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Havering

London · E09000016 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,446
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
22.6%
higher than 94% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
99.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.7%
no formal threshold
Delegated
99.1%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
33.0%
284 allowed of 862 decided
Decisions overturned
3.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 33.9%

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
1,507
in the window
Applications decided
1,446
in the window
Approval rate
77.4%
1,119 granted, 327 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 25 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
98.1%
rank 38 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 4 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
Major1764.7%100.0%
Minor30664.4%99.2%
Other1,12381.1%—
of which householder98585.9%97.7%
"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
02264522024 Q3: 386 received2024 Q3: 382 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 352 received2024 Q4: 378 decided2025 Q1: 452 received2025 Q1: 317 decided2025 Q2: 396 received2025 Q2: 424 decided2025 Q3: 406 received2025 Q3: 383 decided2025 Q4: 304 received2025 Q4: 352 decided2026 Q1: 406 received2026 Q1: 342 decided2026 Q2: 391 received2026 Q2: 369 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
40%
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 (E09000016). 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 369 302 67 18.2% — 100.0% 391
2026 Q1 342 274 68 19.9% — 100.0% 406
2025 Q4 352 286 66 18.8% 100.0% 96.8% 304
2025 Q3 383 257 126 32.9% — 100.0% 406
2025 Q2 424 299 125 29.5% 50.0% 95.0% 396
2025 Q1 317 233 84 26.5% — 100.0% 452
2024 Q4 378 272 106 28.0% — 90.0% 352
2024 Q3 382 268 114 29.8% 100.0% 97.2% 386
2024 Q2 433 340 93 21.5% 50.0% 94.4% 421
2024 Q1 380 276 104 27.4% 100.0% 95.1% 414
2023 Q4 435 326 109 25.1% 100.0% 95.6% 387
2023 Q3 440 319 121 27.5% 100.0% 93.2% 436
2023 Q2 473 339 134 28.3% 100.0% 98.2% 477
2023 Q1 406 280 126 31.0% 100.0% 84.0% 512
2022 Q4 411 319 92 22.4% 100.0% 91.2% 436
2022 Q3 536 393 143 26.7% 100.0% 83.3% 474
2022 Q2 530 413 117 22.1% 100.0% 89.5% 490
2022 Q1 467 340 127 27.2% 100.0% 90.2% 508
2021 Q4 530 419 111 20.9% 80.0% 85.7% 534
2021 Q3 575 467 108 18.8% 100.0% 94.1% 632
2021 Q2 596 404 192 32.2% 100.0% 93.6% 627
2021 Q1 480 321 159 33.1% 100.0% 97.1% 605
2020 Q4 480 330 150 31.3% 100.0% 94.0% 521
2020 Q3 463 306 157 33.9% — 80.0% 458
2020 Q2 504 337 167 33.1% 100.0% 65.9% 427
2020 Q1 307 224 83 27.0% 60.0% 59.4% 456
2019 Q4 406 317 89 21.9% — 80.4% 400
2019 Q3 477 392 85 17.8% 100.0% 81.8% 459
2019 Q2 453 349 104 23.0% 33.3% 73.0% 486
2019 Q1 436 338 98 22.5% 66.7% 96.0% 485
2018 Q4 413 325 88 21.3% 100.0% 86.2% 447
2018 Q3 540 449 91 16.9% 100.0% 61.9% 458
2018 Q2 441 372 69 15.6% — 76.3% 487
2018 Q1 376 321 55 14.6% 100.0% 80.0% 472
2017 Q4 454 369 85 18.7% 100.0% 76.3% 469
2017 Q3 478 385 93 19.5% 50.0% 80.8% 507
2017 Q2 527 433 94 17.8% 100.0% 80.7% 530
2017 Q1 424 328 96 22.6% 100.0% 87.5% 516
2016 Q4 509 408 101 19.8% 100.0% 89.0% 481
2016 Q3 511 420 91 17.8% 42.9% 76.3% 460
2016 Q2 502 431 71 14.1% 66.7% 80.7% 590
2016 Q1 370 325 45 12.2% 100.0% 74.2% 473
2015 Q4 405 338 67 16.5% 100.0% 86.8% 463
2015 Q3 452 352 100 22.1% 100.0% 80.0% 458
2015 Q2 484 391 93 19.2% 66.7% 80.9% 506
2015 Q1 367 294 73 19.9% 71.4% 73.9% 439
2014 Q4 427 323 104 24.4% 75.0% 78.0% 427
2014 Q3 417 332 85 20.4% 83.3% 68.1% 446
2014 Q2 418 339 79 18.9% 100.0% 66.7% 426
2014 Q1 438 321 54 12.3% 62.5% 45.0% 499
2013 Q4 450 331 62 13.8% 76.9% 36.7% 439
2013 Q3 509 375 70 13.8% 66.7% 30.6% 434
2013 Q2 423 314 46 10.9% 80.0% 31.2% 451
2013 Q1 297 207 39 13.1% 62.5% 50.0% 477
2012 Q4 330 225 59 17.9% 85.7% 61.9% 389
2012 Q3 396 247 78 19.7% 33.3% 65.6% 382
2012 Q2 391 278 62 15.9% 45.5% 70.9% 428
2012 Q1 462 344 67 14.5% 27.8% 61.1% 465
2011 Q4 519 369 88 17.0% 50.0% 78.4% 450
2011 Q3 522 366 101 19.3% 50.0% 72.0% 522
2011 Q2 524 359 107 20.4% 77.8% 79.5% 535
2011 Q1 403 275 93 23.1% 50.0% 74.3% 568
2010 Q4 488 331 97 19.9% 100.0% 77.6% 441
2010 Q3 496 345 85 17.1% 37.5% 76.3% 541
2010 Q2 500 337 102 20.4% 71.4% 70.0% 492
2010 Q1 367 255 73 19.9% 57.1% 77.9% 492
2009 Q4 442 306 87 19.7% 50.0% 79.8% 437
2009 Q3 479 358 78 16.3% 87.5% 82.0% 471
2009 Q2 485 342 93 19.2% 71.4% 79.2% 537
2009 Q1 391 243 95 24.3% 60.0% 82.0% 489
2008 Q4 465 327 105 22.6% 62.5% 79.3% 398
2008 Q3 585 433 152 26.0% 83.3% 89.4% 502
2008 Q2 546 368 178 32.6% 88.9% 87.0% 618
2008 Q1 523 332 171 32.7% 100.0% 94.2% 657
2007 Q4 646 434 176 27.2% 85.0% 90.6% 619
2007 Q3 663 451 177 26.7% 100.0% 96.7% 670
2007 Q2 692 457 195 28.2% 92.9% 89.2% 699
2007 Q1 519 341 143 27.6% 77.8% 91.4% 652
2006 Q4 608 448 143 23.5% 60.0% 94.5% 600
2006 Q3 633 450 163 25.8% 91.7% 93.8% 637
2006 Q2 653 445 181 27.7% 100.0% 96.9% 637
2006 Q1 551 399 129 23.4% 66.7% 96.4% 683
2005 Q4 564 415 136 24.1% 85.7% 96.2% 580
2005 Q3 710 476 211 29.7% 80.0% 96.2% 617
2005 Q2 702 480 197 28.1% 87.0% 90.1% 727
2005 Q1 475 350 108 22.7% 83.3% 89.2% 676
2004 Q4 552 424 123 22.3% 72.7% 88.4% 585
2004 Q3 647 503 125 19.3% 66.7% 86.6% 616
2004 Q2 601 469 123 20.5% 38.9% 73.5% 694
2004 Q1 546 459 80 14.7% 22.2% 65.8% 652
2003 Q4 586 486 91 15.5% 30.4% 57.0% 485
2003 Q3 663 574 77 11.6% 26.7% 58.3% 623
2003 Q2 620 536 67 10.8% 42.9% 60.8% 622
2003 Q1 249 210 38 15.3% 62.5% 51.0% 709
2002 Q4 603 488 99 16.4% 42.9% 71.2% 580
2002 Q3 791 697 88 11.1% 36.8% 58.7% 628
2002 Q2 517 453 56 10.8% 27.3% 6.8% 602
2002 Q1 568 502 61 10.7% 18.2% 9.6% 582
2001 Q4 559 494 49 8.8% 30.0% 6.2% 457
2001 Q3 457 419 36 7.9% 30.8% 26.3% 527
2001 Q2 590 555 35 5.9% 61.5% 43.7% 565
2001 Q1 451 403 48 10.6% 25.0% 34.0% 547
2000 Q4 442 399 40 9.0% 11.1% 24.7% 483
2000 Q3 499 463 34 6.8% 18.2% 36.2% 479
2000 Q2 471 441 29 6.2% 25.0% 37.6% 565
2000 Q1 409 369 40 9.8% 50.0% 39.5% 497
1999 Q4 416 381 31 7.5% 36.4% 50.0% 421
1999 Q3 465 420 45 9.7% 30.0% 40.4% 466
1999 Q2 468 431 37 7.9% 33.3% 42.7% 481
1999 Q1 341 318 21 6.2% 0.0% 53.3% 480
1998 Q4 409 377 32 7.8% 0.0% 37.2% 398
1998 Q3 401 369 31 7.7% 12.5% 40.4% 397
1998 Q2 382 356 25 6.5% 50.0% 44.6% 409
1998 Q1 369 325 42 11.4% 50.0% 36.8% 421
1997 Q4 390 346 44 11.3% 50.0% 44.4% 339
1997 Q3 390 355 33 8.5% 57.1% 41.4% 447
1997 Q2 466 427 39 8.4% 40.0% 36.5% 409
1997 Q1 365 323 41 11.2% 25.0% 46.3% 439
1996 Q4 355 311 44 12.4% 66.7% 51.7% 385
1996 Q3 404 360 42 10.4% 37.5% 46.8% 428
1996 Q2 417 358 56 13.4% 33.3% 42.5% 450
1996 Q1 200 177 23 11.5% 60.0% 49.3% —
1995 Q4 230 204 26 11.3% 50.0% 54.4% —
1995 Q3 223 194 29 13.0% 57.1% 41.3% —
1995 Q2 214 190 24 11.2% 83.3% 28.9% —
1995 Q1 147 139 8 5.4% 100.0% 41.5% —
1994 Q4 167 156 11 6.6% 100.0% 51.6% —
1994 Q3 192 172 20 10.4% 100.0% 62.7% —
1994 Q2 194 166 28 14.4% 100.0% 46.2% —
1994 Q1 161 125 36 22.4% 100.0% 78.9% —
1993 Q4 169 148 21 12.4% 75.0% 61.4% —
1993 Q3 205 155 50 24.4% 100.0% 69.2% —
1993 Q2 164 141 23 14.0% 100.0% 41.9% —
1993 Q1 176 147 29 16.5% 60.0% 58.3% —
1992 Q4 215 184 31 14.4% 85.7% 50.0% —
1992 Q3 210 174 36 17.1% 50.0% 60.4% —
1992 Q2 199 156 43 21.6% 80.0% 59.5% —
1992 Q1 217 180 37 17.1% 46.2% 44.4% —
1991 Q4 211 180 31 14.7% 60.0% 47.8% —
1991 Q3 260 219 41 15.8% 44.4% 53.2% —
1991 Q2 250 210 40 16.0% 71.4% 48.4% —
1991 Q1 252 178 74 29.4% 33.3% 52.5% —
1990 Q4 208 165 43 20.7% 20.0% 26.2% —
1990 Q3 228 183 45 19.7% 50.0% 44.8% —
1990 Q2 312 257 55 17.6% 55.6% 34.9% —
1990 Q1 319 245 74 23.2% 38.5% 22.6% —
1989 Q4 241 193 48 19.9% 20.0% 28.9% —
1989 Q3 265 218 47 17.7% 69.2% 30.0% —
1989 Q2 271 210 61 22.5% 63.6% 28.4% —
1989 Q1 368 312 56 15.2% 80.0% 46.1% —
1988 Q4 317 273 44 13.9% 50.0% 38.0% —
1988 Q3 359 309 50 13.9% 50.0% 39.1% —
1988 Q2 335 302 33 9.9% 33.3% 36.1% —
1988 Q1 272 239 33 12.1% 100.0% 33.0% —
1987 Q4 206 178 28 13.6% 25.0% 40.3% —
1987 Q3 315 280 35 11.1% 83.3% 51.1% —
1987 Q2 337 289 48 14.2% 75.0% 37.3% —
1987 Q1 235 202 33 14.0% 25.0% 28.6% —
1986 Q4 290 245 45 15.5% 16.7% 37.4% —
1986 Q3 329 284 45 13.7% 75.0% 30.9% —
1986 Q2 207 172 35 16.9% 87.5% 41.9% —
1986 Q1 233 198 35 15.0% 75.0% 42.7% —
1985 Q4 279 237 42 15.1% 80.0% 54.5% —
1985 Q3 320 278 42 13.1% 33.3% 44.9% —
1985 Q2 274 240 34 12.4% 58.3% 40.0% —
1985 Q1 266 232 34 12.8% 50.0% 57.8% —
1984 Q4 289 246 43 14.9% 41.2% 42.9% —
1984 Q3 346 307 39 11.3% 27.3% 63.2% —
1984 Q2 308 273 35 11.4% 80.0% 50.6% —
1984 Q1 246 218 28 11.4% 66.7% 59.0% —
1983 Q4 258 221 37 14.3% 40.0% 62.3% —
1983 Q3 307 277 30 9.8% 50.0% 63.5% —
1983 Q2 380 348 32 8.4% 80.0% 70.4% —
1983 Q1 258 213 45 17.4% 66.7% 73.0% —
1982 Q4 269 226 43 16.0% 50.0% 78.7% —
1982 Q3 292 267 25 8.6% 77.8% 75.0% —
1982 Q2 286 265 21 7.3% 62.5% 71.4% —
1982 Q1 245 221 24 9.8% 57.1% 66.7% —
1981 Q4 297 263 34 11.4% 50.0% 66.3% —
1981 Q3 301 266 35 11.6% 13.3% 53.7% —
1981 Q2 449 395 54 12.0% 69.2% 39.6% —
1981 Q1 319 284 35 11.0% 60.0% 56.0% —
1980 Q4 326 280 46 14.1% 55.6% 63.0% —
1980 Q3 369 324 45 12.2% 77.8% 54.2% —
1980 Q2 425 374 51 12.0% 72.7% 59.1% —
1980 Q1 350 297 53 15.1% 83.3% 55.7% —
1979 Q4 369 315 54 14.6% 100.0% 56.9% —
1979 Q3 406 352 54 13.3% 100.0% 46.6% —
1979 Q2 393 342 51 13.0% 30.0% 45.3% —

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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