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Wakefield

Yorkshire and the Humber · E08000036 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,084
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
8.3%
higher than 28% of authorities
Majors in time
50.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
79.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
90.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
34.2%
101 allowed of 295 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 13.9%

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
1,109
in the window
Applications decided
1,084
in the window
Approval rate
91.7%
994 granted, 90 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 9 of 36 metropolitan districts (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 13.2%
Decided within time
85.9%
rank 227 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 30 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
Major4993.9%50.0%
Minor30988.3%79.7%
Other72693.0%—
of which householder55394.6%90.1%
"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
01603192024 Q3: 263 received2024 Q3: 316 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 297 received2024 Q4: 295 decided2025 Q1: 315 received2025 Q1: 259 decided2025 Q2: 282 received2025 Q2: 307 decided2025 Q3: 282 received2025 Q3: 282 decided2025 Q4: 246 received2025 Q4: 238 decided2026 Q1: 319 received2026 Q1: 257 decided2026 Q2: 262 received2026 Q2: 307 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
112%
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 (E08000036). 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 307 287 20 6.5% — 84.0% 262
2026 Q1 257 232 25 9.7% — 80.0% 319
2025 Q4 238 214 24 10.1% 66.7% 64.3% 246
2025 Q3 282 261 21 7.4% 0.0% 85.0% 282
2025 Q2 307 289 18 5.9% 0.0% 89.7% 282
2025 Q1 259 235 24 9.3% 50.0% 94.7% 315
2024 Q4 295 254 41 13.9% — 85.0% 297
2024 Q3 316 280 36 11.4% 100.0% 76.2% 263
2024 Q2 278 242 36 12.9% 100.0% 91.7% 298
2024 Q1 257 223 34 13.2% — 64.3% 307
2023 Q4 328 305 23 7.0% 100.0% 66.7% 272
2023 Q3 357 324 33 9.2% — 84.4% 343
2023 Q2 277 255 22 7.9% 100.0% 88.9% 357
2023 Q1 318 301 17 5.3% 100.0% 83.3% 323
2022 Q4 332 299 33 9.9% 50.0% 92.0% 342
2022 Q3 408 372 36 8.8% 66.7% 87.2% 397
2022 Q2 418 379 39 9.3% 100.0% 86.1% 416
2022 Q1 422 396 26 6.2% 100.0% 92.6% 395
2021 Q4 419 393 26 6.2% 100.0% 87.5% 410
2021 Q3 531 494 37 7.0% 50.0% 73.3% 401
2021 Q2 526 489 37 7.0% 100.0% 56.3% 481
2021 Q1 429 404 25 5.8% 100.0% 77.8% 528
2020 Q4 341 325 16 4.7% — 50.0% 410
2020 Q3 282 272 10 3.5% 100.0% 50.0% 421
2020 Q2 215 202 13 6.0% — 76.5% 292
2020 Q1 350 330 20 5.7% 100.0% 100.0% 385
2019 Q4 365 335 30 8.2% 83.3% 89.7% 382
2019 Q3 432 404 28 6.5% 71.4% 87.1% 364
2019 Q2 420 399 21 5.0% 66.7% 85.4% 417
2019 Q1 351 317 34 9.7% 100.0% 82.1% 427
2018 Q4 382 354 28 7.3% 100.0% 83.3% 387
2018 Q3 407 382 25 6.1% 100.0% 83.3% 431
2018 Q2 414 363 51 12.3% 100.0% 76.0% 445
2018 Q1 351 311 40 11.4% 100.0% 79.7% 388
2017 Q4 422 390 32 7.6% 100.0% 81.4% 399
2017 Q3 427 376 51 11.9% 100.0% 70.9% 434
2017 Q2 453 410 43 9.5% 92.3% 78.9% 422
2017 Q1 356 318 38 10.7% 81.8% 92.1% 473
2016 Q4 389 350 39 10.0% 100.0% 94.9% 389
2016 Q3 411 374 37 9.0% 85.7% 81.8% 419
2016 Q2 382 351 31 8.1% 100.0% 85.1% 416
2016 Q1 375 342 33 8.8% 80.0% 84.4% 392
2015 Q4 575 530 45 7.8% 82.4% 91.6% 512
2015 Q3 417 387 30 7.2% 84.6% 85.9% 416
2015 Q2 421 401 20 4.8% 72.2% 84.7% 440
2015 Q1 399 362 37 9.3% 100.0% 64.6% 467
2014 Q4 399 366 33 8.3% 100.0% 52.8% 424
2014 Q3 434 403 31 7.1% — 70.3% 452
2014 Q2 439 401 38 8.7% 50.0% 73.2% 488
2014 Q1 414 370 33 8.0% 53.3% 72.0% 496
2013 Q4 395 349 38 9.6% 73.7% 70.5% 435
2013 Q3 447 404 33 7.4% 70.6% 73.2% 442
2013 Q2 418 372 42 10.0% 70.0% 85.2% 495
2013 Q1 332 291 38 11.4% 68.2% 83.2% 415
2012 Q4 417 359 52 12.5% 46.7% 68.9% 345
2012 Q3 417 361 53 12.7% 56.3% 68.8% 400
2012 Q2 458 397 50 10.9% 66.7% 73.6% 464
2012 Q1 410 345 58 14.1% 60.0% 66.4% 486
2011 Q4 414 364 45 10.9% 71.4% 80.0% 397
2011 Q3 437 371 62 14.2% 52.0% 70.5% 446
2011 Q2 474 418 50 10.5% 66.7% 65.1% 456
2011 Q1 335 283 48 14.3% 85.7% 79.2% 504
2010 Q4 444 367 71 16.0% 63.6% 75.5% 388
2010 Q3 460 394 65 14.1% 72.4% 75.2% 472
2010 Q2 436 382 51 11.7% 63.6% 83.7% 478
2010 Q1 397 347 46 11.6% 70.6% 87.6% 491
2009 Q4 404 342 55 13.6% 80.0% 74.1% 411
2009 Q3 480 400 71 14.8% 75.9% 89.3% 500
2009 Q2 450 393 55 12.2% 75.9% 83.7% 474
2009 Q1 428 357 71 16.6% 76.9% 78.5% 462
2008 Q4 553 467 82 14.8% 94.3% 79.1% 526
2008 Q3 614 529 84 13.7% 81.8% 84.4% 600
2008 Q2 304 272 31 10.2% 100.0% 87.8% 696
2008 Q1 554 452 95 17.1% 65.0% 72.3% 671
2007 Q4 638 545 90 14.1% 60.5% 79.4% 668
2007 Q3 741 608 121 16.3% 71.4% 84.6% 737
2007 Q2 758 621 124 16.4% 76.9% 80.9% 805
2007 Q1 553 457 82 14.8% 69.4% 78.2% 774
2006 Q4 600 483 102 17.0% 61.9% 75.5% 657
2006 Q3 838 697 122 14.6% 65.2% 72.8% 731
2006 Q2 620 523 95 15.3% 62.9% 61.6% 831
2006 Q1 665 577 87 13.1% 58.1% 73.0% 812
2005 Q4 751 627 121 16.1% 70.5% 76.1% 727
2005 Q3 736 627 106 14.4% 69.4% 72.2% 856
2005 Q2 893 723 165 18.5% 65.4% 75.5% 828
2005 Q1 763 594 169 22.1% 50.0% 77.7% 1,001
2004 Q4 916 723 187 20.4% 55.9% 56.6% 801
2004 Q3 972 823 146 15.0% 54.3% 41.0% 915
2004 Q2 874 772 102 11.7% 38.5% 28.0% 977
2004 Q1 738 645 91 12.3% 40.0% 37.7% 932
2003 Q4 905 774 128 14.1% 58.8% 36.7% 795
2003 Q3 887 767 117 13.2% 19.4% 35.2% 899
2003 Q2 833 752 81 9.7% 33.3% 44.2% 932
2003 Q1 649 576 71 10.9% 19.0% 48.2% 875
2002 Q4 787 693 92 11.7% 12.5% 44.1% 711
2002 Q3 763 697 64 8.4% 45.8% 48.2% 799
2002 Q2 671 608 57 8.5% 31.6% 49.1% 731
2002 Q1 532 465 64 12.0% 16.7% 47.6% 732
2001 Q4 588 518 66 11.2% 53.3% 49.5% 554
2001 Q3 625 559 63 10.1% 37.5% 54.2% 673
2001 Q2 516 467 46 8.9% 21.4% 57.0% 615
2001 Q1 494 418 73 14.8% 21.1% 55.1% 554
2000 Q4 521 459 58 11.1% 44.4% 57.0% 481
2000 Q3 580 527 52 9.0% 29.2% 46.6% 537
2000 Q2 465 418 47 10.1% 42.9% 53.1% 561
2000 Q1 467 393 72 15.4% 48.8% 49.2% 550
1999 Q4 537 456 77 14.3% 58.1% 48.3% 475
1999 Q3 600 529 68 11.3% 50.0% 41.6% 540
1999 Q2 480 423 53 11.0% 35.3% 31.9% 557
1999 Q1 471 410 58 12.3% 33.3% 34.8% 507
1998 Q4 476 422 52 10.9% 33.3% 31.1% 476
1998 Q3 550 512 36 6.5% 39.1% 28.4% 550
1998 Q2 469 436 25 5.3% 43.8% 28.0% 558
1998 Q1 529 488 36 6.8% 43.5% 42.4% 537
1997 Q4 440 409 29 6.6% 56.3% 45.1% 500
1997 Q3 619 568 47 7.6% 48.0% 48.1% 578
1997 Q2 571 542 27 4.7% 51.7% 47.3% 656
1997 Q1 475 438 33 6.9% 50.0% 50.8% 530
1996 Q4 511 475 35 6.8% 50.0% 53.6% 508
1996 Q3 550 513 34 6.2% 25.0% 48.8% 549
1996 Q2 563 528 30 5.3% 41.2% 43.8% 615
1996 Q1 208 180 28 13.5% 30.0% 55.0% —
1995 Q4 281 258 23 8.2% 70.0% 57.3% —
1995 Q3 266 238 28 10.5% 60.0% 56.4% —
1995 Q2 284 257 27 9.5% 70.0% 52.8% —
1995 Q1 249 214 35 14.1% 50.0% 58.2% —
1994 Q4 305 276 29 9.5% 54.2% 55.3% —
1994 Q3 354 313 41 11.6% 72.2% 52.0% —
1994 Q2 332 300 32 9.6% 56.3% 44.0% —
1994 Q1 318 276 42 13.2% 56.3% 30.5% —
1993 Q4 297 267 30 10.1% 50.0% 28.5% —
1993 Q3 273 251 22 8.1% 50.0% 31.3% —
1993 Q2 299 256 43 14.4% 33.3% 45.2% —
1993 Q1 288 251 37 12.8% 100.0% 32.6% —
1992 Q4 331 279 52 15.7% 26.7% 32.9% —
1992 Q3 347 286 61 17.6% 80.0% 58.9% —
1992 Q2 341 282 59 17.3% 60.0% 65.6% —
1992 Q1 319 253 66 20.7% 66.7% 67.0% —
1991 Q4 370 287 83 22.4% 84.0% 84.8% —
1991 Q3 336 278 58 17.3% 72.7% 82.3% —
1991 Q2 342 275 67 19.6% 89.5% 82.2% —
1991 Q1 357 271 86 24.1% 84.6% 82.9% —
1990 Q4 333 251 82 24.6% 86.7% 87.8% —
1990 Q3 421 327 94 22.3% 81.8% 81.1% —
1990 Q2 490 376 114 23.3% 75.6% 74.5% —
1990 Q1 458 345 113 24.7% 87.9% 81.6% —
1989 Q4 440 333 107 24.3% 82.4% 76.4% —
1989 Q3 456 362 94 20.6% 86.1% 73.1% —
1989 Q2 499 401 98 19.6% 85.3% 79.4% —
1989 Q1 443 344 99 22.3% 82.9% 85.4% —
1988 Q4 416 332 84 20.2% 86.8% 87.5% —
1988 Q3 465 354 111 23.9% 82.6% 88.1% —
1988 Q2 493 391 102 20.7% 100.0% 87.2% —
1988 Q1 369 274 95 25.7% 84.2% 80.8% —
1987 Q4 344 248 96 27.9% 77.8% 85.2% —
1987 Q3 331 257 74 22.4% 81.8% 78.5% —
1987 Q2 344 283 61 17.7% 81.8% 76.3% —
1987 Q1 266 226 40 15.0% 90.0% 84.8% —
1986 Q4 296 238 58 19.6% 70.8% 81.1% —
1986 Q3 284 237 47 16.5% 92.0% 78.5% —
1986 Q2 342 254 88 25.7% 88.5% 89.4% —
1986 Q1 190 155 35 18.4% 75.0% 91.0% —
1985 Q4 236 201 35 14.8% 100.0% 88.1% —
1985 Q3 277 236 41 14.8% 100.0% 82.8% —
1985 Q2 317 269 48 15.1% 100.0% 90.1% —
1985 Q1 228 197 31 13.6% 100.0% 90.9% —
1984 Q4 232 194 38 16.4% 100.0% 88.0% —
1984 Q3 302 266 36 11.9% 100.0% 88.1% —
1984 Q2 269 240 29 10.8% 100.0% 89.5% —
1984 Q1 224 191 33 14.7% 100.0% 90.9% —
1983 Q4 227 202 25 11.0% 100.0% 91.1% —
1983 Q3 233 202 31 13.3% 100.0% 70.0% —
1983 Q2 252 218 34 13.5% 100.0% 69.6% —
1983 Q1 243 222 21 8.6% 100.0% 87.6% —
1982 Q4 190 162 28 14.7% 90.0% 81.6% —
1982 Q3 226 188 38 16.8% 100.0% 88.9% —
1982 Q2 271 235 36 13.3% 87.5% 95.9% —
1982 Q1 208 182 26 12.5% 100.0% 91.3% —
1981 Q4 224 195 29 12.9% 100.0% 100.0% —
1981 Q3 237 208 29 12.2% 100.0% 93.1% —
1981 Q2 383 304 79 20.6% 100.0% 93.0% —
1981 Q1 340 286 54 15.9% 100.0% 96.3% —
1980 Q4 338 267 71 21.0% 100.0% 98.0% —
1980 Q3 344 294 50 14.5% 94.7% 97.3% —
1980 Q2 383 322 61 15.9% 86.7% 93.3% —
1980 Q1 343 278 65 19.0% 94.1% 91.2% —
1979 Q4 384 324 60 15.6% 95.8% 88.8% —
1979 Q3 397 336 61 15.4% 95.2% 84.4% —
1979 Q2 444 383 61 13.7% 88.9% 77.8% —

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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