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Barnet

London · E09000003 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
2,417
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
26.2%
higher than 97% of authorities
Majors in time
50.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
93.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.1%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 27.4%

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
2,586
in the window
Applications decided
2,417
in the window
Approval rate
73.8%
1,783 granted, 634 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 30 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
94.2%
rank 106 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 10 of 33 London boroughs · peer median 91.0%

Peer ranks compare only London boroughs 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
Major3588.6%50.0%
Minor70367.4%93.7%
Other1,67976.1%—
of which householder1,36180.2%95.2%
"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
03847672024 Q3: 651 received2024 Q3: 660 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 756 received2024 Q4: 712 decided2025 Q1: 767 received2025 Q1: 613 decided2025 Q2: 646 received2025 Q2: 705 decided2025 Q3: 668 received2025 Q3: 664 decided2025 Q4: 677 received2025 Q4: 557 decided2026 Q1: 605 received2026 Q1: 615 decided2026 Q2: 636 received2026 Q2: 581 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
97%
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 (E09000003). 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 581 422 159 27.4% — 89.5% 636
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 28.8% 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 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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