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Brent

London · E09000005 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,916
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
22.5%
higher than 93% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
95.8%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.6%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
35.5%
290 allowed of 816 decided
Decisions overturned
2.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 39.0%

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
2,076
in the window
Applications decided
1,916
in the window
Approval rate
77.5%
1,484 granted, 432 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 24 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
96.8%
rank 59 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 5 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
Major2491.7%100.0%
Minor73474.8%95.8%
Other1,15878.8%—
of which householder87986.6%97.4%
"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
02935862024 Q3: 549 received2024 Q3: 498 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 553 received2024 Q4: 510 decided2025 Q1: 551 received2025 Q1: 476 decided2025 Q2: 586 received2025 Q2: 501 decided2025 Q3: 529 received2025 Q3: 554 decided2025 Q4: 527 received2025 Q4: 491 decided2026 Q1: 480 received2026 Q1: 417 decided2026 Q2: 540 received2026 Q2: 454 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
56%
Presumption

Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.

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 (E09000005). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)25 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 454 351 103 22.7% — 95.4% 540
2026 Q1 417 311 106 25.4% — 99.2% 480
2025 Q4 491 394 97 19.8% 100.0% 97.5% 527
2025 Q3 554 428 126 22.7% 100.0% 91.9% 529
2025 Q2 501 399 102 20.4% 100.0% 94.6% 586
2025 Q1 476 379 97 20.4% — 90.0% 551
2024 Q4 510 387 123 24.1% — 89.4% 553
2024 Q3 498 364 134 26.9% — 86.6% 549
2024 Q2 440 332 108 24.5% 100.0% 85.8% 500
2024 Q1 465 321 144 31.0% — 72.5% 518
2023 Q4 479 312 167 34.9% 100.0% 75.2% 473
2023 Q3 517 341 176 34.0% 100.0% 84.0% 582
2023 Q2 474 326 148 31.2% — 79.5% 582
2023 Q1 478 326 152 31.8% 100.0% 74.7% 552
2022 Q4 519 373 146 28.1% 66.7% 75.8% 544
2022 Q3 579 407 172 29.7% — 80.0% 563
2022 Q2 561 342 219 39.0% 100.0% 78.5% 670
2022 Q1 488 327 161 33.0% 100.0% 72.8% 610
2021 Q4 638 438 200 31.3% 100.0% 79.2% 569
2021 Q3 595 392 203 34.1% 100.0% 77.8% 678
2021 Q2 591 388 203 34.3% 100.0% 79.6% 655
2021 Q1 560 374 186 33.2% 100.0% 82.7% 658
2020 Q4 580 396 184 31.7% — 89.0% 609
2020 Q3 491 337 154 31.4% 100.0% 76.0% 592
2020 Q2 423 294 129 30.5% 100.0% 85.1% 441
2020 Q1 506 365 141 27.9% 100.0% 86.3% 517
2019 Q4 505 381 124 24.6% 100.0% 88.8% 562
2019 Q3 578 464 114 19.7% — 91.9% 594
2019 Q2 592 481 111 18.8% 100.0% 82.9% 629
2019 Q1 478 382 96 20.1% 100.0% 79.4% 644
2018 Q4 532 397 135 25.4% — 91.7% 623
2018 Q3 652 476 176 27.0% 100.0% 88.2% 642
2018 Q2 645 525 120 18.6% 100.0% 92.3% 644
2018 Q1 580 475 105 18.1% 100.0% 73.3% 677
2017 Q4 596 450 146 24.5% 80.0% 91.3% 708
2017 Q3 702 502 200 28.5% 50.0% 92.4% 661
2017 Q2 633 458 175 27.6% 100.0% 86.6% 715
2017 Q1 637 469 168 26.4% 66.7% 88.2% 673
2016 Q4 663 518 145 21.9% 75.0% 82.6% 647
2016 Q3 699 512 187 26.8% 100.0% 75.3% 656
2016 Q2 559 410 149 26.7% 50.0% 48.2% 734
2016 Q1 540 412 128 23.7% 50.0% 63.3% 682
2015 Q4 636 452 184 28.9% 50.0% 80.4% 709
2015 Q3 643 481 162 25.2% 50.0% 81.1% 678
2015 Q2 612 448 164 26.8% 100.0% 82.1% 660
2015 Q1 564 431 133 23.6% 66.7% 54.1% 886
2014 Q4 626 482 144 23.0% 100.0% 48.2% 815
2014 Q3 539 421 118 21.9% 25.0% 48.0% 955
2014 Q2 519 410 109 21.0% 50.0% 58.9% 836
2014 Q1 729 427 117 16.0% 55.6% 67.2% 814
2013 Q4 693 412 102 14.7% 50.0% 55.4% 785
2013 Q3 632 384 101 16.0% 66.7% 65.9% 720
2013 Q2 724 498 98 13.5% 30.0% 71.7% 757
2013 Q1 517 337 62 12.0% 50.0% 80.7% 701
2012 Q4 657 397 116 17.7% 57.1% 77.5% 641
2012 Q3 667 363 121 18.1% 55.6% 71.3% 691
2012 Q2 682 393 119 17.4% 77.8% 79.5% 722
2012 Q1 627 396 97 15.5% 42.9% 67.5% 704
2011 Q4 651 410 109 16.7% 28.6% 72.5% 611
2011 Q3 624 397 104 16.7% 83.3% 84.0% 739
2011 Q2 675 405 112 16.6% 54.5% 75.8% 755
2011 Q1 583 322 132 22.6% 60.0% 75.7% 666
2010 Q4 585 370 99 16.9% 69.2% 73.2% 605
2010 Q3 685 400 123 18.0% 88.9% 80.2% 720
2010 Q2 631 357 123 19.5% 80.0% 81.9% 749
2010 Q1 524 314 109 20.8% 66.7% 85.9% 640
2009 Q4 580 358 98 16.9% 55.6% 84.4% 610
2009 Q3 635 359 118 18.6% 80.0% 86.1% 674
2009 Q2 721 475 105 14.6% 84.6% 79.6% 718
2009 Q1 506 298 77 15.2% 85.7% 65.7% 643
2008 Q4 556 332 100 18.0% 83.3% 77.4% 593
2008 Q3 776 464 134 17.3% 70.0% 69.9% 680
2008 Q2 749 421 148 19.8% 50.0% 67.4% 793
2008 Q1 680 390 144 21.2% 37.5% 77.0% 790
2007 Q4 736 435 154 20.9% 86.7% 77.8% 802
2007 Q3 927 533 182 19.6% 78.3% 72.9% 828
2007 Q2 739 444 124 16.8% 54.5% 72.3% 874
2007 Q1 610 368 129 21.1% 66.7% 66.9% 781
2006 Q4 694 400 148 21.3% 86.7% 72.3% 729
2006 Q3 872 505 183 21.0% 70.0% 72.9% 870
2006 Q2 694 394 150 21.6% 50.0% 77.3% 857
2006 Q1 687 406 156 22.7% 61.9% 72.5% 777
2005 Q4 627 341 142 22.6% 65.0% 77.0% 690
2005 Q3 803 416 192 23.9% 80.0% 79.4% 763
2005 Q2 853 446 207 24.3% 73.7% 80.0% 819
2005 Q1 706 417 168 23.8% 66.7% 79.8% 840
2004 Q4 769 469 167 21.7% 69.2% 80.7% 842
2004 Q3 923 527 186 20.2% 75.0% 74.7% 898
2004 Q2 835 482 213 25.5% 47.1% 77.2% 892
2004 Q1 731 423 166 22.7% 55.0% 78.0% 883
2003 Q4 775 404 239 30.8% 78.9% 77.9% 799
2003 Q3 928 463 270 29.1% 76.2% 77.6% 937
2003 Q2 892 468 273 30.6% 78.6% 67.3% 854
2003 Q1 686 360 226 32.9% 41.7% 69.0% 798
2002 Q4 736 409 207 28.1% 30.8% 66.9% 758
2002 Q3 786 408 215 27.4% 7.7% 55.9% 797
2002 Q2 653 384 145 22.2% 23.1% 57.9% 716
2002 Q1 597 333 134 22.4% 14.3% 52.3% 670
2001 Q4 687 409 145 21.1% 15.4% 54.5% 682
2001 Q3 641 354 162 25.3% 27.3% 56.8% 755
2001 Q2 542 312 126 23.2% 0.0% 63.1% 601
2001 Q1 550 319 147 26.7% 26.3% 61.4% 659
2000 Q4 664 395 174 26.2% 33.3% 31.9% 565
2000 Q3 524 322 117 22.3% 22.2% 32.7% 648
2000 Q2 577 359 144 25.0% 0.0% 55.7% 646
2000 Q1 521 331 129 24.8% 23.1% 54.4% 662
1999 Q4 568 355 138 24.3% 30.0% 61.6% 607
1999 Q3 631 383 157 24.9% 46.2% 57.4% 617
1999 Q2 306 262 20 6.5% 66.7% 46.2% 672
1999 Q1 513 296 134 26.1% 66.7% 64.3% 581
1998 Q4 604 367 178 29.5% 25.0% 56.5% 536
1998 Q3 612 376 171 27.9% 50.0% 65.7% 693
1998 Q2 525 295 155 29.5% 37.5% 71.7% 659
1998 Q1 556 356 140 25.2% 78.6% 76.6% 554
1997 Q4 665 391 193 29.0% 38.5% 64.4% 708
1997 Q3 704 457 135 19.2% 78.6% 61.3% 625
1997 Q2 490 342 76 15.5% 63.6% 67.1% 694
1997 Q1 429 300 71 16.6% 62.5% 66.0% 519
1996 Q4 466 319 85 18.2% 46.7% 69.4% 497
1996 Q3 520 384 75 14.4% 53.8% 71.7% 530
1996 Q2 416 294 67 16.1% 55.6% 76.0% 508
1996 Q1 385 290 95 24.7% 75.0% 81.7% —
1995 Q4 388 314 74 19.1% 80.0% 68.7% —
1995 Q3 427 344 83 19.4% 100.0% 76.6% —
1995 Q2 336 259 77 22.9% 92.3% 76.5% —
1995 Q1 368 292 76 20.7% 76.9% 71.9% —
1994 Q4 448 350 98 21.9% 81.0% 62.1% —
1994 Q3 350 287 63 18.0% 38.5% 73.8% —
1994 Q2 332 251 81 24.4% 100.0% 64.8% —
1994 Q1 356 287 69 19.4% 54.5% 71.6% —
1993 Q4 410 310 100 24.4% 41.7% 68.7% —
1993 Q3 397 319 78 19.6% 100.0% 57.7% —
1993 Q2 445 342 103 23.1% 83.3% 62.7% —
1993 Q1 350 258 92 26.3% 44.4% 63.1% —
1992 Q4 393 306 87 22.1% 66.7% 71.7% —
1992 Q3 411 308 103 25.1% 88.2% 59.6% —
1992 Q2 396 279 117 29.5% 57.1% 64.2% —
1992 Q1 456 324 132 28.9% 50.0% 53.6% —
1991 Q4 441 306 135 30.6% 50.0% 62.1% —
1991 Q3 530 367 163 30.8% 23.5% 57.0% —
1991 Q2 436 300 136 31.2% 12.5% 42.6% —
1991 Q1 462 316 146 31.6% 46.7% 41.8% —
1990 Q4 373 253 120 32.2% 10.0% 36.8% —
1990 Q3 548 371 177 32.3% 21.4% 27.6% —
1990 Q2 522 371 151 28.9% 0.0% 32.7% —
1990 Q1 561 396 165 29.4% 91.3% 29.9% —
1989 Q4 485 355 130 26.8% 0.0% 21.2% —
1989 Q3 365 290 75 20.5% 0.0% 18.0% —
1989 Q2 434 332 102 23.5% 25.0% 19.1% —
1989 Q1 565 460 105 18.6% 26.1% 38.6% —
1988 Q4 562 458 104 18.5% 16.7% 39.4% —
1988 Q3 554 453 101 18.2% 11.1% 40.9% —
1988 Q2 550 416 134 24.4% 40.0% 37.1% —
1988 Q1 571 468 103 18.0% 35.7% 32.6% —
1987 Q4 465 403 62 13.3% 80.0% 48.9% —
1987 Q3 247 198 49 19.8% 50.0% 20.0% —
1987 Q2 258 207 51 19.8% 50.0% 23.3% —
1987 Q1 322 219 103 32.0% 52.9% 23.4% —
1986 Q4 221 179 42 19.0% 55.6% 39.6% —
1986 Q3 277 204 73 26.4% 33.3% 24.6% —
1986 Q2 254 206 48 18.9% 72.7% 42.3% —
1986 Q1 159 125 34 21.4% 22.2% 45.5% —
1985 Q4 276 213 63 22.8% 33.3% 43.7% —
1985 Q3 226 181 45 19.9% 0.0% 48.7% —
1985 Q2 267 227 40 15.0% 20.0% 45.0% —
1985 Q1 193 152 41 21.2% 28.6% 47.8% —
1984 Q4 289 230 59 20.4% 66.7% 61.6% —
1984 Q3 305 239 66 21.6% 87.5% 64.6% —
1984 Q2 278 231 47 16.9% 45.5% 63.9% —
1984 Q1 264 204 60 22.7% 85.7% 65.9% —
1983 Q4 259 213 46 17.8% 50.0% 72.1% —
1983 Q3 314 261 53 16.9% 44.4% 42.4% —
1983 Q2 276 230 46 16.7% 85.7% 30.6% —
1983 Q1 280 230 50 17.9% 60.0% 38.5% —
1982 Q4 278 224 54 19.4% 80.0% 78.0% —
1982 Q3 305 262 43 14.1% 71.4% 76.2% —
1982 Q2 241 209 32 13.3% 50.0% 65.2% —
1982 Q1 253 198 55 21.7% 60.0% 56.3% —
1981 Q4 281 231 50 17.8% 70.0% 67.2% —
1981 Q3 453 358 95 21.0% 75.0% 67.5% —
1981 Q2 317 259 58 18.3% 66.7% 43.1% —
1981 Q1 296 241 55 18.6% 100.0% 49.5% —
1980 Q4 367 285 82 22.3% 90.9% 63.0% —
1980 Q3 420 340 80 19.0% 40.0% 53.6% —
1980 Q2 294 242 52 17.7% 88.9% 32.7% —
1980 Q1 364 272 92 25.3% 100.0% 53.1% —
1979 Q4 303 228 75 24.8% 85.7% 44.8% —
1979 Q3 415 302 113 27.2% 100.0% 43.3% —
1979 Q2 330 235 95 28.8% 89.5% 64.1% —

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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