% 58.7% —
1994 Q4 232 195 37 15.9% 37.5% 27.7% —
1994 Q3 275 236 39 14.2% 50.0% 43.9% —
1994 Q2 228 187 41 18.0% 50.0% 45.6% —
1994 Q1 243 212 31 12.8% 66.7% 64.3% —
1993 Q4 185 168 17 9.2% 33.3% 56.6% —
1993 Q3 236 216 20 8.5% 50.0% 66.7% —
1993 Q2 276 247 29 10.5% 66.7% 59.7% —
1993 Q1 219 189 30 13.7% 83.3% 58.5% —
1992 Q4 225 204 21 9.3% 75.0% 48.6% —
1992 Q3 279 246 33 11.8% 50.0% 49.4% —
1992 Q2 239 196 43 18.0% 44.4% 39.1% —
1992 Q1 233 201 32 13.7% 100.0% 48.8% —
1991 Q4 255 221 34 13.3% 75.0% 52.7% —
1991 Q3 248 210 38 15.3% 66.7% 44.9% —
1991 Q2 273 218 55 20.1% 62.5% 38.5% —
1991 Q1 258 234 24 9.3% 77.6% 49.4% —
1990 Q4 306 250 56 18.3% 53.3% 46.5% —
1990 Q3 294 239 55 18.7% 77.8% 39.3% —
1990 Q2 306 250 56 18.3% 53.3% 46.5% —
1990 Q1 332 277 55 16.6% 41.7% 41.2% —
1989 Q4 321 262 59 18.4% 47.1% 46.5% —
1989 Q3 380 326 54 14.2% 36.4% 36.1% —
1989 Q2 396 330 66 16.7% 45.5% 36.2% —
1989 Q1 375 314 61 16.3% 27.8% 34.2% —
1988 Q4 347 275 72 20.7% 52.9% 42.9% —
1988 Q3 395 326 69 17.5% 71.4% 42.9% —
1988 Q2 385 329 56 14.5% 76.5% 45.0% —
1988 Q1 275 225 50 18.2% 66.7% 29.9% —
1987 Q4 283 237 46 16.3% 36.4% 35.5% —
1987 Q3 522 456 66 12.6% 90.5% 49.7% —
1987 Q2 492 460 32 6.5% 61.5% 51.1% —
1987 Q1 439 342 97 22.1% 50.0% 49.0% —
1986 Q4 456 414 42 9.2% 66.7% 60.8% —
1986 Q3 469 429 40 8.5% 85.7% 61.5% —
1986 Q2 562 508 54 9.6% 81.3% 56.3% —
1986 Q1 382 335 47 12.3% 68.8% 64.8% —
1985 Q4 458 398 60 13.1% 64.7% 55.4% —
1985 Q3 530 485 45 8.5% 87.5% 62.3% —
1985 Q2 571 509 62 10.9% 72.2% 62.9% —
1985 Q1 416 364 52 12.5% 70.6% 65.5% —
1984 Q4 447 406 41 9.2% 65.0% 63.8% —
1984 Q3 521 472 49 9.4% 70.4% 63.6% —
1984 Q2 576 518 58 10.1% 65.0% 51.0% —
1984 Q1 495 442 53 10.7% 73.7% 69.5% —
1983 Q4 465 421 44 9.5% 70.6% 64.4% —
1983 Q3 561 497 64 11.4% 75.0% 51.8% —
1983 Q2 566 516 50 8.8% 53.3% 57.2% —
1983 Q1 535 490 45 8.4% 57.1% 65.7% —
1982 Q4 420 375 45 10.7% 72.7% 68.8% —
1982 Q3 488 444 44 9.0% 84.6% 67.2% —
1982 Q2 707 616 91 12.9% 66.7% 52.5% —
1982 Q1 440 384 56 12.7% 57.1% 45.0% —
1981 Q4 615 532 83 13.5% 41.2% 33.5% —
1981 Q3 534 468 66 12.4% 22.2% 27.3% —
1981 Q2 642 547 95 14.8% 50.0% 17.5% —
1981 Q1 582 509 73 12.5% 88.9% 46.7% —
1980 Q4 699 608 91 13.0% 63.6% 64.9% —
1980 Q3 869 751 118 13.6% 59.5% 43.1% —
1980 Q2 941 833 108 11.5% 57.1% 31.3% —
1980 Q1 737 634 103 14.0% 64.0% 51.5% —
1979 Q4 910 778 132 14.5% 62.5% 47.5% —
1979 Q3 997 905 92 9.2% 54.3% 23.5% —
1979 Q2 945 837 108 11.4% 72.0% 28.8% —

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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