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Ealing

London · E09000009 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,955
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
16.7%
higher than 78% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
96.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.4%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
29.6%
152 allowed of 514 decided
Decisions overturned
1.3%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 27.2%

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
1,986
in the window
Applications decided
1,955
in the window
Approval rate
83.3%
1,629 granted, 326 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 16 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
95.3%
rank 87 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 8 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
Major2896.4%100.0%
Minor82180.0%94.2%
Other1,10685.4%—
of which householder94687.2%96.0%
"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
02935852024 Q3: 491 received2024 Q3: 497 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 496 received2024 Q4: 468 decided2025 Q1: 568 received2025 Q1: 447 decided2025 Q2: 535 received2025 Q2: 453 decided2025 Q3: 502 received2025 Q3: 470 decided2025 Q4: 476 received2025 Q4: 465 decided2026 Q1: 512 received2026 Q1: 585 decided2026 Q2: 496 received2026 Q2: 435 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
60%
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 (E09000009). 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 435 345 90 20.7% — 97.1% 496
2026 Q1 585 502 83 14.2% — 92.2% 512
2025 Q4 465 385 80 17.2% 100.0% 94.3% 476
2025 Q3 470 397 73 15.5% — 93.4% 502
2025 Q2 453 383 70 15.5% — 92.3% 535
2025 Q1 447 398 49 11.0% — 94.0% 568
2024 Q4 468 388 80 17.1% 100.0% 97.9% 496
2024 Q3 497 417 80 16.1% 100.0% 100.0% 491
2024 Q2 520 443 77 14.8% — 100.0% 536
2024 Q1 556 459 97 17.4% 100.0% 98.2% 542
2023 Q4 499 413 86 17.2% 100.0% 100.0% 569
2023 Q3 523 417 106 20.3% 100.0% 98.0% 557
2023 Q2 568 470 98 17.3% 100.0% 99.0% 563
2023 Q1 578 450 128 22.1% 100.0% 95.5% 620
2022 Q4 616 498 118 19.2% — 90.7% 538
2022 Q3 640 524 116 18.1% — 90.1% 620
2022 Q2 513 436 77 15.0% — 99.1% 640
2022 Q1 556 482 74 13.3% 100.0% 98.1% 629
2021 Q4 590 502 88 14.9% 100.0% 99.1% 606
2021 Q3 649 540 109 16.8% 100.0% 96.3% 675
2021 Q2 685 558 127 18.5% 100.0% 89.7% 745
2021 Q1 552 464 88 15.9% 100.0% 87.8% 669
2020 Q4 584 478 106 18.2% 100.0% 90.8% 643
2020 Q3 510 413 97 19.0% 75.0% 90.0% 643
2020 Q2 490 389 101 20.6% — 96.1% 542
2020 Q1 530 414 116 21.9% — 97.8% 598
2019 Q4 600 489 111 18.5% 100.0% 96.1% 602
2019 Q3 699 573 126 18.0% 100.0% 95.7% 599
2019 Q2 601 513 88 14.6% — 97.6% 689
2019 Q1 563 481 82 14.6% 50.0% 92.5% 682
2018 Q4 615 530 85 13.8% 100.0% 93.1% 671
2018 Q3 588 502 86 14.6% — 95.0% 591
2018 Q2 608 500 108 17.8% 80.0% 96.1% 680
2018 Q1 609 464 145 23.8% 60.0% 95.6% 687
2017 Q4 562 409 153 27.2% 66.7% 96.4% 669
2017 Q3 664 525 139 20.9% 66.7% 93.5% 597
2017 Q2 653 577 76 11.6% 66.7% 93.0% 722
2017 Q1 661 597 64 9.7% 75.0% 97.2% 696
2016 Q4 753 659 94 12.5% 50.0% 94.9% 661
2016 Q3 700 598 102 14.6% 75.0% 92.4% 793
2016 Q2 661 549 112 16.9% 70.0% 85.9% 785
2016 Q1 644 561 83 12.9% 33.3% 86.4% 709
2015 Q4 590 494 96 16.3% 44.4% 88.9% 633
2015 Q3 706 553 153 21.7% 80.0% 91.0% 764
2015 Q2 678 546 132 19.5% 76.9% 93.0% 752
2015 Q1 659 530 129 19.6% 50.0% 88.7% 1,008
2014 Q4 610 509 101 16.6% 58.3% 85.2% 914
2014 Q3 619 507 112 18.1% 75.0% 82.9% 908
2014 Q2 652 519 133 20.4% 50.0% 84.4% 946
2014 Q1 734 436 103 14.0% 69.6% 81.9% 830
2013 Q4 756 446 138 18.3% 62.1% 87.3% 825
2013 Q3 804 503 120 14.9% 57.9% 85.7% 817
2013 Q2 753 457 107 14.2% 54.5% 82.9% 1,291
2013 Q1 644 404 89 13.8% 66.7% 83.3% 1,087
2012 Q4 705 418 126 17.9% 60.0% 87.6% 1,016
2012 Q3 866 505 145 16.7% 60.0% 77.7% 1,187
2012 Q2 805 451 161 20.0% 66.7% 87.9% 1,117
2012 Q1 702 417 133 18.9% 46.7% 79.1% 1,167
2011 Q4 732 421 160 21.9% 28.6% 86.2% 1,110
2011 Q3 805 440 141 17.5% 46.2% 84.5% 1,155
2011 Q2 721 416 136 18.9% 58.8% 83.4% 1,240
2011 Q1 723 422 132 18.3% 77.8% 86.2% 1,273
2010 Q4 829 465 160 19.3% 73.7% 82.4% 1,147
2010 Q3 889 528 162 18.2% 65.2% 79.7% 1,163
2010 Q2 760 450 133 17.5% 50.0% 82.6% 878
2010 Q1 668 380 133 19.9% 63.2% 74.0% 813
2009 Q4 705 410 119 16.9% 61.1% 78.7% 668
2009 Q3 780 422 152 19.5% 52.9% 79.1% 763
2009 Q2 672 339 140 20.8% 61.5% 76.7% 709
2009 Q1 605 274 154 25.5% 33.3% 72.5% 677
2008 Q4 658 343 167 25.4% 81.8% 75.7% 830
2008 Q3 884 458 211 23.9% 47.6% 79.9% 834
2008 Q2 878 421 230 26.2% 58.1% 76.2% 943
2008 Q1 831 356 280 33.7% 70.6% 76.3% 957
2007 Q4 942 471 280 29.7% 60.9% 86.7% 980
2007 Q3 948 465 232 24.5% 53.8% 81.0% 1,025
2007 Q2 800 401 198 24.8% 85.7% 72.7% 1,020
2007 Q1 815 407 222 27.2% 72.2% 83.9% 991
2006 Q4 802 432 200 24.9% 72.2% 80.1% 787
2006 Q3 880 535 165 18.8% 85.7% 76.5% 946
2006 Q2 833 495 145 17.4% 78.3% 67.0% 873
2006 Q1 716 399 128 17.9% 78.9% 52.5% 934
2005 Q4 706 397 152 21.5% 33.3% 78.0% 787
2005 Q3 835 450 167 20.0% 69.2% 73.6% 912
2005 Q2 771 428 196 25.4% 60.7% 84.3% 910
2005 Q1 721 390 174 24.1% 59.1% 87.6% 898
2004 Q4 861 479 222 25.8% 61.9% 65.6% 894
2004 Q3 1,161 582 277 23.9% 91.3% 77.9% 1,152
2004 Q2 857 487 181 21.1% 48.4% 10.4% 981
2004 Q1 787 448 180 22.9% 38.9% 27.9% 1,014
2003 Q4 864 516 186 21.5% 43.5% 48.9% 832
2003 Q3 1,009 539 269 26.7% 40.0% 38.2% 1,033
2003 Q2 945 492 263 27.8% 38.5% 30.8% 969
2003 Q1 804 450 224 27.9% 25.0% 22.8% 946
2002 Q4 1,021 615 229 22.4% 52.9% 26.1% 727
2002 Q3 833 489 170 20.4% 6.3% 11.9% 916
2002 Q2 797 522 152 19.1% 23.5% 14.6% 883
2002 Q1 656 395 144 22.0% 33.3% 13.9% 847
2001 Q4 823 530 166 20.2% 13.6% 22.6% 767
2001 Q3 787 468 162 20.6% 60.9% 44.4% 859
2001 Q2 759 433 157 20.7% 36.4% 30.9% 927
2001 Q1 723 467 146 20.2% 62.5% 39.6% 795
2000 Q4 731 449 157 21.5% 33.3% 38.3% 749
2000 Q3 782 460 171 21.9% 50.0% 62.3% 884
2000 Q2 914 460 194 21.2% 33.3% 39.8% 851
2000 Q1 624 360 153 24.5% 9.1% 39.5% 801
1999 Q4 717 415 171 23.8% 23.1% 38.4% 633
1999 Q3 736 447 147 20.0% 27.3% 23.2% 711
1999 Q2 494 316 85 17.2% 44.4% 28.1% 834
1999 Q1 576 377 116 20.1% 12.5% 42.6% 762
1998 Q4 606 379 130 21.5% 26.7% 42.2% 612
1998 Q3 656 396 152 23.2% 33.3% 42.2% 707
1998 Q2 568 335 145 25.5% 28.6% 29.4% 737
1998 Q1 643 339 119 18.5% 34.8% 47.4% 707
1997 Q4 562 364 123 21.9% 23.1% 38.3% 725
1997 Q3 705 469 146 20.7% 31.8% 26.5% 639
1997 Q2 534 368 83 15.5% 32.3% 24.7% 675
1997 Q1 432 290 93 21.5% 45.8% 36.4% 715
1996 Q4 662 458 138 20.8% 61.8% 54.5% 606
1996 Q3 539 390 105 19.5% 45.5% 67.9% 628
1996 Q2 583 403 119 20.4% 70.0% 65.2% 540
1996 Q1 165 153 12 7.3% 0.0% 62.5% —
1995 Q4 187 171 16 8.6% 72.7% 55.0% —
1995 Q3 207 191 16 7.7% 60.0% 42.0% —
1995 Q2 166 154 12 7.2% 57.1% 34.3% —
1995 Q1 190 178 12 6.3% 70.0% 61.5% —
1994 Q4 221 199 22 10.0% 71.4% 36.0% —
1994 Q3 252 236 16 6.3% 45.5% 26.3% —
1994 Q2 232 213 19 8.2% 66.7% 6.8% —
1994 Q1 198 174 24 12.1% 44.4% 36.5% —
1993 Q4 176 162 14 8.0% 20.0% 27.9% —
1993 Q3 223 201 22 9.9% 88.9% 32.0% —
1993 Q2 264 250 14 5.3% 50.0% 39.0% —
1993 Q1 187 171 16 8.6% 20.0% 6.1% —
1992 Q4 221 197 24 10.9% 100.0% 35.0% —
1992 Q3 282 263 19 6.7% 100.0% 29.5% —
1992 Q2 248 228 20 8.1% 16.7% 51.1% —
1992 Q1 198 109 89 44.9% 30.0% 32.7% —
1991 Q4 233 102 131 56.2% 50.0% 48.5% —
1991 Q3 243 200 43 17.7% 42.9% 36.4% —
1991 Q2 169 169 0 0.0% 9.1% 34.6% —
1991 Q1 188 188 0 0.0% 57.1% 49.1% —
1990 Q4 232 232 0 0.0% 50.0% 53.3% —
1990 Q3 215 178 37 17.2% 40.0% 45.2% —
1990 Q2 212 212 0 0.0% 16.7% 22.2% —
1990 Q1 235 151 84 35.7% 9.1% 29.3% —
1989 Q4 195 168 27 13.8% 28.6% 29.0% —
1989 Q3 213 178 35 16.4% 0.0% 9.3% —
1989 Q2 200 184 16 8.0% — 28.9% —
1989 Q1 136 123 13 9.6% 0.0% 26.5% —
1988 Q4 219 194 25 11.4% 0.0% 38.3% —
1988 Q3 216 188 28 13.0% 33.3% 42.6% —
1988 Q2 197 178 19 9.6% 0.0% 45.0% —
1988 Q1 157 143 14 8.9% 100.0% 30.0% —
1987 Q4 152 147 5 3.3% 0.0% 39.3% —
1987 Q3 805 721 84 10.4% 55.0% 16.0% —
1987 Q2 403 274 129 32.0% 100.0% 2.6% —
1987 Q1 312 238 74 23.7% 60.0% 27.7% —
1986 Q4 627 500 127 20.3% 40.0% 13.8% —
1986 Q3 721 647 74 10.3% 55.6% 16.1% —
1986 Q2 598 515 83 13.9% 89.7% 5.3% —
1986 Q1 511 421 90 17.6% 60.0% 55.1% —
1985 Q4 445 355 90 20.2% 42.1% 52.7% —
1985 Q3 573 454 119 20.8% 80.6% 58.8% —
1985 Q2 512 424 88 17.2% 73.1% 67.0% —
1985 Q1 396 343 53 13.4% 73.9% 62.3% —
1984 Q4 403 338 65 16.1% 77.8% 67.9% —
1984 Q3 541 442 99 18.3% 65.5% 51.8% —
1984 Q2 506 405 101 20.0% 73.9% 54.7% —
1984 Q1 417 359 58 13.9% 73.9% 72.6% —
1983 Q4 506 414 92 18.2% 60.6% 45.6% —
1983 Q3 514 438 76 14.8% 84.2% 42.4% —
1983 Q2 474 415 59 12.4% 88.0% 42.1% —
1983 Q1 501 412 89 17.8% 64.7% 38.7% —
1982 Q4 424 361 63 14.9% 50.0% 35.5% —
1982 Q3 399 342 57 14.3% 66.7% 44.0% —
1982 Q2 387 323 64 16.5% 63.3% 20.5% —
1982 Q1 345 293 52 15.1% 42.9% 21.1% —
1981 Q4 388 335 53 13.7% 72.7% 51.3% —
1981 Q3 424 367 57 13.4% 54.2% 34.1% —
1981 Q2 424 376 48 11.3% 77.8% 40.2% —
1981 Q1 389 328 61 15.7% 58.8% 41.4% —
1980 Q4 429 369 60 14.0% 80.0% 42.9% —
1980 Q3 673 593 80 11.9% 30.8% 69.1% —
1980 Q2 484 445 39 8.1% 57.7% 48.4% —
1980 Q1 399 367 32 8.0% 63.2% 37.1% —
1979 Q4 375 346 29 7.7% 27.8% 14.8% —
1979 Q3 475 418 57 12.0% 62.5% 33.1% —
1979 Q2 449 388 61 13.6% 46.7% 32.9% —

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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