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Croydon

London · E09000008 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,576
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
26.6%
higher than 98% of authorities
Majors in time
75.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
85.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.5%
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 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 42.2%

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
1,647
in the window
Applications decided
1,576
in the window
Approval rate
73.4%
1,157 granted, 419 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 31 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
91.6%
rank 150 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 15 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
Major2770.4%75.0%
Minor64157.6%85.2%
Other90884.7%—
of which householder78686.6%95.3%
"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
02384762024 Q3: 449 received2024 Q3: 429 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 404 received2024 Q4: 413 decided2025 Q1: 476 received2025 Q1: 379 decided2025 Q2: 418 received2025 Q2: 432 decided2025 Q3: 451 received2025 Q3: 368 decided2025 Q4: 393 received2025 Q4: 403 decided2026 Q1: 399 received2026 Q1: 387 decided2026 Q2: 404 received2026 Q2: 418 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
105%
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 (E09000008). 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 418 312 106 25.4% 66.7% 84.0% 404
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 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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