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Enfield

London · E09000010 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,919
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
21.1%
higher than 91% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
77.1%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
92.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
31.7%
221 allowed of 698 decided
Decisions overturned
2.3%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 42.5%

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
2,085
in the window
Applications decided
1,919
in the window
Approval rate
78.9%
1,514 granted, 405 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 20 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
86.8%
rank 219 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 25 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
Major1989.5%100.0%
Minor49771.6%77.1%
Other1,40381.3%—
of which householder93483.4%92.5%
"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
03086152024 Q3: 440 received2024 Q3: 444 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 461 received2024 Q4: 435 decided2025 Q1: 552 received2025 Q1: 457 decided2025 Q2: 471 received2025 Q2: 525 decided2025 Q3: 526 received2025 Q3: 418 decided2025 Q4: 457 received2025 Q4: 589 decided2026 Q1: 487 received2026 Q1: 407 decided2026 Q2: 615 received2026 Q2: 505 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
77%
Buffer

Delivery 75–84%: a 20% buffer is added to the authority's housing land supply requirement.

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 (E09000010). 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 505 419 86 17.0% — 84.4% 615
2026 Q1 407 303 104 25.6% 100.0% 80.6% 487
2025 Q4 589 480 109 18.5% — 77.7% 457
2025 Q3 418 312 106 25.4% 100.0% 68.0% 526
2025 Q2 525 411 114 21.7% 0.0% 68.9% 471
2025 Q1 457 365 92 20.1% 100.0% 74.8% 552
2024 Q4 435 306 129 29.7% 0.0% 86.2% 461
2024 Q3 444 332 112 25.2% 100.0% 80.3% 440
2024 Q2 415 302 113 27.2% 33.3% 80.1% 451
2024 Q1 399 270 129 32.3% 100.0% 72.6% 387
2023 Q4 384 252 132 34.4% 50.0% 69.3% 389
2023 Q3 469 314 155 33.0% 0.0% 75.2% 442
2023 Q2 551 386 165 29.9% 100.0% 71.7% 419
2023 Q1 420 313 107 25.5% — 90.3% 422
2022 Q4 420 339 81 19.3% 100.0% 100.0% 404
2022 Q3 453 365 88 19.4% — 88.2% 470
2022 Q2 451 353 98 21.7% 0.0% 84.0% 479
2022 Q1 469 366 103 22.0% 50.0% 90.8% 474
2021 Q4 464 326 138 29.7% 50.0% 88.4% 497
2021 Q3 469 325 144 30.7% 100.0% 96.3% 499
2021 Q2 482 330 152 31.5% 100.0% 88.7% 537
2021 Q1 456 313 143 31.4% 100.0% 85.4% 527
2020 Q4 486 333 153 31.5% 50.0% 92.9% 513
2020 Q3 468 318 150 32.1% 100.0% 88.9% 524
2020 Q2 414 262 152 36.7% — 97.5% 408
2020 Q1 447 291 156 34.9% 100.0% 87.4% 448
2019 Q4 399 273 126 31.6% 100.0% 94.7% 482
2019 Q3 481 335 146 30.4% 50.0% 81.7% 449
2019 Q2 492 327 165 33.5% 60.0% 86.3% 524
2019 Q1 442 283 159 36.0% 66.7% 61.8% 526
2018 Q4 513 317 196 38.2% 33.3% 77.6% 522
2018 Q3 460 291 169 36.7% 0.0% 82.8% 501
2018 Q2 517 342 175 33.8% 66.7% 61.9% 532
2018 Q1 520 324 196 37.7% 100.0% 80.8% 591
2017 Q4 549 328 221 40.3% — 86.7% 578
2017 Q3 609 350 259 42.5% 50.0% 85.2% 556
2017 Q2 613 360 253 41.3% 100.0% 89.2% 725
2017 Q1 608 369 239 39.3% 100.0% 91.8% 608
2016 Q4 537 325 212 39.5% 71.4% 77.6% 626
2016 Q3 602 389 213 35.4% 85.7% 79.9% 595
2016 Q2 503 326 177 35.2% 60.0% 75.0% 576
2016 Q1 439 300 139 31.7% 33.3% 74.0% 553
2015 Q4 562 425 137 24.4% 60.0% 79.5% 506
2015 Q3 545 371 174 31.9% 100.0% 79.0% 659
2015 Q2 502 343 159 31.7% 50.0% 78.9% 572
2015 Q1 433 312 121 27.9% 66.7% 64.8% 517
2014 Q4 442 313 129 29.2% 14.3% 70.2% 471
2014 Q3 461 335 126 27.3% 100.0% 70.9% 473
2014 Q2 491 371 120 24.4% 71.4% 74.1% 599
2014 Q1 441 243 104 23.6% 100.0% 74.2% 612
2013 Q4 461 242 99 21.5% 54.5% 63.0% 495
2013 Q3 538 342 116 21.6% 76.9% 69.5% 534
2013 Q2 596 358 117 19.6% 83.3% 78.2% 622
2013 Q1 493 351 65 13.2% 30.0% 62.7% 528
2012 Q4 473 324 70 14.8% 33.3% 52.6% 528
2012 Q3 456 289 83 18.2% 14.3% 62.6% 473
2012 Q2 490 332 77 15.7% 20.0% 50.5% 517
2012 Q1 437 265 77 17.6% 18.2% 44.9% 568
2011 Q4 480 318 86 17.9% 40.0% 61.5% 591
2011 Q3 485 303 84 17.3% 62.5% 64.4% 534
2011 Q2 534 330 95 17.8% 37.5% 64.9% 520
2011 Q1 447 287 97 21.7% 33.3% 79.2% 506
2010 Q4 520 317 123 23.7% 40.0% 77.4% 534
2010 Q3 666 409 155 23.3% 20.0% 78.3% 583
2010 Q2 523 308 132 25.2% 28.6% 74.5% 656
2010 Q1 450 256 126 28.0% 20.0% 76.1% 526
2009 Q4 522 295 132 25.3% 0.0% 89.4% 552
2009 Q3 643 374 142 22.1% 57.1% 89.8% 623
2009 Q2 564 321 131 23.2% 75.0% 86.6% 640
2009 Q1 550 303 146 26.5% 80.0% 89.0% 610
2008 Q4 645 362 181 28.1% 83.3% 83.4% 583
2008 Q3 740 467 157 21.2% 80.0% 83.2% 729
2008 Q2 707 437 152 21.5% 71.4% 80.5% 818
2008 Q1 763 471 165 21.6% 81.0% 92.5% 864
2007 Q4 786 480 181 23.0% 70.0% 82.8% 855
2007 Q3 799 474 211 26.4% 75.0% 83.0% 806
2007 Q2 719 425 178 24.8% 71.4% 86.5% 840
2007 Q1 726 441 175 24.1% 95.2% 89.5% 813
2006 Q4 715 416 196 27.4% 81.5% 88.5% 750
2006 Q3 763 455 200 26.2% 100.0% 90.6% 771
2006 Q2 632 368 182 28.8% 68.2% 83.7% 806
2006 Q1 904 513 222 24.6% 84.6% 92.6% 823
2005 Q4 712 414 193 27.1% 68.4% 88.6% 752
2005 Q3 701 414 159 22.7% 64.3% 72.0% 762
2005 Q2 720 441 164 22.8% 22.2% 75.3% 800
2005 Q1 681 361 211 31.0% 61.1% 77.0% 777
2004 Q4 779 409 243 31.2% 47.4% 82.4% 833
2004 Q3 931 455 315 33.8% 69.2% 83.9% 927
2004 Q2 874 447 305 34.9% 44.0% 75.5% 933
2004 Q1 725 395 232 32.0% 55.6% 80.2% 924
2003 Q4 747 437 219 29.3% 26.3% 73.7% 755
2003 Q3 931 540 264 28.4% 63.2% 66.8% 844
2003 Q2 880 469 268 30.5% 27.8% 62.0% 863
2003 Q1 586 340 157 26.8% 0.0% 39.2% 844
2002 Q4 747 486 184 24.6% 26.3% 46.9% 767
2002 Q3 660 353 211 32.0% 27.8% 28.6% 682
2002 Q2 642 389 173 26.9% 6.7% 42.4% 800
2002 Q1 586 354 155 26.5% 9.5% 48.4% 653
2001 Q4 691 419 165 23.9% 52.0% 36.3% 599
2001 Q3 691 461 130 18.8% 35.3% 39.5% 789
2001 Q2 627 422 119 19.0% 44.4% 41.2% 733
2001 Q1 690 451 170 24.6% 41.9% 39.5% 715
2000 Q4 550 359 114 20.7% 20.0% 47.0% 672
2000 Q3 724 489 154 21.3% 5.9% 56.3% 712
2000 Q2 652 426 136 20.9% 31.0% 60.3% 737
2000 Q1 586 421 109 18.6% 55.6% 76.1% 753
1999 Q4 639 438 132 20.7% 65.2% 76.5% 738
1999 Q3 671 451 138 20.6% 15.0% 77.0% 687
1999 Q2 682 452 122 17.9% 33.3% 72.6% 660
1999 Q1 514 383 71 13.8% 40.0% 72.0% 630
1998 Q4 541 394 89 16.5% 33.3% 47.2% 490
1998 Q3 695 505 109 15.7% 51.7% 52.7% 656
1998 Q2 653 497 86 13.2% 62.9% 52.9% 677
1998 Q1 655 496 90 13.7% 78.6% 45.7% 617
1997 Q4 523 389 64 12.2% 51.7% 39.0% 589
1997 Q3 530 411 61 11.5% 43.3% 39.3% 520
1997 Q2 501 393 40 8.0% 65.0% 34.2% 609
1997 Q1 335 242 54 16.1% 33.3% 44.9% 468
1996 Q4 391 280 50 12.8% 41.7% 43.6% 302
1996 Q3 423 298 63 14.9% 42.1% 36.6% 515
1996 Q2 429 329 38 8.9% 41.7% 42.6% 441
1996 Q1 300 265 35 11.7% 0.0% 62.8% —
1995 Q4 286 244 42 14.7% 50.0% 78.4% —
1995 Q3 354 304 50 14.1% 50.0% 68.3% —
1995 Q2 339 303 36 10.6% 71.4% 68.0% —
1995 Q1 316 294 22 7.0% 88.9% 71.8% —
1994 Q4 289 257 32 11.1% 71.4% 75.0% —
1994 Q3 372 337 35 9.4% 36.4% 65.0% —
1994 Q2 391 353 38 9.7% 61.5% 62.9% —
1994 Q1 374 333 41 11.0% 50.0% 58.2% —
1993 Q4 322 277 45 14.0% 54.5% 45.9% —
1993 Q3 369 312 57 15.4% 50.0% 46.3% —
1993 Q2 384 327 57 14.8% 52.6% 54.2% —
1993 Q1 338 278 60 17.8% 31.3% 48.2% —
1992 Q4 298 250 48 16.1% 41.7% 53.1% —
1992 Q3 375 310 65 17.3% 15.4% 36.4% —
1992 Q2 371 316 55 14.8% 29.0% 48.7% —
1992 Q1 322 259 63 19.6% 46.2% 29.7% —
1991 Q4 314 262 52 16.6% 50.0% 42.5% —
1991 Q3 304 253 51 16.8% 7.1% 30.7% —
1991 Q2 372 312 60 16.1% 0.0% 44.7% —
1991 Q1 325 267 58 17.8% 45.5% 27.0% —
1990 Q4 420 357 63 15.0% 9.5% 20.4% —
1990 Q3 409 340 69 16.9% 18.2% 25.2% —
1990 Q2 446 371 75 16.8% 25.0% 38.0% —
1990 Q1 388 315 73 18.8% 36.4% 22.8% —
1989 Q4 477 352 125 26.2% 30.4% 25.5% —
1989 Q3 435 355 80 18.4% 9.1% 19.8% —
1989 Q2 536 439 97 18.1% 20.0% 17.3% —
1989 Q1 396 301 95 24.0% 14.3% 29.3% —
1988 Q4 455 398 57 12.5% 16.7% 15.3% —
1988 Q3 499 413 86 17.2% 52.9% 22.9% —
1988 Q2 576 486 90 15.6% 20.0% 33.1% —
1988 Q1 430 375 55 12.8% 7.7% 29.3% —
1987 Q4 405 332 73 18.0% 0.0% 22.4% —
1987 Q3 555 463 92 16.6% 52.0% 21.2% —
1987 Q2 467 374 93 19.9% 56.1% 21.6% —
1987 Q1 400 327 73 18.3% 39.1% 24.8% —
1986 Q4 516 413 103 20.0% 27.8% 24.2% —
1986 Q3 499 416 83 16.6% 52.2% 21.7% —
1986 Q2 444 354 90 20.3% 53.8% 22.1% —
1986 Q1 397 324 73 18.4% 39.1% 24.2% —
1985 Q4 495 395 100 20.2% 27.8% 24.5% —
1985 Q3 506 422 84 16.6% 52.2% 22.1% —
1985 Q2 461 367 94 20.4% 35.0% 18.9% —
1985 Q1 385 328 57 14.8% 50.0% 37.0% —
1984 Q4 485 400 85 17.5% 46.7% 24.2% —
1984 Q3 504 408 96 19.0% 33.3% 29.1% —
1984 Q2 522 446 76 14.6% 57.1% 35.5% —
1984 Q1 407 346 61 15.0% 56.5% 50.8% —
1983 Q4 516 409 107 20.7% 70.0% 56.4% —
1983 Q3 510 411 99 19.4% 53.3% 31.2% —
1983 Q2 369 306 63 17.1% 66.7% 36.0% —
1983 Q1 412 329 83 20.1% 41.2% 33.3% —
1982 Q4 413 346 67 16.2% 54.5% 56.9% —
1982 Q3 407 331 76 18.7% 42.9% 32.7% —
1982 Q2 374 294 80 21.4% 57.9% 32.0% —
1982 Q1 343 272 71 20.7% 69.2% 43.6% —
1981 Q4 437 349 88 20.1% 54.5% 32.3% —
1981 Q3 466 373 93 20.0% 66.7% 28.7% —
1981 Q2 494 386 108 21.9% 46.2% 24.6% —
1981 Q1 538 450 88 16.4% 53.3% 38.3% —
1980 Q4 609 500 109 17.9% 41.7% 30.1% —
1980 Q3 699 580 119 17.0% 40.0% 16.5% —
1980 Q2 616 493 123 20.0% 27.8% 20.3% —
1980 Q1 593 479 114 19.2% 50.0% 18.8% —
1979 Q4 713 561 152 21.3% 47.4% 17.5% —
1979 Q3 629 551 78 12.4% 63.2% 31.2% —
1979 Q2 521 449 72 13.8% 55.6% 33.8% —

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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