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Barnet

London · E09000003 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
2,541
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
24.6%
higher than 96% of authorities
Majors in time
66.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
95.4%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
96.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
37.6%
518 allowed of 1,377 decided
Decisions overturned
3.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 26.8%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 615 460 155 25.2% — 91.7% 605
2025 Q4 557 414 143 25.7% 100.0% 96.7% 677
2025 Q3 664 487 177 26.7% 0.0% 96.1% 668
2025 Q2 705 555 150 21.3% 100.0% 96.5% 646
2025 Q1 613 484 129 21.0% 50.0% 92.4% 767
2024 Q4 712 545 167 23.5% 100.0% 94.0% 756
2024 Q3 660 519 141 21.4% 100.0% 95.7% 651
2024 Q2 694 578 116 16.7% 66.7% 87.3% 654
2024 Q1 711 564 147 20.7% 0.0% 70.8% 679
2023 Q4 736 588 148 20.1% 100.0% 79.6% 740
2023 Q3 734 590 144 19.6% 100.0% 77.3% 761
2023 Q2 646 521 125 19.3% 33.3% 76.2% 752
2023 Q1 651 497 154 23.7% 66.7% 60.7% 752
2022 Q4 778 635 143 18.4% 33.3% 62.6% 640
2022 Q3 676 562 114 16.9% 50.0% 80.4% 778
2022 Q2 769 648 121 15.7% 0.0% 87.5% 912
2022 Q1 804 638 166 20.6% 20.0% 78.2% 883
2021 Q4 780 628 152 19.5% 66.7% 82.0% 830
2021 Q3 919 737 182 19.8% — 81.3% 860
2021 Q2 786 652 134 17.0% 66.7% 83.2% 910
2021 Q1 702 575 127 18.1% 66.7% 81.8% 918
2020 Q4 783 624 159 20.3% 50.0% 92.2% 891
2020 Q3 644 498 146 22.7% 0.0% 86.7% 867
2020 Q2 626 498 128 20.4% — 87.8% 618
2020 Q1 641 517 124 19.3% 75.0% 87.2% 843
2019 Q4 794 581 213 26.8% — 86.1% 811
2019 Q3 785 597 188 23.9% 0.0% 91.8% 811
2019 Q2 861 667 194 22.5% 100.0% 94.1% 896
2019 Q1 768 619 149 19.4% 14.3% 83.2% 948
2018 Q4 840 669 171 20.4% 75.0% 85.4% 905
2018 Q3 905 695 210 23.2% 100.0% 89.4% 872
2018 Q2 821 662 159 19.4% 83.3% 85.9% 963
2018 Q1 862 662 200 23.2% 50.0% 89.6% 960
2017 Q4 923 724 199 21.6% 100.0% 91.3% 986
2017 Q3 996 748 248 24.9% 42.9% 92.2% 1,054
2017 Q2 994 780 214 21.5% 80.0% 90.4% 1,015
2017 Q1 893 693 200 22.4% 100.0% 87.0% 1,016
2016 Q4 843 659 184 21.8% 25.0% 73.1% 896
2016 Q3 967 747 220 22.8% 66.7% 77.8% 1,065
2016 Q2 956 786 170 17.8% 66.7% 73.5% 1,077
2016 Q1 880 680 200 22.7% 100.0% 79.9% 1,069
2015 Q4 903 734 169 18.7% 100.0% 79.4% 929
2015 Q3 1,001 800 201 20.1% 100.0% 81.3% 1,059
2015 Q2 940 736 204 21.7% 33.3% 77.3% 1,008
2015 Q1 799 627 172 21.5% 50.0% 73.9% 953
2014 Q4 801 640 161 20.1% 33.3% 72.2% 913
2014 Q3 925 737 188 20.3% 85.7% 74.1% 1,006
2014 Q2 885 721 164 18.5% 80.0% 88.0% 1,034
2014 Q1 886 537 127 14.3% 57.1% 81.1% 1,147
2013 Q4 1,065 654 147 13.8% 75.0% 82.0% 1,009
2013 Q3 1,145 732 169 14.8% 50.0% 80.6% 1,208
2013 Q2 1,095 704 132 12.1% 26.3% 53.8% 1,069
2013 Q1 858 538 140 16.3% 25.0% 45.7% 984
2012 Q4 942 598 175 18.6% 43.8% 38.5% 898
2012 Q3 1,103 663 161 14.6% 12.5% 33.8% 1,027
2012 Q2 833 554 94 11.3% 42.9% 28.8% 937
2012 Q1 810 605 69 8.5% 4.2% 30.4% 984
2011 Q4 798 552 97 12.2% 50.0% 53.6% 862
2011 Q3 1,020 726 90 8.8% 61.5% 65.2% 1,076
2011 Q2 981 680 103 10.5% 72.7% 76.6% 1,114
2011 Q1 836 553 111 13.3% 90.5% 83.6% 1,033
2010 Q4 951 615 138 14.5% 71.4% 85.4% 977
2010 Q3 963 654 111 11.5% 50.0% 94.7% 1,113
2010 Q2 899 604 112 12.5% 75.0% 89.5% 1,025
2010 Q1 861 562 118 13.7% 90.9% 85.4% 992
2009 Q4 980 645 154 15.7% 87.5% 92.3% 1,014
2009 Q3 942 559 168 17.8% 75.0% 92.3% 1,053
2009 Q2 905 562 170 18.8% 92.3% 89.4% 992
2009 Q1 814 478 149 18.3% 100.0% 90.3% 918
2008 Q4 955 588 192 20.1% 75.0% 81.7% 1,002
2008 Q3 1,290 805 291 22.6% 80.8% 75.6% 1,170
2008 Q2 1,073 722 214 19.9% 100.0% 77.0% 1,248
2008 Q1 1,150 735 219 19.0% 86.7% 79.4% 1,354
2007 Q4 1,126 731 209 18.6% 94.7% 86.2% 1,313
2007 Q3 1,249 757 264 21.1% 92.9% 82.4% 1,337
2007 Q2 1,122 699 238 21.2% 100.0% 79.2% 1,301
2007 Q1 1,046 646 210 20.1% 69.2% 86.5% 1,238
2006 Q4 1,016 625 196 19.3% 100.0% 82.1% 1,152
2006 Q3 1,188 722 253 21.3% 83.3% 81.0% 1,161
2006 Q2 951 585 179 18.8% 100.0% 70.9% 1,174
2006 Q1 839 525 143 17.0% 86.7% 74.5% 1,058
2005 Q4 940 593 179 19.0% 83.3% 77.6% 1,023
2005 Q3 1,037 653 194 18.7% 95.2% 82.7% 1,075
2005 Q2 1,091 684 195 17.9% 92.6% 79.0% 1,205
2005 Q1 922 580 186 20.2% 94.4% 81.9% 1,239
2004 Q4 1,089 653 242 22.2% 92.6% 79.2% 1,139
2004 Q3 1,230 705 337 27.4% 91.7% 76.5% 1,278
2004 Q2 1,199 652 320 26.7% 71.9% 71.8% 1,279
2004 Q1 962 529 265 27.5% 51.9% 73.6% 1,204
2003 Q4 1,031 560 255 24.7% 78.6% 64.7% 1,070
2003 Q3 1,236 659 325 26.3% 61.1% 60.5% 1,267
2003 Q2 1,254 723 292 23.3% 26.1% 61.3% 1,383
2003 Q1 1,304 689 353 27.1% 23.1% 33.0% 1,268
2002 Q4 913 514 230 25.2% 38.5% 49.0% 1,014
2002 Q3 1,073 629 256 23.9% 30.4% 48.3% 1,208
2002 Q2 878 539 188 21.4% 25.0% 44.4% 1,087
2002 Q1 845 510 206 24.4% 11.8% 45.0% 1,028
2001 Q4 874 512 197 22.5% 28.6% 43.5% 966
2001 Q3 946 583 215 22.7% 27.3% 39.7% 1,048
2001 Q2 1,007 604 233 23.1% 25.0% 38.5% 1,072
2001 Q1 985 621 233 23.7% 33.3% 25.4% 916
2000 Q4 830 567 144 17.3% 12.5% 22.9% 883
2000 Q3 997 703 145 14.5% 33.3% 37.3% 1,005
2000 Q2 949 641 182 19.2% 35.0% 31.1% 1,020
2000 Q1 830 582 128 15.4% 23.1% 43.9% 1,038
1999 Q4 959 628 146 15.2% 28.6% 35.3% 805
1999 Q3 843 593 128 15.2% 38.5% 42.7% 1,221
1999 Q2 720 509 105 14.6% 27.3% 43.1% 868
1999 Q1 747 513 106 14.2% 50.0% 49.3% 942
1998 Q4 900 582 144 16.0% 37.5% 37.0% 812
1998 Q3 931 665 149 16.0% 14.8% 49.1% 922
1998 Q2 763 543 110 14.4% 40.0% 47.2% 830
1998 Q1 808 529 128 15.8% 31.3% 46.0% 1,249
1997 Q4 1,244 616 199 16.0% 36.0% 50.0% 1,013
1997 Q3 1,204 595 147 12.2% 21.4% 41.7% 1,337
1997 Q2 944 564 131 13.9% 75.0% 47.1% 1,230
1997 Q1 761 467 128 16.8% 46.7% 62.0% 1,023
1996 Q4 936 654 144 15.4% 66.7% 52.1% 861
1996 Q3 907 634 146 16.1% 68.2% 51.7% 1,071
1996 Q2 711 496 92 12.9% 30.8% 47.1% 840
1996 Q1 657 523 134 20.4% 44.4% 41.2% —
1995 Q4 536 447 89 16.6% 51.6% 45.4% —
1995 Q3 631 557 74 11.7% 63.6% 50.0% —
1995 Q2 704 593 111 15.8% 68.4% 47.3% —
1995 Q1 585 465 120 20.5% 80.0% 63.5% —
1994 Q4 750 616 134 17.9% 85.7% 47.5% —
1994 Q3 687 584 103 15.0% 62.5% 52.1% —
1994 Q2 788 672 116 14.7% 80.0% 55.8% —
1994 Q1 646 549 97 15.0% 42.9% 61.5% —
1993 Q4 719 603 116 16.1% 50.0% 61.7% —
1993 Q3 698 588 110 15.8% 43.8% 60.2% —
1993 Q2 776 645 131 16.9% 50.0% 61.9% —
1993 Q1 688 544 144 20.9% 57.1% 63.2% —
1992 Q4 577 470 107 18.5% 43.8% 49.7% —
1992 Q3 667 487 180 27.0% 73.3% 69.7% —
1992 Q2 505 394 111 22.0% 44.4% 40.2% —
1992 Q1 447 361 86 19.2% 55.0% 51.6% —
1991 Q4 534 429 105 19.7% 68.8% 45.6% —
1991 Q3 592 464 128 21.6% 65.0% 58.8% —
1991 Q2 593 442 151 25.5% 56.3% 35.3% —
1991 Q1 565 452 113 20.0% 47.4% 40.5% —
1990 Q4 593 442 151 25.5% 56.3% 35.3% —
1990 Q3 750 588 162 21.6% 66.7% 45.5% —
1990 Q2 604 456 148 24.5% 42.9% 44.2% —
1990 Q1 729 557 172 23.6% 60.0% 47.1% —
1989 Q4 650 459 191 29.4% 56.5% 52.7% —
1989 Q3 1,040 741 299 28.7% 61.3% 32.7% —
1989 Q2 902 638 264 29.3% 47.1% 32.2% —
1989 Q1 828 639 189 22.8% 56.1% 32.5% —
1988 Q4 927 742 185 20.0% 46.2% 32.2% —
1988 Q3 781 613 168 21.5% 51.3% 38.3% —
1988 Q2 912 740 172 18.9% 46.8% 43.1% —
1988 Q1 906 735 171 18.9% 41.9% 36.8% —
1987 Q4 888 728 160 18.0% 51.9% 39.5% —
1987 Q3 889 729 160 18.0% 62.5% 45.6% —
1987 Q2 927 780 147 15.9% 62.5% 46.2% —
1987 Q1 671 573 98 14.6% 56.3% 47.8% —
1986 Q4 853 721 132 15.5% 59.0% 49.8% —
1986 Q3 743 631 112 15.1% 50.0% 53.2% —
1986 Q2 739 638 101 13.7% 58.1% 42.9% —
1986 Q1 616 528 88 14.3% 51.9% 47.3% —
1985 Q4 622 552 70 11.3% 48.0% 36.4% —
1985 Q3 690 595 95 13.8% 40.9% 34.3% —
1985 Q2 607 523 84 13.8% 37.5% 28.6% —
1985 Q1 549 471 78 14.2% 28.6% 31.0% —
1984 Q4 589 516 73 12.4% 61.9% 28.2% —
1984 Q3 566 503 63 11.1% 53.2% 26.5% —
1984 Q2 531 488 43 8.1% 63.6% 40.8% —
1984 Q1 575 507 68 11.8% 66.7% 35.8% —
1983 Q4 449 390 59 13.1% 65.0% 39.7% —
1983 Q3 592 533 59 10.0% 81.3% 46.9% —
1983 Q2 468 421 47 10.0% 87.5% 51.3% —
1983 Q1 487 432 55 11.3% 61.5% 43.7% —
1982 Q4 446 388 58 13.0% 72.7% 53.9% —
1982 Q3 598 530 68 11.4% 81.8% 50.3% —
1982 Q2 452 406 46 10.2% 88.9% 55.7% —
1982 Q1 471 414 57 12.1% 55.6% 58.2% —
1981 Q4 472 411 61 12.9% 30.8% 47.1% —
1981 Q3 583 503 80 13.7% 82.1% 50.4% —
1981 Q2 593 499 94 15.9% 84.2% 40.0% —
1981 Q1 683 591 92 13.5% 60.9% 42.4% —
1980 Q4 687 592 95 13.8% 57.7% 41.8% —
1980 Q3 805 697 108 13.4% 54.2% 43.3% —
1980 Q2 756 660 96 12.7% 52.6% 34.5% —
1980 Q1 741 631 110 14.8% 50.0% 35.5% —
1979 Q4 732 630 102 13.9% 63.6% 34.0% —
1979 Q3 738 648 90 12.2% 57.1% 32.8% —
1979 Q2 698 602 96 13.8% 45.5% 33.2% —

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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