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Bradford

Yorkshire and the Humber · E08000032 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
2,322
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
13.9%
higher than 65% of authorities
Majors in time
84.6%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
75.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
88.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.4%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.4%
135 allowed of 531 decided
Decisions overturned
0.9%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 21.5%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 531 460 71 13.4% 100.0% 65.6% 630
2025 Q4 613 520 93 15.2% 66.7% 77.0% 582
2025 Q3 604 531 73 12.1% 75.0% 84.4% 595
2025 Q2 574 488 86 15.0% 100.0% 75.9% 602
2025 Q1 539 446 93 17.3% 100.0% 76.2% 690
2024 Q4 552 480 72 13.0% — 79.0% 549
2024 Q3 690 568 122 17.7% 100.0% 90.4% 638
2024 Q2 687 565 122 17.8% 66.7% 89.7% 706
2024 Q1 542 442 100 18.5% 83.3% 87.3% 702
2023 Q4 610 493 117 19.2% 100.0% 87.2% 611
2023 Q3 724 568 156 21.5% 100.0% 83.8% 700
2023 Q2 677 567 110 16.2% 75.0% 83.3% 720
2023 Q1 587 494 93 15.8% 50.0% 83.3% 678
2022 Q4 727 595 132 18.2% 33.3% 88.4% 694
2022 Q3 859 691 168 19.6% 100.0% 94.2% 818
2022 Q2 844 684 160 19.0% 100.0% 89.4% 876
2022 Q1 822 653 169 20.6% 85.7% 84.1% 918
2021 Q4 864 702 162 18.8% 66.7% 86.4% 851
2021 Q3 1,028 840 188 18.3% 100.0% 82.9% 933
2021 Q2 1,120 936 184 16.4% 100.0% 84.7% 1,103
2021 Q1 832 684 148 17.8% 60.0% 84.5% 1,110
2020 Q4 877 714 163 18.6% 50.0% 90.7% 889
2020 Q3 836 683 153 18.3% 75.0% 86.5% 951
2020 Q2 661 563 98 14.8% 100.0% 75.4% 699
2020 Q1 626 515 111 17.7% 75.0% 89.0% 732
2019 Q4 747 627 120 16.1% 50.0% 84.9% 749
2019 Q3 857 724 133 15.5% 71.4% 75.9% 833
2019 Q2 903 734 169 18.7% 50.0% 80.9% 839
2019 Q1 672 540 132 19.6% 71.4% 76.6% 891
2018 Q4 759 606 153 20.2% 60.0% 87.4% 783
2018 Q3 862 690 172 20.0% 85.7% 85.7% 787
2018 Q2 803 641 162 20.2% 92.9% 90.8% 839
2018 Q1 739 604 135 18.3% 100.0% 90.8% 863
2017 Q4 816 671 145 17.8% 93.3% 93.0% 759
2017 Q3 810 651 159 19.6% 80.0% 91.7% 845
2017 Q2 858 718 140 16.3% 87.5% 94.8% 858
2017 Q1 762 598 164 21.5% 75.0% 92.2% 886
2016 Q4 775 641 134 17.3% 100.0% 88.5% 818
2016 Q3 894 770 124 13.9% 100.0% 83.6% 846
2016 Q2 968 820 148 15.3% 88.9% 91.6% 972
2016 Q1 670 570 100 14.9% 83.3% 89.3% 910
2015 Q4 788 633 155 19.7% 100.0% 91.6% 748
2015 Q3 837 694 143 17.1% 84.6% 93.1% 818
2015 Q2 815 651 164 20.1% 83.3% 89.3% 907
2015 Q1 759 623 136 17.9% 83.3% 86.5% 834
2014 Q4 784 641 143 18.2% 100.0% 90.0% 752
2014 Q3 838 674 164 19.6% 82.6% 89.1% 811
2014 Q2 764 623 141 18.5% 83.3% 90.6% 789
2014 Q1 751 588 120 16.0% 78.6% 74.4% 904
2013 Q4 815 645 123 15.1% 80.0% 86.5% 835
2013 Q3 842 669 139 16.5% 66.7% 88.1% 876
2013 Q2 924 754 123 13.3% 50.0% 86.8% 905
2013 Q1 755 573 141 18.7% 64.7% 80.4% 872
2012 Q4 855 637 179 20.9% 73.3% 84.8% 855
2012 Q3 869 653 166 19.1% 65.0% 86.3% 859
2012 Q2 916 698 174 19.0% 51.7% 83.5% 927
2012 Q1 790 605 145 18.4% 75.9% 84.1% 974
2011 Q4 886 678 179 20.2% 78.6% 83.6% 832
2011 Q3 1,059 756 226 21.3% 56.5% 83.9% 1,063
2011 Q2 925 659 203 21.9% 62.1% 85.4% 1,015
2011 Q1 949 663 241 25.4% 70.0% 79.3% 1,009
2010 Q4 1,006 750 212 21.1% 67.4% 63.2% 936
2010 Q3 1,038 729 251 24.2% 70.0% 81.3% 1,111
2010 Q2 930 679 207 22.3% 75.0% 79.1% 1,053
2010 Q1 826 552 233 28.2% 77.3% 88.7% 1,025
2009 Q4 952 708 212 22.3% 78.3% 87.6% 932
2009 Q3 1,059 734 271 25.6% 73.5% 83.3% 1,073
2009 Q2 967 702 218 22.5% 65.8% 85.2% 1,042
2009 Q1 887 644 225 25.4% 75.0% 78.4% 981
2008 Q4 1,001 753 241 24.1% 60.0% 72.9% 922
2008 Q3 1,397 1,083 303 21.7% 67.5% 65.8% 1,194
2008 Q2 1,115 861 251 22.5% 66.0% 69.0% 1,227
2008 Q1 1,133 819 310 27.4% 61.5% 68.8% 1,304
2007 Q4 1,261 952 301 23.9% 61.2% 57.5% 1,188
2007 Q3 1,204 888 309 25.7% 58.3% 68.3% 1,413
2007 Q2 1,378 1,056 314 22.8% 67.4% 74.5% 1,411
2007 Q1 1,248 919 313 25.1% 69.6% 67.8% 1,365
2006 Q4 1,220 927 286 23.4% 71.7% 68.8% 1,240
2006 Q3 1,238 895 331 26.7% 64.0% 68.8% 1,378
2006 Q2 1,292 1,001 277 21.4% 40.0% 75.9% 1,409
2006 Q1 1,215 925 271 22.3% 68.5% 72.6% 1,324
2005 Q4 1,249 988 253 20.3% 57.1% 68.5% 1,229
2005 Q3 1,270 1,013 251 19.8% 64.7% 68.4% 1,337
2005 Q2 1,312 1,052 254 19.4% 50.0% 64.3% 1,334
2005 Q1 1,102 868 227 20.6% 52.2% 52.3% 1,329
2004 Q4 1,259 1,063 188 14.9% 32.0% 52.3% 1,189
2004 Q3 1,304 1,055 239 18.3% 39.5% 62.6% 1,263
2004 Q2 1,204 1,039 163 13.5% 48.8% 62.3% 1,421
2004 Q1 1,106 916 188 17.0% 32.4% 62.6% 1,252
2003 Q4 1,118 930 174 15.6% 16.7% 51.9% 1,153
2003 Q3 1,264 1,050 200 15.8% 51.5% 49.6% 1,202
2003 Q2 1,008 854 144 14.3% 55.6% 56.4% 1,131
2003 Q1 951 775 160 16.8% 46.9% 60.0% 1,165
2002 Q4 1,076 888 173 16.1% 33.3% 51.6% 966
2002 Q3 1,139 1,001 117 10.3% 57.1% 43.8% 1,087
2002 Q2 915 803 93 10.2% 58.3% 50.5% 1,045
2002 Q1 765 655 95 12.4% 32.7% 48.3% 969
2001 Q4 858 722 120 14.0% 34.0% 63.6% 824
2001 Q3 1,049 898 134 12.8% 38.5% 75.4% 1,008
2001 Q2 873 752 103 11.8% 35.0% 66.2% 1,009
2001 Q1 765 640 108 14.1% 45.0% 59.3% 899
2000 Q4 841 715 99 11.8% 39.6% 64.5% 731
2000 Q3 871 729 103 11.8% 50.0% 65.3% 897
2000 Q2 942 833 84 8.9% 56.4% 68.9% 974
2000 Q1 746 649 76 10.2% 71.7% 67.9% 907
1999 Q4 775 678 87 11.2% 36.6% 60.3% 767
1999 Q3 984 896 80 8.1% 48.9% 69.2% 922
1999 Q2 701 611 83 11.8% 54.5% 59.5% 974
1999 Q1 636 525 102 16.0% 31.0% 60.5% 775
1998 Q4 770 640 119 15.5% 55.6% 50.9% 626
1998 Q3 840 700 132 15.7% 42.5% 64.1% 835
1998 Q2 778 673 97 12.5% 55.8% 51.6% 838
1998 Q1 668 571 86 12.9% 47.1% 63.5% 825
1997 Q4 744 643 88 11.8% 46.7% 62.2% 682
1997 Q3 1,007 867 125 12.4% 35.5% 71.1% 868
1997 Q2 801 716 78 9.7% 55.6% 58.5% 1,056
1997 Q1 716 612 99 13.8% 43.2% 61.3% 798
1996 Q4 877 781 91 10.4% 50.0% 70.1% 794
1996 Q3 842 729 104 12.4% 63.2% 60.6% 946
1996 Q2 789 678 106 13.4% 69.6% 61.4% 890
1996 Q1 842 719 123 14.6% 54.8% 64.8% —
1995 Q4 788 679 109 13.8% 42.1% 55.9% —
1995 Q3 818 714 104 12.7% 36.4% 54.9% —
1995 Q2 845 744 101 12.0% 62.1% 59.9% —
1995 Q1 833 735 98 11.8% 44.7% 61.4% —
1994 Q4 964 830 134 13.9% 42.2% 60.0% —
1994 Q3 855 724 131 15.3% 42.2% 52.6% —
1994 Q2 893 777 116 13.0% 61.5% 57.7% —
1994 Q1 939 785 154 16.4% 30.8% 29.2% —
1993 Q4 865 751 114 13.2% 39.0% 27.0% —
1993 Q3 872 756 116 13.3% 40.0% 36.2% —
1993 Q2 875 715 160 18.3% 50.0% 26.1% —
1993 Q1 928 743 185 19.9% 16.3% 19.1% —
1992 Q4 815 672 143 17.5% 18.5% 31.4% —
1992 Q3 1,050 897 153 14.6% 17.2% 19.9% —
1992 Q2 902 780 122 13.5% 18.2% 19.8% —
1992 Q1 1,186 961 225 19.0% 25.5% 21.0% —
1991 Q4 1,034 823 211 20.4% 23.9% 21.8% —
1991 Q3 1,100 890 210 19.1% 30.3% 18.7% —
1991 Q2 972 818 154 15.8% 31.7% 15.7% —
1991 Q1 1,110 864 246 22.2% 25.0% 7.1% —
1990 Q4 828 717 111 13.4% 34.9% 7.6% —
1990 Q3 852 700 152 17.8% 44.1% 5.7% —
1990 Q2 815 686 129 15.8% 54.3% 25.3% —
1990 Q1 1,182 979 203 17.2% 52.6% 36.2% —
1989 Q4 1,149 1,003 146 12.7% 71.6% 32.3% —
1989 Q3 986 870 116 11.8% 60.7% 24.5% —
1989 Q2 1,160 1,021 139 12.0% 67.9% 32.5% —
1989 Q1 1,119 974 145 13.0% 87.7% 45.5% —
1988 Q4 936 806 130 13.9% 79.6% 53.7% —
1988 Q3 1,228 1,086 142 11.6% 71.0% 46.2% —
1988 Q2 756 695 61 8.1% 47.5% 40.7% —
1988 Q1 928 802 126 13.6% 80.4% 53.0% —
1987 Q4 914 810 104 11.4% 76.3% 62.7% —
1987 Q3 419 352 67 16.0% 47.1% 45.3% —
1987 Q2 530 455 75 14.2% 64.3% 68.4% —
1987 Q1 513 434 79 15.4% 52.6% 52.1% —
1986 Q4 442 377 65 14.7% 50.0% 51.4% —
1986 Q3 478 411 67 14.0% 73.3% 70.4% —
1986 Q2 465 388 77 16.6% 58.8% 61.6% —
1986 Q1 366 318 48 13.1% 52.6% 56.3% —
1985 Q4 342 296 46 13.5% 45.5% 54.5% —
1985 Q3 376 329 47 12.5% 50.0% 59.0% —
1985 Q2 395 334 61 15.4% 46.7% 53.5% —
1985 Q1 318 261 57 17.9% 81.8% 64.7% —
1984 Q4 328 275 53 16.2% 61.5% 62.5% —
1984 Q3 426 353 73 17.1% 57.1% 60.7% —
1984 Q2 457 381 76 16.6% 61.1% 49.3% —
1984 Q1 305 265 40 13.1% 57.1% 59.7% —
1983 Q4 399 342 57 14.3% 53.8% 52.0% —
1983 Q3 395 347 48 12.2% 73.3% 42.2% —
1983 Q2 369 318 51 13.8% 75.0% 51.2% —
1983 Q1 321 271 50 15.6% 63.6% 42.9% —
1982 Q4 283 240 43 15.2% 80.0% 55.1% —
1982 Q3 371 324 47 12.7% 50.0% 52.2% —
1982 Q2 319 284 35 11.0% 80.0% 43.3% —
1982 Q1 269 240 29 10.8% 75.0% 62.7% —
1981 Q4 320 278 42 13.1% 83.3% 63.2% —
1981 Q3 330 287 43 13.0% 50.0% 45.7% —
1981 Q2 552 482 70 12.7% 66.7% 40.5% —
1981 Q1 364 318 46 12.6% 70.0% 61.1% —
1980 Q4 401 344 57 14.2% 66.7% 56.0% —
1980 Q3 511 412 99 19.4% 63.6% 28.0% —
1980 Q2 503 447 56 11.1% 64.3% 37.3% —
1980 Q1 521 443 78 15.0% 70.0% 28.2% —
1979 Q4 477 410 67 14.0% 77.8% 43.7% —
1979 Q3 487 411 76 15.6% 100.0% 51.7% —
1979 Q2 535 471 64 12.0% 85.7% 43.7% —

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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