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Walsall

West Midlands · E08000030 · 146 quarters held (1987 Q4 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
800
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
16.0%
higher than 75% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
81.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
96.6%
no formal threshold
Delegated
96.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.6%
56 allowed of 162 decided
Decisions overturned
1.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 26.9%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 144 119 25 17.4% 100.0% 63.6% 237
2025 Q4 211 179 32 15.2% — 81.3% 203
2025 Q3 250 214 36 14.4% — 85.7% 192
2025 Q2 195 160 35 17.9% 100.0% 90.0% 210
2025 Q1 196 180 16 8.2% 100.0% 93.8% 224
2024 Q4 227 200 27 11.9% 100.0% 92.9% 200
2024 Q3 215 191 24 11.2% 0.0% 96.3% 239
2024 Q2 228 192 36 15.8% 100.0% 56.3% 250
2024 Q1 235 187 48 20.4% 100.0% 73.3% 186
2023 Q4 227 197 30 13.2% 33.3% 27.8% 218
2023 Q3 202 175 27 13.4% 0.0% 28.6% 187
2023 Q2 197 144 53 26.9% 25.0% 6.9% 222
2023 Q1 251 199 52 20.7% 20.0% 20.0% 194
2022 Q4 210 183 27 12.9% 0.0% 21.4% 206
2022 Q3 258 231 27 10.5% — 41.2% 227
2022 Q2 248 224 24 9.7% 25.0% 45.5% 256
2022 Q1 303 278 25 8.3% — 37.5% 270
2021 Q4 275 258 17 6.2% — 33.3% 222
2021 Q3 203 187 16 7.9% 0.0% 25.0% 270
2021 Q2 269 243 26 9.7% — 50.0% 317
2021 Q1 287 259 28 9.8% 0.0% 54.5% 307
2020 Q4 216 193 23 10.6% 0.0% 45.5% 286
2020 Q3 220 200 20 9.1% — 42.9% 249
2020 Q2 181 159 22 12.2% — 75.0% 168
2020 Q1 258 227 31 12.0% 100.0% 81.0% 218
2019 Q4 189 172 17 9.0% 100.0% 90.0% 257
2019 Q3 198 183 15 7.6% — 80.0% 275
2019 Q2 259 229 30 11.6% 100.0% 92.6% 302
2019 Q1 234 207 27 11.5% 100.0% 83.3% 276
2018 Q4 285 253 32 11.2% 100.0% 91.2% 338
2018 Q3 312 275 37 11.9% 100.0% 90.2% 287
2018 Q2 310 272 38 12.3% 100.0% 85.3% 434
2018 Q1 271 231 40 14.8% 100.0% 88.9% 303
2017 Q4 311 274 37 11.9% 50.0% 78.9% 373
2017 Q3 256 235 21 8.2% 50.0% 44.1% 256
2017 Q2 269 240 29 10.8% 100.0% 60.0% 297
2017 Q1 228 208 20 8.8% 100.0% 66.7% 292
2016 Q4 281 250 31 11.0% 50.0% 48.9% 251
2016 Q3 307 282 25 8.1% — 34.4% 277
2016 Q2 200 179 21 10.5% 50.0% 38.5% 303
2016 Q1 254 231 23 9.1% 100.0% 88.2% 318
2015 Q4 287 263 24 8.4% 100.0% 75.6% 305
2015 Q3 246 229 17 6.9% 100.0% 82.6% 261
2015 Q2 252 231 21 8.3% 70.0% 78.8% 321
2015 Q1 248 218 30 12.1% 100.0% 67.3% 274
2014 Q4 319 287 32 10.0% 87.5% 90.9% 297
2014 Q3 270 220 50 18.5% 100.0% 72.9% 330
2014 Q2 302 240 62 20.5% 85.7% 86.3% 327
2014 Q1 228 184 43 18.9% 85.7% 75.0% 304
2013 Q4 275 226 42 15.3% 63.6% 68.9% 250
2013 Q3 269 229 34 12.6% 81.3% 62.1% 301
2013 Q2 272 225 40 14.7% 46.7% 59.3% 277
2013 Q1 271 238 30 11.1% 38.5% 73.7% 308
2012 Q4 312 290 20 6.4% 60.0% 60.3% 299
2012 Q3 272 232 35 12.9% 43.8% 60.3% 289
2012 Q2 285 228 40 14.0% 42.9% 81.1% 307
2012 Q1 239 199 38 15.9% 81.8% 93.0% 271
2011 Q4 283 245 32 11.3% 41.2% 81.8% 266
2011 Q3 304 254 47 15.5% 66.7% 68.6% 306
2011 Q2 270 228 39 14.4% 45.5% 66.2% 284
2011 Q1 202 163 35 17.3% 57.1% 86.0% 287
2010 Q4 290 236 51 17.6% 66.7% 82.1% 265
2010 Q3 334 265 65 19.5% 76.5% 78.2% 296
2010 Q2 261 187 65 24.9% 76.9% 85.2% 325
2010 Q1 230 174 53 23.0% 56.3% 85.2% 264
2009 Q4 298 237 61 20.5% 63.6% 73.5% 268
2009 Q3 319 255 60 18.8% 76.5% 73.4% 309
2009 Q2 272 216 54 19.9% 62.5% 78.3% 330
2009 Q1 275 208 66 24.0% 75.0% 85.0% 299
2008 Q4 331 255 73 22.1% 50.0% 75.3% 299
2008 Q3 433 348 82 18.9% 68.4% 78.5% 380
2008 Q2 438 331 100 22.8% 64.3% 82.4% 422
2008 Q1 429 338 87 20.3% 81.0% 86.1% 486
2007 Q4 535 408 127 23.7% 72.4% 88.5% 474
2007 Q3 582 444 134 23.0% 72.2% 83.8% 508
2007 Q2 567 400 161 28.4% 64.0% 93.4% 550
2007 Q1 352 266 79 22.4% 87.5% 92.8% 494
2006 Q4 469 359 103 22.0% 52.0% 89.1% 457
2006 Q3 599 454 134 22.4% 84.0% 76.8% 474
2006 Q2 439 319 114 26.0% 68.8% 67.9% 516
2006 Q1 386 273 110 28.5% 62.5% 81.8% 435
2005 Q4 499 362 134 26.9% 66.7% 84.0% 458
2005 Q3 519 393 122 23.5% 66.7% 80.0% 542
2005 Q2 613 485 127 20.7% 71.4% 82.3% 547
2005 Q1 448 342 102 22.8% 73.3% 78.8% 587
2004 Q4 611 433 171 28.0% 42.9% 78.3% 563
2004 Q3 631 493 133 21.1% 71.4% 66.7% 603
2004 Q2 685 576 100 14.6% 14.3% 42.1% 659
2004 Q1 472 384 82 17.4% 30.0% 41.6% 612
2003 Q4 507 430 68 13.4% 35.3% 32.4% 545
2003 Q3 598 547 44 7.4% 18.8% 33.7% 556
2003 Q2 469 434 31 6.6% 23.1% 25.6% 551
2003 Q1 400 336 56 14.0% 25.0% 41.7% 527
2002 Q4 495 417 75 15.2% 28.6% 46.0% 502
2002 Q3 444 387 55 12.4% 52.9% 48.8% 568
2002 Q2 486 410 61 12.6% 34.8% 54.3% 477
2002 Q1 423 364 49 11.6% 38.1% 45.2% 520
2001 Q4 462 390 57 12.3% 35.7% 53.6% 395
2001 Q3 498 433 54 10.8% 15.4% 50.0% 481
2001 Q2 403 347 49 12.2% 50.0% 50.0% 488
2001 Q1 381 312 62 16.3% 58.3% 58.0% 446
2000 Q4 380 333 35 9.2% 27.3% 51.6% 375
2000 Q3 453 384 49 10.8% 20.0% 44.0% 419
2000 Q2 385 338 33 8.6% 53.8% 35.9% 404
2000 Q1 374 320 37 9.9% 66.7% 50.0% 462
1999 Q4 411 339 54 13.1% 54.5% 35.1% 346
1999 Q3 434 362 60 13.8% 43.8% 35.7% 422
1999 Q2 361 317 32 8.9% 44.4% 40.0% 405
1999 Q1 256 210 30 11.7% 46.7% 47.4% 342
1998 Q4 458 355 73 15.9% 50.0% 51.1% 478
1998 Q3 386 312 53 13.7% 40.0% 48.2% 364
1998 Q2 378 315 50 13.2% 57.1% 33.9% 359
1996 Q1 480 446 34 7.1% 50.0% 50.0% —
1995 Q4 494 451 43 8.7% 30.0% 48.2% —
1995 Q3 539 511 28 5.2% 33.3% 43.5% —
1995 Q2 553 516 37 6.7% 57.9% 38.8% —
1995 Q1 519 491 28 5.4% 31.8% 36.6% —
1994 Q4 474 440 34 7.2% 40.0% 41.9% —
1994 Q3 575 538 37 6.4% 51.7% 41.3% —
1994 Q2 535 510 25 4.7% 67.9% 42.1% —
1994 Q1 539 494 45 8.3% 51.7% 37.9% —
1993 Q4 557 518 39 7.0% 52.6% 41.6% —
1993 Q3 682 635 47 6.9% 48.0% 38.1% —
1993 Q2 544 508 36 6.6% 38.9% 34.0% —
1993 Q1 471 437 34 7.2% 50.0% 37.2% —
1992 Q4 520 465 55 10.6% 33.3% 42.4% —
1992 Q3 523 480 43 8.2% 31.6% 29.2% —
1992 Q2 639 595 44 6.9% 39.1% 49.8% —
1992 Q1 445 406 39 8.8% 61.3% 49.7% —
1991 Q4 607 556 51 8.4% 50.0% 45.5% —
1991 Q3 647 586 61 9.4% 46.9% 39.1% —
1991 Q2 645 590 55 8.5% 50.0% 38.8% —
1991 Q1 475 396 79 16.6% 61.0% 32.6% —
1990 Q4 542 467 75 13.8% 39.6% 38.5% —
1990 Q3 709 630 79 11.1% 61.0% 31.8% —
1990 Q2 768 679 89 11.6% 50.9% 25.1% —
1990 Q1 573 501 72 12.6% 51.9% 25.0% —
1989 Q4 686 606 80 11.7% 45.1% 29.8% —
1989 Q3 651 572 79 12.1% 29.2% 30.0% —
1989 Q2 706 647 59 8.4% 51.1% 43.0% —
1989 Q1 642 573 69 10.7% 63.4% 41.3% —
1988 Q4 608 547 61 10.0% 51.7% 46.6% —
1988 Q3 687 634 53 7.7% 55.6% 51.7% —
1988 Q2 634 588 46 7.3% 69.0% 52.9% —
1988 Q1 562 504 58 10.3% 59.5% 49.8% —
1987 Q4 529 483 46 8.7% 54.3% 54.3% —

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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