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Croydon

London · E09000008 · 188 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,590
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
25.3%
higher than 97% of authorities
Majors in time
80.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
85.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.9%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.9%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.7%
285 allowed of 1,108 decided
Decisions overturned
2.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 42.2%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 387 277 110 28.4% 100.0% 83.5% 399
2025 Q4 403 290 113 28.0% 75.0% 84.5% 393
2025 Q3 368 278 90 24.5% — 89.4% 451
2025 Q2 432 342 90 20.8% — 84.2% 418
2025 Q1 379 280 99 26.1% 100.0% 86.9% 476
2024 Q4 413 285 128 31.0% 0.0% 81.4% 404
2024 Q3 429 307 122 28.4% 100.0% 83.3% 449
2024 Q2 436 293 143 32.8% 100.0% 80.0% 400
2024 Q1 479 325 154 32.2% 100.0% 71.3% 446
2023 Q4 463 295 168 36.3% 100.0% 64.0% 400
2023 Q3 462 307 155 33.5% 100.0% 75.3% 490
2023 Q2 513 310 203 39.6% 100.0% 68.5% 509
2023 Q1 576 333 243 42.2% 100.0% 55.8% 555
2022 Q4 604 392 212 35.1% — 49.5% 523
2022 Q3 635 421 214 33.7% 75.0% 49.1% 538
2022 Q2 538 373 165 30.7% 50.0% 43.4% 568
2022 Q1 541 382 159 29.4% 50.0% 52.1% 621
2021 Q4 530 340 190 35.8% 0.0% 34.0% 573
2021 Q3 600 379 221 36.8% 25.0% 43.1% 640
2021 Q2 668 480 188 28.1% 50.0% 57.0% 785
2021 Q1 563 393 170 30.2% 66.7% 56.9% 698
2020 Q4 624 414 210 33.7% 40.0% 50.0% 644
2020 Q3 531 361 170 32.0% 33.3% 59.9% 671
2020 Q2 537 394 143 26.6% 75.0% 69.9% 551
2020 Q1 517 420 97 18.8% 50.0% 71.7% 651
2019 Q4 571 461 110 19.3% 83.3% 74.5% 563
2019 Q3 619 517 102 16.5% 83.3% 78.2% 670
2019 Q2 568 478 90 15.8% 100.0% 76.8% 663
2019 Q1 557 484 73 13.1% 62.5% 65.9% 618
2018 Q4 526 467 59 11.2% 83.3% 73.8% 607
2018 Q3 664 569 95 14.3% 71.4% 81.1% 592
2018 Q2 538 467 71 13.2% 50.0% 78.8% 644
2018 Q1 546 466 80 14.7% 40.0% 89.0% 634
2017 Q4 566 486 80 14.1% 83.3% 82.7% 597
2017 Q3 652 535 117 17.9% 83.3% 85.1% 663
2017 Q2 694 560 134 19.3% 100.0% 67.8% 716
2017 Q1 674 497 177 26.3% 66.7% 64.9% 626
2016 Q4 794 583 211 26.6% 76.5% 47.2% 697
2016 Q3 732 535 197 26.9% 54.5% 50.2% 884
2016 Q2 635 455 180 28.3% 100.0% 59.8% 1,073
2016 Q1 604 416 188 31.1% 100.0% 67.9% 865
2015 Q4 618 428 190 30.7% 80.0% 71.1% 850
2015 Q3 656 456 200 30.5% 40.0% 63.6% 811
2015 Q2 629 435 194 30.8% 63.6% 55.5% 875
2015 Q1 492 314 178 36.2% 66.7% 61.0% 775
2014 Q4 565 398 167 29.6% 90.9% 56.7% 717
2014 Q3 608 462 146 24.0% 0.0% 69.2% 784
2014 Q2 574 440 134 23.3% 50.0% 72.8% 837
2014 Q1 524 309 135 25.8% 100.0% 60.5% 646
2013 Q4 788 470 142 18.0% 75.0% 72.9% 862
2013 Q3 913 543 201 22.0% 72.2% 63.5% 884
2013 Q2 710 493 116 16.3% 57.1% 65.4% 811
2013 Q1 642 452 116 18.1% 40.0% 58.0% 737
2012 Q4 622 460 105 16.9% 54.5% 60.1% 673
2012 Q3 680 486 107 15.7% 33.3% 53.7% 699
2012 Q2 602 409 113 18.8% 40.0% 66.7% 725
2012 Q1 566 390 102 18.0% 41.2% 72.4% 715
2011 Q4 623 424 119 19.1% 28.6% 75.7% 655
2011 Q3 713 473 143 20.1% 36.4% 68.8% 726
2011 Q2 632 429 115 18.2% 50.0% 69.0% 744
2011 Q1 590 417 98 16.6% 45.8% 69.7% 657
2010 Q4 612 402 115 18.8% 61.1% 64.7% 637
2010 Q3 742 463 147 19.8% 41.7% 66.2% 749
2010 Q2 730 465 142 19.5% 50.0% 73.5% 838
2010 Q1 603 387 138 22.9% 82.4% 77.4% 716
2009 Q4 679 445 151 22.2% 60.0% 78.0% 733
2009 Q3 679 470 118 17.4% 53.3% 76.8% 728
2009 Q2 586 364 139 23.7% 83.3% 77.5% 680
2009 Q1 538 301 164 30.5% 45.0% 77.0% 590
2008 Q4 621 389 159 25.6% 64.0% 66.0% 614
2008 Q3 763 455 207 27.1% 80.6% 82.0% 765
2008 Q2 858 532 232 27.0% 50.0% 78.2% 867
2008 Q1 767 455 218 28.4% 69.2% 77.7% 876
2007 Q4 771 443 240 31.1% 51.9% 79.3% 868
2007 Q3 909 531 262 28.8% 83.3% 80.7% 917
2007 Q2 886 503 287 32.4% 62.1% 80.7% 986
2007 Q1 729 427 217 29.8% 71.4% 84.8% 930
2006 Q4 806 470 245 30.4% 77.8% 82.2% 829
2006 Q3 904 459 343 37.9% 58.3% 89.2% 922
2006 Q2 860 474 248 28.8% 72.1% 78.3% 918
2006 Q1 772 465 223 28.9% 64.1% 69.7% 890
2005 Q4 852 502 245 28.8% 65.5% 74.0% 834
2005 Q3 873 521 252 28.9% 57.1% 80.4% 920
2005 Q2 894 550 248 27.7% 60.6% 76.2% 939
2005 Q1 729 426 219 30.0% 61.9% 67.6% 893
2004 Q4 866 546 216 24.9% 41.2% 73.1% 886
2004 Q3 1,015 602 292 28.8% 52.4% 82.0% 1,026
2004 Q2 980 553 304 31.0% 57.1% 59.9% 1,005
2004 Q1 852 537 213 25.0% 45.5% 60.2% 997
2003 Q4 897 571 199 22.2% 42.1% 56.3% 870
2003 Q3 785 506 189 24.1% 43.5% 40.8% 853
2003 Q2 879 575 204 23.2% 43.8% 45.0% 926
2003 Q1 835 563 186 22.3% 40.9% 50.6% 906
2002 Q4 864 578 203 23.5% 22.7% 44.8% 841
2002 Q3 788 539 157 19.9% 18.2% 52.4% 888
2002 Q2 748 489 186 24.9% 40.0% 61.5% 900
2002 Q1 715 460 180 25.2% 11.8% 59.6% 793
2001 Q4 691 469 144 20.8% 13.3% 50.0% 712
2001 Q3 783 499 207 26.4% 30.8% 58.0% 821
2001 Q2 787 534 189 24.0% 28.6% 58.9% 833
2001 Q1 631 456 115 18.2% 12.5% 48.0% 701
2000 Q4 631 467 124 19.7% 22.2% 56.9% 590
2000 Q3 702 528 138 19.7% 0.0% 53.1% 664
2000 Q2 706 532 136 19.3% 28.6% 51.4% 767
2000 Q1 558 445 100 17.9% 22.2% 56.5% 804
1999 Q4 711 526 166 23.3% 17.6% 61.0% 596
1999 Q3 611 472 116 19.0% 17.6% 48.7% 668
1999 Q2 619 463 107 17.3% 30.0% 57.2% 637
1999 Q1 592 436 114 19.3% 28.6% 49.7% 681
1998 Q4 570 448 95 16.7% 17.4% 57.2% 527
1998 Q3 677 521 109 16.1% 10.0% 65.3% 657
1998 Q2 613 486 88 14.4% 27.3% 63.0% 699
1998 Q1 494 370 86 17.4% 25.0% 62.2% 713
1997 Q4 562 424 102 18.1% 33.3% 63.5% 515
1997 Q3 593 463 85 14.3% 41.7% 64.6% 637
1997 Q2 597 471 85 14.2% 62.5% 68.5% 679
1997 Q1 528 416 72 13.6% 20.0% 60.2% 579
1996 Q4 549 416 82 14.9% 46.2% 73.4% 537
1996 Q3 579 448 90 15.5% 28.6% 69.5% 641
1996 Q2 523 388 101 19.3% 42.9% 76.2% 662
1996 Q1 156 130 26 16.7% 0.0% 55.6% —
1995 Q4 217 170 47 21.7% — 40.8% —
1995 Q3 237 194 43 18.1% 0.0% 48.6% —
1995 Q2 274 224 50 18.2% 0.0% 43.5% —
1995 Q1 187 153 34 18.2% 100.0% 61.6% —
1994 Q4 231 193 38 16.5% — 64.3% —
1994 Q3 222 192 30 13.5% — 61.3% —
1994 Q2 289 229 60 20.8% 100.0% 60.2% —
1994 Q1 213 179 34 16.0% 80.0% 52.1% —
1993 Q4 254 210 44 17.3% 71.4% 71.1% —
1993 Q3 246 214 32 13.0% 66.7% 72.9% —
1993 Q2 269 214 55 20.4% 92.1% 70.7% —
1993 Q1 190 157 33 17.4% 97.1% 82.2% —
1992 Q4 242 186 56 23.1% 89.7% 64.7% —
1992 Q3 297 246 51 17.2% 77.1% 49.5% —
1992 Q2 211 167 44 20.9% 68.0% 28.1% —
1992 Q1 225 178 47 20.9% 86.4% 52.2% —
1991 Q4 220 175 45 20.5% 87.5% 22.2% —
1991 Q3 361 306 55 15.2% 41.2% 14.1% —
1991 Q2 263 215 48 18.3% 27.8% 9.2% —
1991 Q1 186 157 29 15.6% 72.7% 15.1% —
1990 Q4 229 181 48 21.0% 87.5% 23.4% —
1990 Q3 395 333 62 15.7% 38.9% 13.5% —
1990 Q2 306 251 55 18.0% 33.3% 10.8% —
1990 Q1 221 185 36 16.3% 75.0% 16.1% —
1989 Q4 320 250 70 21.9% 76.0% 37.5% —
1989 Q3 389 307 82 21.1% 82.6% 44.0% —
1989 Q2 362 293 69 19.1% 84.2% 37.2% —
1989 Q1 343 272 71 20.7% 82.4% 46.0% —
1988 Q4 363 291 72 19.8% 85.0% 51.4% —
1988 Q3 422 346 76 18.0% 91.3% 49.0% —
1988 Q2 307 264 43 14.0% 84.2% 50.5% —
1988 Q1 300 275 25 8.3% 75.0% 53.0% —
1987 Q4 204 177 27 13.2% 92.3% 65.3% —
1987 Q3 763 618 145 19.0% 25.0% 28.9% —
1987 Q2 718 604 114 15.9% 52.6% 26.5% —
1987 Q1 637 518 119 18.7% 58.3% 31.6% —
1986 Q4 765 603 162 21.2% 57.9% 43.4% —
1986 Q3 712 572 140 19.7% 80.0% 53.9% —
1986 Q2 658 544 114 17.3% 23.1% 40.5% —
1986 Q1 573 466 107 18.7% 45.0% 59.8% —
1985 Q4 571 466 105 18.4% 68.8% 61.0% —
1985 Q3 721 580 141 19.6% 80.0% 53.8% —
1985 Q2 642 508 134 20.9% 65.2% 68.0% —
1985 Q1 592 489 103 17.4% 71.4% 69.5% —
1984 Q4 634 503 131 20.7% 65.2% 67.5% —
1984 Q3 652 558 94 14.4% 95.5% 67.5% —
1984 Q2 650 538 112 17.2% 65.4% 61.3% —
1984 Q1 530 443 87 16.4% 73.3% 56.1% —
1983 Q4 585 491 94 16.1% 52.9% 52.1% —
1983 Q3 722 612 110 15.2% 45.8% 43.6% —
1983 Q2 601 534 67 11.1% 54.5% 34.5% —
1983 Q1 561 480 81 14.4% 72.5% 20.4% —
1982 Q4 562 462 100 17.8% 50.0% 14.6% —
1982 Q3 501 432 69 13.8% 68.8% 50.5% —
1982 Q2 445 385 60 13.5% 80.0% 49.7% —
1982 Q1 436 379 57 13.1% 69.2% 48.9% —
1981 Q4 448 388 60 13.4% 73.3% 50.0% —
1981 Q3 529 453 76 14.4% 44.4% 44.9% —
1981 Q2 539 462 77 14.3% 58.8% 39.5% —
1981 Q1 533 461 72 13.5% 73.3% 44.2% —
1980 Q4 537 464 73 13.6% 44.4% 40.8% —
1980 Q3 625 543 82 13.1% 43.8% 43.0% —
1980 Q2 592 517 75 12.7% 57.1% 35.3% —
1980 Q1 575 489 86 15.0% 50.0% 35.4% —
1979 Q4 577 496 81 14.0% 68.4% 34.6% —
1979 Q3 585 512 73 12.5% 63.2% 30.2% —
1979 Q2 550 474 76 13.8% 55.6% 34.3% —

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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