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London · E09000011 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,389
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
23.0%
higher than 94% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
91.3%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
93.3%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
37.0%
248 allowed of 670 decided
Decisions overturned
3.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 35.0%

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
1,456
in the window
Applications decided
1,389
in the window
Approval rate
77.0%
1,069 granted, 320 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 26 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
88.3%
rank 196 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 21 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
Major2391.3%100.0%
Minor39679.3%91.3%
Other97075.7%—
of which householder62477.1%94.7%
"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
02184362024 Q3: 407 received2024 Q3: 426 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 436 received2024 Q4: 385 decided2025 Q1: 393 received2025 Q1: 361 decided2025 Q2: 355 received2025 Q2: 377 decided2025 Q3: 382 received2025 Q3: 378 decided2025 Q4: 374 received2025 Q4: 371 decided2026 Q1: 364 received2026 Q1: 342 decided2026 Q2: 336 received2026 Q2: 298 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
42%
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 (E09000011). 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 298 225 73 24.5% — 93.8% 336
2026 Q1 342 260 82 24.0% — 87.5% 364
2025 Q4 371 299 72 19.4% 100.0% 92.1% 374
2025 Q3 378 285 93 24.6% — 91.8% 382
2025 Q2 377 293 84 22.3% — 84.4% 355
2025 Q1 361 277 84 23.3% — 87.0% 393
2024 Q4 385 265 120 31.2% — 97.4% 436
2024 Q3 426 306 120 28.2% — 89.5% 407
2024 Q2 412 297 115 27.9% — 94.9% 388
2024 Q1 336 236 100 29.8% — 86.4% 431
2023 Q4 390 264 126 32.3% — 82.0% 355
2023 Q3 396 262 134 33.8% — 82.6% 393
2023 Q2 394 289 105 26.6% 100.0% 80.0% 403
2023 Q1 364 263 101 27.7% 100.0% 90.7% 408
2022 Q4 425 314 111 26.1% 100.0% 86.4% 427
2022 Q3 431 311 120 27.8% — 84.9% 430
2022 Q2 365 277 88 24.1% — 94.2% 454
2022 Q1 341 250 91 26.7% — 92.0% 414
2021 Q4 410 290 120 29.3% — 90.7% 394
2021 Q3 454 335 119 26.2% — 83.8% 381
2021 Q2 398 279 119 29.9% 100.0% 88.1% 517
2021 Q1 398 298 100 25.1% 100.0% 96.4% 464
2020 Q4 417 325 92 22.1% 100.0% 90.9% 423
2020 Q3 333 256 77 23.1% 100.0% 90.0% 399
2020 Q2 213 140 73 34.3% — 94.7% 349
2020 Q1 319 230 89 27.9% — 90.4% 349
2019 Q4 320 233 87 27.2% 100.0% 96.6% 401
2019 Q3 377 257 120 31.8% 100.0% 87.5% 336
2019 Q2 421 283 138 32.8% — 91.3% 461
2019 Q1 349 230 119 34.1% 100.0% 90.8% 380
2018 Q4 508 330 178 35.0% 100.0% 92.3% 430
2018 Q3 429 297 132 30.8% 100.0% 92.2% 523
2018 Q2 515 374 141 27.4% 100.0% 93.2% 411
2018 Q1 392 279 113 28.8% 100.0% 81.6% 441
2017 Q4 372 297 75 20.2% 100.0% 84.1% 458
2017 Q3 414 275 139 33.6% 100.0% 100.0% 422
2017 Q2 420 288 132 31.4% — 73.0% 437
2017 Q1 454 344 110 24.2% 0.0% 76.2% 523
2016 Q4 542 422 120 22.1% — 45.0% 468
2016 Q3 327 257 70 21.4% 75.0% 27.8% 477
2016 Q2 382 301 81 21.2% 100.0% 42.0% 506
2016 Q1 354 289 65 18.4% 66.7% 59.7% 469
2015 Q4 453 366 87 19.2% 33.3% 70.6% 463
2015 Q3 430 327 103 24.0% 85.7% 67.7% 503
2015 Q2 423 344 79 18.7% 100.0% 46.3% 484
2015 Q1 321 238 83 25.9% 100.0% 58.1% 410
2014 Q4 396 300 96 24.2% 100.0% 83.5% 422
2014 Q3 441 367 74 16.8% 100.0% 73.5% 427
2014 Q2 408 319 89 21.8% 64.3% 86.8% 435
2014 Q1 370 254 71 19.2% 83.3% 78.8% 470
2013 Q4 433 317 80 18.5% 73.3% 85.1% 467
2013 Q3 483 344 84 17.4% 57.9% 86.7% 419
2013 Q2 459 301 98 21.4% 46.2% 85.9% 490
2013 Q1 324 206 82 25.3% 50.0% 84.5% 437
2012 Q4 386 277 68 17.6% 66.7% 85.6% 400
2012 Q3 430 292 90 20.9% 63.6% 89.1% 404
2012 Q2 415 294 70 16.9% 75.0% 86.0% 513
2012 Q1 394 288 65 16.5% 15.4% 84.1% 436
2011 Q4 388 278 63 16.2% 72.7% 89.2% 437
2011 Q3 432 306 87 20.1% 66.7% 86.6% 422
2011 Q2 453 332 73 16.1% 75.0% 85.9% 483
2011 Q1 347 249 56 16.1% 69.2% 80.2% 443
2010 Q4 395 297 56 14.2% 72.7% 85.8% 393
2010 Q3 487 351 81 16.6% 86.7% 83.5% 490
2010 Q2 386 262 63 16.3% 80.0% 88.4% 449
2010 Q1 379 254 69 18.2% 53.3% 70.4% 415
2009 Q4 437 325 79 18.1% 88.2% 84.0% 410
2009 Q3 337 233 66 19.6% 70.6% 83.2% 483
2009 Q2 305 213 59 19.3% 72.7% 76.1% 351
2009 Q1 280 177 59 21.1% 80.0% 73.1% 334
2008 Q4 320 207 75 23.4% 62.5% 82.2% 347
2008 Q3 490 304 117 23.9% 81.8% 80.5% 399
2008 Q2 444 263 119 26.8% 72.7% 78.2% 511
2008 Q1 395 224 123 31.1% 71.4% 69.0% 449
2007 Q4 437 247 127 29.1% 63.2% 76.3% 464
2007 Q3 490 296 128 26.1% 66.7% 88.6% 547
2007 Q2 481 332 91 18.9% 66.7% 89.0% 516
2007 Q1 447 268 108 24.2% 50.0% 87.2% 517
2006 Q4 495 263 152 30.7% 75.0% 90.5% 498
2006 Q3 484 256 153 31.6% 81.8% 85.6% 551
2006 Q2 547 307 159 29.1% 75.0% 91.2% 545
2006 Q1 438 250 122 27.9% 74.1% 86.5% 547
2005 Q4 529 300 166 31.4% 62.5% 86.1% 454
2005 Q3 549 356 132 24.0% 53.8% 84.7% 600
2005 Q2 534 351 121 22.7% 15.4% 84.1% 557
2005 Q1 516 334 124 24.0% 30.0% 86.2% 618
2004 Q4 563 389 100 17.8% 26.3% 85.5% 576
2004 Q3 559 309 150 26.8% 55.0% 84.6% 727
2004 Q2 587 340 175 29.8% 66.7% 78.8% 607
2004 Q1 506 340 120 23.7% 29.4% 56.8% 657
2003 Q4 538 360 123 22.9% 55.1% 40.0% 652
2003 Q3 437 246 121 27.7% 41.7% 34.3% 644
2003 Q2 520 327 91 17.5% 62.5% 73.0% 794
2003 Q1 512 272 120 23.4% 75.0% 68.6% 639
2002 Q4 570 329 90 15.8% 60.0% 53.4% 581
2002 Q3 603 375 102 16.9% 41.7% 63.6% 700
2002 Q2 488 271 77 15.8% 0.0% 42.9% 640
2002 Q1 514 307 95 18.5% 40.9% 57.4% 659
2001 Q4 580 338 97 16.7% 20.0% 61.6% 664
2001 Q3 516 326 80 15.5% 20.0% 52.1% 579
2001 Q2 513 300 88 17.2% 57.1% 67.6% 732
2001 Q1 387 235 57 14.7% 42.9% 63.7% 568
2000 Q4 470 267 83 17.7% 56.3% 73.3% 474
2000 Q3 421 270 80 19.0% 65.2% 77.9% 524
2000 Q2 402 259 70 17.4% 70.0% 73.0% 560
2000 Q1 415 269 96 23.1% 77.8% 69.9% 585
1999 Q4 631 430 110 17.4% 78.1% 48.4% 543
1999 Q3 453 308 70 15.5% 60.9% 48.4% 624
1999 Q2 471 276 87 18.5% 65.0% 47.8% 538
1999 Q1 411 275 63 15.3% 46.2% 50.7% 476
1998 Q4 340 220 69 20.3% 56.5% 33.7% 384
1998 Q3 454 299 89 19.6% 38.1% 35.5% 479
1998 Q2 417 278 79 18.9% 44.1% 23.0% 443
1998 Q1 342 232 43 12.6% 65.2% 18.1% 443
1997 Q4 333 220 66 19.8% 42.9% 38.7% 334
1997 Q3 348 229 51 14.7% 61.1% 39.2% 455
1997 Q2 330 220 40 12.1% 16.7% 47.0% 472
1997 Q1 312 208 65 20.8% 76.5% 48.1% 370
1996 Q4 314 202 52 16.6% 66.7% 62.0% 377
1996 Q3 346 237 41 11.8% 71.4% 74.3% 389
1996 Q2 332 206 52 15.7% 0.0% 65.9% 384
1996 Q1 232 187 45 19.4% 90.0% 62.2% —
1995 Q4 176 145 31 17.6% 83.3% 74.3% —
1995 Q3 234 180 54 23.1% 81.8% 65.2% —
1995 Q2 257 212 45 17.5% 78.9% 61.6% —
1995 Q1 222 191 31 14.0% 66.7% 51.1% —
1994 Q4 236 203 33 14.0% 64.3% 79.5% —
1994 Q3 237 214 23 9.7% 64.3% 57.0% —
1994 Q2 230 198 32 13.9% 40.0% 62.8% —
1994 Q1 208 167 41 19.7% 84.6% 68.5% —
1993 Q4 264 229 35 13.3% 84.6% 67.7% —
1993 Q3 215 181 34 15.8% 66.7% 58.8% —
1993 Q2 276 238 38 13.8% 71.4% 58.1% —
1993 Q1 180 160 20 11.1% 61.5% 63.4% —
1992 Q4 216 186 30 13.9% 50.0% 77.8% —
1992 Q3 253 220 33 13.0% 66.7% 60.6% —
1992 Q2 242 195 47 19.4% 50.0% 70.4% —
1992 Q1 220 182 38 17.3% 55.0% 62.2% —
1991 Q4 246 189 57 23.2% 81.3% 68.7% —
1991 Q3 266 201 65 24.4% 53.8% 67.1% —
1991 Q2 289 231 58 20.1% 60.0% 75.8% —
1991 Q1 228 182 46 20.2% 77.8% 82.8% —
1990 Q4 291 232 59 20.3% 82.4% 74.7% —
1990 Q3 307 233 74 24.1% 66.7% 65.0% —
1990 Q2 312 231 81 26.0% 54.5% 62.1% —
1990 Q1 290 211 79 27.2% 50.0% 61.8% —
1989 Q4 320 237 83 25.9% 100.0% 58.5% —
1989 Q3 360 273 87 24.2% 50.0% 68.8% —
1989 Q2 501 406 95 19.0% 72.7% 71.7% —
1989 Q1 269 195 74 27.5% 40.0% 61.2% —
1988 Q4 291 225 66 22.7% 30.0% 56.4% —
1988 Q3 394 311 83 21.1% 64.3% 63.6% —
1988 Q2 317 243 74 23.3% 50.0% 59.0% —
1988 Q1 284 222 62 21.8% 75.0% 68.0% —
1987 Q4 215 173 42 19.5% 100.0% 73.5% —
1987 Q3 294 190 104 35.4% 66.7% 49.2% —
1987 Q2 298 212 86 28.9% 72.7% 45.0% —
1987 Q1 301 242 59 19.6% 62.5% 48.8% —
1986 Q4 246 178 68 27.6% 44.4% 21.4% —
1986 Q3 239 206 33 13.8% 71.4% 40.7% —
1986 Q2 255 199 56 22.0% 100.0% 46.3% —
1986 Q1 288 219 69 24.0% 77.8% 51.1% —
1985 Q4 262 205 57 21.8% 65.2% 43.0% —
1985 Q3 272 213 59 21.7% 58.3% 45.3% —
1985 Q2 245 188 57 23.3% 86.7% 56.3% —
1985 Q1 268 204 64 23.9% 75.8% 51.1% —
1984 Q4 229 172 57 24.9% 90.9% 56.3% —
1984 Q3 336 274 62 18.5% 83.3% 74.4% —
1984 Q2 349 284 65 18.6% 87.5% 71.4% —
1984 Q1 369 302 67 18.2% 60.9% 67.3% —
1983 Q4 330 271 59 17.9% 63.6% 52.7% —
1983 Q3 335 292 43 12.8% 83.3% 47.7% —
1983 Q2 343 304 39 11.4% 71.4% 49.6% —
1983 Q1 320 279 41 12.8% 77.8% 48.1% —
1982 Q4 303 260 43 14.2% 71.4% 48.4% —
1982 Q3 309 267 42 13.6% 77.8% 52.5% —
1982 Q2 302 264 38 12.6% 66.7% 50.4% —
1982 Q1 325 284 41 12.6% 80.0% 50.0% —
1981 Q4 288 249 39 13.5% 75.0% 50.4% —
1981 Q3 366 314 52 14.2% 54.5% 45.3% —
1981 Q2 362 312 50 13.8% 76.9% 40.9% —
1981 Q1 362 313 49 13.5% 75.0% 44.3% —
1980 Q4 349 302 47 13.5% 76.9% 42.5% —
1980 Q3 562 487 75 13.3% 46.7% 43.2% —
1980 Q2 247 217 30 12.1% 20.0% 36.9% —
1980 Q1 371 317 54 14.6% 41.7% 36.0% —
1979 Q4 426 365 61 14.3% 63.6% 35.0% —
1979 Q3 292 257 35 12.0% 62.5% 34.3% —
1979 Q2 345 299 46 13.3% 41.7% 36.1% —

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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