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Barnsley

Yorkshire and the Humber · E08000038 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
673
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
7.9%
higher than 27% of authorities
Majors in time
80.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
64.6%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
65.6%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
27.9%
48 allowed of 172 decided
Decisions overturned
1.2%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 16.1%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 148 134 14 9.5% 100.0% 57.1% 177
2025 Q4 189 174 15 7.9% 0.0% 65.7% 166
2025 Q3 168 157 11 6.5% 100.0% 46.2% 171
2025 Q2 168 155 13 7.7% 100.0% 92.3% 168
2025 Q1 122 118 4 3.3% 0.0% 83.3% 192
2024 Q4 175 159 16 9.1% — 84.2% 160
2024 Q3 183 172 11 6.0% — 66.7% 179
2024 Q2 153 143 10 6.5% — 100.0% 187
2024 Q1 146 134 12 8.2% — 87.5% 181
2023 Q4 139 126 13 9.4% — 78.6% 151
2023 Q3 183 166 17 9.3% — 81.8% 162
2023 Q2 178 168 10 5.6% — 78.3% 182
2023 Q1 184 157 27 14.7% — 87.0% 210
2022 Q4 216 190 26 12.0% — 91.2% 196
2022 Q3 191 165 26 13.6% 100.0% 83.3% 220
2022 Q2 213 196 17 8.0% 100.0% 82.4% 212
2022 Q1 214 198 16 7.5% — 90.3% 245
2021 Q4 242 203 39 16.1% 0.0% 100.0% 243
2021 Q3 254 227 27 10.6% 100.0% 90.3% 261
2021 Q2 302 279 23 7.6% 100.0% 93.9% 316
2021 Q1 230 210 20 8.7% 100.0% 80.0% 337
2020 Q4 300 257 43 14.3% 100.0% 68.8% 265
2020 Q3 194 170 24 12.4% 100.0% 85.0% 280
2020 Q2 195 177 18 9.2% 100.0% 78.6% 200
2020 Q1 186 161 25 13.4% 100.0% 97.1% 224
2019 Q4 226 200 26 11.5% 85.7% 95.7% 226
2019 Q3 254 235 19 7.5% 100.0% 94.2% 278
2019 Q2 254 237 17 6.7% 100.0% 88.9% 255
2019 Q1 183 162 21 11.5% 100.0% 84.2% 248
2018 Q4 191 171 20 10.5% 100.0% 73.2% 187
2018 Q3 216 194 22 10.2% 100.0% 93.8% 243
2018 Q2 261 242 19 7.3% 72.7% 89.3% 270
2018 Q1 217 202 15 6.9% 88.9% 86.0% 275
2017 Q4 216 202 14 6.5% 100.0% 81.6% 222
2017 Q3 238 224 14 5.9% 85.7% 86.7% 256
2017 Q2 277 261 16 5.8% 75.0% 86.8% 294
2017 Q1 194 179 15 7.7% 66.7% 72.2% 275
2016 Q4 222 210 12 5.4% 85.7% 86.7% 225
2016 Q3 280 263 17 6.1% 66.7% 80.9% 259
2016 Q2 244 233 11 4.5% 100.0% 81.3% 320
2016 Q1 170 158 12 7.1% 0.0% 79.1% 250
2015 Q4 217 203 14 6.5% 77.8% 71.4% 191
2015 Q3 253 231 22 8.7% 80.0% 77.6% 258
2015 Q2 241 228 13 5.4% 72.7% 68.3% 290
2015 Q1 177 159 18 10.2% 100.0% 84.3% 259
2014 Q4 217 201 16 7.4% 75.0% 88.7% 212
2014 Q3 288 253 35 12.2% 87.5% 82.7% 258
2014 Q2 249 231 18 7.2% 70.0% 84.6% 314
2014 Q1 208 181 19 9.1% 71.4% 90.4% 296
2013 Q4 285 207 14 4.9% 91.7% 84.8% 229
2013 Q3 230 207 18 7.8% 91.7% 88.1% 286
2013 Q2 252 236 14 5.6% 73.3% 81.9% 285
2013 Q1 209 188 19 9.1% 70.6% 86.4% 288
2012 Q4 251 229 18 7.2% 83.3% 79.8% 264
2012 Q3 274 241 27 9.9% 63.6% 81.4% 264
2012 Q2 303 274 25 8.3% 93.8% 78.6% 324
2012 Q1 244 203 30 12.3% 77.8% 85.9% 336
2011 Q4 293 257 30 10.2% 75.0% 89.0% 272
2011 Q3 336 296 33 9.8% 87.5% 83.2% 353
2011 Q2 261 223 37 14.2% 70.6% 73.2% 342
2011 Q1 233 200 32 13.7% 84.2% 79.7% 347
2010 Q4 279 238 36 12.9% 79.2% 78.4% 265
2010 Q3 352 318 31 8.8% 90.9% 78.0% 334
2010 Q2 322 288 30 9.3% 78.6% 83.8% 366
2010 Q1 257 234 20 7.8% 78.3% 82.6% 328
2009 Q4 293 266 26 8.9% 70.6% 82.8% 285
2009 Q3 322 274 45 14.0% 92.3% 79.4% 343
2009 Q2 355 302 49 13.8% 75.0% 81.0% 311
2009 Q1 265 220 42 15.8% 91.7% 81.8% 350
2008 Q4 386 309 72 18.7% 85.7% 78.6% 327
2008 Q3 425 364 59 13.9% 83.3% 73.4% 393
2008 Q2 433 362 65 15.0% 64.7% 74.3% 432
2008 Q1 442 359 76 17.2% 75.8% 74.1% 456
2007 Q4 446 345 93 20.9% 70.4% 81.9% 482
2007 Q3 581 468 110 18.9% 51.6% 78.2% 516
2007 Q2 470 398 69 14.7% 69.7% 62.4% 527
2007 Q1 443 364 77 17.4% 59.4% 67.2% 468
2006 Q4 482 422 58 12.0% 25.8% 63.1% 462
2006 Q3 520 443 72 13.8% 42.9% 62.2% 521
2006 Q2 538 469 65 12.1% 31.0% 56.1% 562
2006 Q1 421 359 60 14.3% 50.0% 60.9% 491
2005 Q4 464 415 45 9.7% 55.3% 63.4% 410
2005 Q3 535 462 65 12.1% 65.0% 65.9% 471
2005 Q2 595 486 84 14.1% 65.6% 60.1% 641
2005 Q1 539 452 55 10.2% 50.0% 56.9% 604
2004 Q4 517 419 64 12.4% 47.4% 66.9% 547
2004 Q3 724 624 71 9.8% 61.4% 61.5% 643
2004 Q2 673 597 48 7.1% 51.4% 65.9% 688
2004 Q1 632 541 59 9.3% 51.6% 58.3% 652
2003 Q4 526 446 55 10.5% 66.7% 69.2% 554
2003 Q3 595 479 79 13.3% 61.8% 56.9% 570
2003 Q2 590 519 53 9.0% 48.6% 59.5% 620
2003 Q1 416 367 39 9.4% 36.0% 57.9% 472
2002 Q4 412 365 35 8.5% 47.4% 48.8% 475
2002 Q3 510 457 40 7.8% 42.9% 60.4% 479
2002 Q2 437 385 38 8.7% 37.5% 58.0% 485
2002 Q1 348 294 39 11.2% 63.2% 65.6% 447
2001 Q4 372 327 28 7.5% 66.7% 72.5% 362
2001 Q3 395 338 41 10.4% 47.1% 72.4% 413
2001 Q2 399 338 37 9.3% 34.8% 74.1% 413
2001 Q1 342 290 31 9.1% 50.0% 62.8% 402
2000 Q4 333 281 32 9.6% 43.8% 72.3% 324
2000 Q3 407 332 53 13.0% 57.9% 70.4% 395
2000 Q2 375 330 32 8.5% 57.9% 53.2% 388
2000 Q1 351 294 46 13.1% 53.8% 61.1% 414
1999 Q4 340 293 34 10.0% 42.9% 68.8% 327
1999 Q3 357 307 32 9.0% 38.5% 66.4% 373
1999 Q2 386 333 43 11.1% 50.0% 58.9% 381
1999 Q1 353 290 36 10.2% 31.3% 68.0% 399
1998 Q4 304 267 24 7.9% 47.4% 55.1% 313
1998 Q3 319 273 32 10.0% 52.9% 58.0% 308
1998 Q2 385 335 35 9.1% 55.0% 61.5% 397
1998 Q1 306 268 24 7.8% 50.0% 70.0% 357
1997 Q4 387 334 34 8.8% 61.3% 70.8% 328
1997 Q3 410 360 38 9.3% 72.7% 66.9% 375
1997 Q2 391 356 27 6.9% 66.7% 65.0% 426
1997 Q1 323 311 12 3.7% 53.3% 63.9% 370
1996 Q4 385 345 38 9.9% 33.3% 52.6% 325
1996 Q3 326 301 21 6.4% 55.6% 55.8% 385
1996 Q2 333 313 20 6.0% 52.9% 50.0% 379
1996 Q1 276 257 19 6.9% 83.3% 56.1% —
1995 Q4 302 273 29 9.6% 71.4% 44.5% —
1995 Q3 362 337 25 6.9% 100.0% 58.8% —
1995 Q2 365 326 39 10.7% 100.0% 67.4% —
1995 Q1 267 244 23 8.6% 75.0% 55.7% —
1994 Q4 350 304 46 13.1% 78.6% 55.8% —
1994 Q3 383 347 36 9.4% 52.6% 59.9% —
1994 Q2 367 342 25 6.8% 40.0% 60.9% —
1994 Q1 305 277 28 9.2% 58.8% 46.7% —
1993 Q4 351 332 19 5.4% 69.2% 61.2% —
1993 Q3 382 352 30 7.9% 72.2% 48.7% —
1993 Q2 382 357 25 6.5% 50.0% 51.4% —
1993 Q1 329 293 36 10.9% 52.9% 46.0% —
1992 Q4 359 309 50 13.9% 75.0% 28.7% —
1992 Q3 366 329 37 10.1% 42.1% 28.2% —
1992 Q2 374 338 36 9.6% 41.2% 44.6% —
1992 Q1 313 282 31 9.9% 33.3% 40.5% —
1991 Q4 362 314 48 13.3% 55.6% 38.4% —
1991 Q3 430 372 58 13.5% 50.0% 30.5% —
1991 Q2 442 388 54 12.2% 33.3% 34.2% —
1991 Q1 426 341 85 20.0% 48.4% 29.2% —
1990 Q4 450 377 73 16.2% 42.3% 24.1% —
1990 Q3 429 366 63 14.7% 50.0% 25.3% —
1990 Q2 459 379 80 17.4% 55.6% 19.8% —
1990 Q1 460 374 86 18.7% 47.1% 28.4% —
1989 Q4 452 371 81 17.9% 63.6% 21.4% —
1989 Q3 355 307 48 13.5% 55.0% 22.6% —
1989 Q2 459 421 38 8.3% 42.1% 24.3% —
1989 Q1 319 277 42 13.2% 60.0% 31.8% —
1988 Q4 416 360 56 13.5% 57.1% 37.7% —
1988 Q3 405 354 51 12.6% 60.9% 39.9% —
1988 Q2 337 296 41 12.2% 60.0% 52.5% —
1988 Q1 345 311 34 9.9% 35.3% 55.7% —
1987 Q4 358 314 44 12.3% 81.3% 48.1% —
1987 Q3 320 296 24 7.5% 53.8% 51.9% —
1987 Q2 379 218 161 42.5% 60.0% 75.2% —
1987 Q1 256 229 27 10.5% 64.7% 67.2% —
1986 Q4 357 315 42 11.8% 35.7% 63.9% —
1986 Q3 316 274 42 13.3% 78.6% 66.1% —
1986 Q2 360 313 47 13.1% 68.0% 69.4% —
1986 Q1 332 278 54 16.3% 55.6% 61.3% —
1985 Q4 353 310 43 12.2% 33.3% 61.9% —
1985 Q3 364 315 49 13.5% 60.0% 58.9% —
1985 Q2 381 347 34 8.9% 44.4% 61.5% —
1985 Q1 332 300 32 9.6% 41.7% 57.1% —
1984 Q4 363 316 47 12.9% 30.0% 50.7% —
1984 Q3 405 360 45 11.1% 47.1% 41.7% —
1984 Q2 434 390 44 10.1% 38.5% 45.4% —
1984 Q1 358 320 38 10.6% 33.3% 42.3% —
1983 Q4 382 332 50 13.1% 40.0% 53.9% —
1983 Q3 396 348 48 12.1% 31.3% 46.5% —
1983 Q2 440 400 40 9.1% 70.0% 41.5% —
1983 Q1 350 319 31 8.9% 50.0% 56.2% —
1982 Q4 440 399 41 9.3% 66.7% 51.6% —
1982 Q3 463 411 52 11.2% 37.5% 49.1% —
1982 Q2 419 382 37 8.8% 57.1% 51.1% —
1982 Q1 385 339 46 11.9% 50.0% 54.5% —
1981 Q4 353 321 32 9.1% 45.5% 58.2% —
1981 Q3 445 399 46 10.3% 35.7% 55.8% —
1981 Q2 420 362 58 13.8% 79.2% 42.4% —
1981 Q1 428 368 60 14.0% 80.0% 58.1% —
1980 Q4 450 390 60 13.3% 81.3% 57.6% —
1980 Q3 523 456 67 12.8% 62.5% 50.7% —
1980 Q2 592 519 73 12.3% 72.2% 47.9% —
1980 Q1 523 460 63 12.0% 65.0% 50.7% —
1979 Q4 550 479 71 12.9% 68.8% 51.1% —
1979 Q3 602 532 70 11.6% 72.2% 49.6% —
1979 Q2 495 435 60 12.1% 76.9% 39.6% —

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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