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Hillingdon

London · E09000017 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,633
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
15.0%
higher than 69% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
88.8%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
94.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.8%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
35.8%
325 allowed of 908 decided
Decisions overturned
3.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 38.6%

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
1,792
in the window
Applications decided
1,633
in the window
Approval rate
85.0%
1,388 granted, 245 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 12 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
92.9%
rank 125 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 13 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
Major1794.1%100.0%
Minor36768.7%88.8%
Other1,24989.7%—
of which householder1,14790.2%94.0%
"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
02625242024 Q3: 496 received2024 Q3: 473 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 471 received2024 Q4: 518 decided2025 Q1: 524 received2025 Q1: 432 decided2025 Q2: 433 received2025 Q2: 468 decided2025 Q3: 429 received2025 Q3: 399 decided2025 Q4: 422 received2025 Q4: 404 decided2026 Q1: 479 received2026 Q1: 409 decided2026 Q2: 462 received2026 Q2: 421 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
67%
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 (E09000017). 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 421 362 59 14.0% — 93.9% 462
2026 Q1 409 345 64 15.6% — 86.8% 479
2025 Q4 404 342 62 15.3% 100.0% 88.0% 422
2025 Q3 399 339 60 15.0% 100.0% 86.8% 429
2025 Q2 468 399 69 14.7% 100.0% 81.8% 433
2025 Q1 432 347 85 19.7% — 89.5% 524
2024 Q4 518 404 114 22.0% — 90.6% 471
2024 Q3 473 389 84 17.8% — 82.4% 496
2024 Q2 514 413 101 19.6% — 64.7% 493
2024 Q1 480 356 124 25.8% — 90.2% 461
2023 Q4 524 421 103 19.7% — 79.7% 464
2023 Q3 549 426 123 22.4% — 77.6% 661
2023 Q2 528 394 134 25.4% 100.0% 85.4% 680
2023 Q1 624 486 138 22.1% — 81.1% 682
2022 Q4 506 397 109 21.5% — 76.7% 708
2022 Q3 569 419 150 26.4% — 81.6% 657
2022 Q2 685 524 161 23.5% 100.0% 79.2% 650
2022 Q1 532 349 183 34.4% — 87.5% 704
2021 Q4 450 317 133 29.6% 0.0% 82.1% 620
2021 Q3 614 436 178 29.0% 100.0% 78.5% 716
2021 Q2 687 449 238 34.6% 100.0% 85.9% 866
2021 Q1 668 440 228 34.1% 100.0% 88.6% 938
2020 Q4 640 406 234 36.6% 50.0% 78.9% 853
2020 Q3 573 371 202 35.3% — 83.6% 812
2020 Q2 622 390 232 37.3% 100.0% 79.8% 635
2020 Q1 549 349 200 36.4% 0.0% 84.0% 788
2019 Q4 617 413 204 33.1% 0.0% 79.5% 718
2019 Q3 632 396 236 37.3% 66.7% 87.5% 682
2019 Q2 660 443 217 32.9% — 85.7% 838
2019 Q1 566 351 215 38.0% 40.0% 76.1% 765
2018 Q4 588 365 223 37.9% 50.0% 81.9% 753
2018 Q3 601 398 203 33.8% 0.0% 84.0% 753
2018 Q2 676 415 261 38.6% — 88.6% 853
2018 Q1 652 403 249 38.2% 50.0% 82.8% 874
2017 Q4 672 420 252 37.5% 75.0% 74.7% 860
2017 Q3 641 443 198 30.9% 42.9% 77.0% 830
2017 Q2 709 453 256 36.1% 100.0% 72.0% 875
2017 Q1 602 392 210 34.9% 75.0% 78.6% 929
2016 Q4 564 374 190 33.7% — 73.3% 717
2016 Q3 613 422 191 31.2% 0.0% 69.4% 815
2016 Q2 685 496 189 27.6% 50.0% 73.9% 887
2016 Q1 573 416 157 27.4% 83.3% 75.0% 897
2015 Q4 658 446 212 32.2% 100.0% 81.5% 837
2015 Q3 665 422 243 36.5% 100.0% 68.5% 853
2015 Q2 605 385 220 36.4% 100.0% 83.2% 837
2015 Q1 559 346 213 38.1% 87.5% 63.6% 809
2014 Q4 649 393 256 39.4% 88.9% 69.8% 731
2014 Q3 605 395 210 34.7% 100.0% 72.1% 799
2014 Q2 574 366 208 36.2% 100.0% 70.9% 749
2014 Q1 574 244 192 33.4% 58.3% 63.1% 736
2013 Q4 630 289 206 32.7% 73.3% 66.9% 595
2013 Q3 673 315 206 30.6% 63.6% 74.6% 645
2013 Q2 605 331 186 30.7% 75.0% 70.4% 731
2013 Q1 592 314 170 28.7% 73.1% 70.0% 624
2012 Q4 561 306 155 27.6% 68.8% 77.5% 638
2012 Q3 621 322 175 28.2% 30.8% 78.5% 597
2012 Q2 680 365 176 25.9% 64.7% 76.0% 689
2012 Q1 585 334 158 27.0% 12.5% 60.4% 602
2011 Q4 640 355 184 28.8% 52.2% 62.6% 635
2011 Q3 665 377 167 25.1% 42.9% 55.9% 622
2011 Q2 586 309 166 28.3% 71.4% 74.5% 671
2011 Q1 544 311 145 26.7% 63.6% 73.1% 645
2010 Q4 589 341 155 26.3% 68.2% 69.3% 582
2010 Q3 639 358 165 25.8% 78.9% 77.0% 654
2010 Q2 609 326 165 27.1% 66.7% 70.1% 643
2010 Q1 457 265 116 25.4% 86.7% 76.8% 631
2009 Q4 557 308 130 23.3% 86.7% 74.5% 562
2009 Q3 683 368 177 25.9% 57.1% 77.1% 602
2009 Q2 531 278 151 28.4% 88.9% 81.0% 641
2009 Q1 516 259 148 28.7% 66.7% 77.0% 575
2008 Q4 729 400 211 28.9% 88.0% 68.6% 648
2008 Q3 823 410 293 35.6% 78.3% 75.0% 762
2008 Q2 810 421 297 36.7% 88.9% 63.3% 815
2008 Q1 689 392 205 29.8% 73.3% 67.1% 889
2007 Q4 763 404 266 34.9% 88.5% 78.1% 802
2007 Q3 813 404 269 33.1% 75.8% 72.8% 913
2007 Q2 819 444 245 29.9% 70.6% 73.8% 745
2007 Q1 679 389 209 30.8% 83.9% 70.1% 875
2006 Q4 630 343 182 28.9% 66.7% 70.6% 693
2006 Q3 769 450 188 24.4% 63.0% 71.4% 708
2006 Q2 775 382 286 36.9% 76.9% 76.1% 839
2006 Q1 595 337 180 30.3% 61.1% 74.8% 871
2005 Q4 661 358 206 31.2% 72.0% 75.0% 685
2005 Q3 781 416 250 32.0% 60.0% 72.3% 382
2005 Q2 764 460 212 27.7% 78.6% 75.3% 794
2005 Q1 674 367 214 31.8% 77.3% 73.2% 872
2004 Q4 686 416 177 25.8% 73.3% 65.8% 687
2004 Q3 840 550 186 22.1% 82.8% 71.7% 849
2004 Q2 812 463 187 23.0% 56.0% 72.2% 860
2004 Q1 635 358 171 26.9% 38.1% 53.3% 793
2003 Q4 691 451 165 23.9% 65.0% 36.9% 678
2003 Q3 728 491 138 19.0% 48.1% 20.5% 670
2003 Q2 687 456 134 19.5% 0.0% 12.9% 760
2003 Q1 615 399 134 21.8% 12.5% 15.4% 717
2002 Q4 607 402 116 19.1% 0.0% 8.8% 691
2002 Q3 673 445 143 21.2% 50.0% 2.8% 738
2002 Q2 525 355 98 18.7% 0.0% 8.2% 743
2002 Q1 602 439 117 19.4% 11.1% 9.2% 706
2001 Q4 617 448 106 17.2% 22.2% 15.0% 598
2001 Q3 662 482 96 14.5% 20.0% 6.8% 629
2001 Q2 562 437 102 18.1% 0.0% 23.6% 713
2001 Q1 620 472 85 13.7% 43.8% 52.0% 617
2000 Q4 636 484 87 13.7% 41.2% 51.6% 700
2000 Q3 0 0 0 — — — 765
2000 Q2 651 493 90 13.8% 41.2% 51.9% 929
2000 Q1 569 428 83 14.6% 35.3% 49.1% 713
1999 Q4 575 432 89 15.5% 38.9% 48.5% 589
1999 Q3 567 428 84 14.8% 40.0% 53.2% 0
1999 Q2 584 445 133 22.8% 38.5% 60.5% 635
1999 Q1 527 390 129 24.5% 47.6% 54.6% 597
1998 Q4 562 416 134 23.8% 14.3% 40.4% 558
1998 Q3 576 439 130 22.6% 43.5% 51.9% 520
1998 Q2 596 482 104 17.4% 26.1% 42.5% 622
1998 Q1 542 449 88 16.2% 29.2% 45.2% 598
1997 Q4 422 329 83 19.7% 30.0% 21.0% 504
1997 Q3 435 357 71 16.3% 31.3% 18.5% 485
1997 Q2 400 327 61 15.3% 31.3% 15.1% 542
1997 Q1 337 256 75 22.3% 32.0% 17.8% 417
1996 Q4 449 355 72 16.0% 50.0% 25.6% 394
1996 Q3 511 426 78 15.3% 42.9% 29.6% 581
1996 Q2 473 378 82 17.3% 37.5% 48.6% 478
1996 Q1 143 118 25 17.5% 50.0% 64.9% —
1995 Q4 148 125 23 15.5% 100.0% 74.0% —
1995 Q3 185 159 26 14.1% 85.7% 61.4% —
1995 Q2 189 161 28 14.8% 100.0% 66.7% —
1995 Q1 170 148 22 12.9% 57.1% 60.3% —
1994 Q4 184 148 36 19.6% 50.0% 63.5% —
1994 Q3 218 184 34 15.6% 44.4% 67.1% —
1994 Q2 225 184 41 18.2% 81.8% 70.1% —
1994 Q1 179 135 44 24.6% 57.1% 50.0% —
1993 Q4 165 137 28 17.0% 66.7% 69.7% —
1993 Q3 228 187 41 18.0% 75.0% 78.8% —
1993 Q2 189 153 36 19.0% 60.0% 80.4% —
1993 Q1 121 91 30 24.8% 83.3% 70.2% —
1992 Q4 162 136 26 16.0% 75.0% 65.7% —
1992 Q3 224 187 37 16.5% 87.5% 74.0% —
1992 Q2 252 199 53 21.0% 57.1% 75.6% —
1992 Q1 203 155 48 23.6% 50.0% 55.7% —
1991 Q4 172 138 34 19.8% 100.0% 61.1% —
1991 Q3 256 200 56 21.9% 80.0% 53.0% —
1991 Q2 237 197 40 16.9% 50.0% 38.9% —
1991 Q1 182 137 45 24.7% 33.3% 46.3% —
1990 Q4 220 170 50 22.7% 57.1% 49.0% —
1990 Q3 269 206 63 23.4% 61.9% 59.1% —
1990 Q2 248 193 55 22.2% 50.0% 65.9% —
1990 Q1 267 214 53 19.9% 66.7% 43.1% —
1989 Q4 281 237 44 15.7% 50.0% 44.0% —
1989 Q3 309 242 67 21.7% 60.0% 42.6% —
1989 Q2 319 253 66 20.7% 52.0% 52.0% —
1989 Q1 236 203 33 14.0% 63.6% 48.2% —
1988 Q4 260 226 34 13.1% 63.6% 49.1% —
1988 Q3 275 251 24 8.7% 81.3% 58.0% —
1988 Q2 254 227 27 10.6% 100.0% 56.7% —
1988 Q1 199 164 35 17.6% 57.1% 54.7% —
1987 Q4 198 178 20 10.1% 0.0% 48.6% —
1987 Q3 290 239 51 17.6% 100.0% 58.5% —
1987 Q2 219 179 40 18.3% 100.0% 47.8% —
1987 Q1 180 151 29 16.1% 66.7% 30.0% —
1986 Q4 196 159 37 18.9% 50.0% 57.8% —
1986 Q3 206 164 42 20.4% 75.0% 57.1% —
1986 Q2 223 186 37 16.6% 87.5% 53.4% —
1986 Q1 208 159 49 23.6% 85.7% 57.9% —
1985 Q4 192 151 41 21.4% 100.0% 75.9% —
1985 Q3 243 203 40 16.5% 92.9% 60.4% —
1985 Q2 224 189 35 15.6% 100.0% 81.8% —
1985 Q1 182 142 40 22.0% 66.7% 85.3% —
1984 Q4 214 173 41 19.2% 100.0% 86.5% —
1984 Q3 259 226 33 12.7% 100.0% 69.2% —
1984 Q2 218 181 37 17.0% 75.0% 78.9% —
1984 Q1 245 214 31 12.7% 71.4% 68.6% —
1983 Q4 221 193 28 12.7% 93.8% 88.3% —
1983 Q3 251 210 41 16.3% 77.8% 73.9% —
1983 Q2 296 258 38 12.8% 100.0% 78.4% —
1983 Q1 258 219 39 15.1% 50.0% 73.1% —
1982 Q4 207 176 31 15.0% 66.7% 87.2% —
1982 Q3 246 205 41 16.7% 80.0% 84.8% —
1982 Q2 287 243 44 15.3% 90.9% 73.6% —
1982 Q1 256 219 37 14.5% 100.0% 71.5% —
1981 Q4 217 174 43 19.8% 83.3% 76.7% —
1981 Q3 300 256 44 14.7% 63.6% 70.7% —
1981 Q2 589 423 166 28.2% 88.5% 48.8% —
1981 Q1 326 237 89 27.3% 75.0% 37.8% —
1980 Q4 262 212 50 19.1% 50.0% 68.0% —
1980 Q3 521 419 102 19.6% 53.8% 50.8% —
1980 Q2 393 326 67 17.0% 33.3% 37.7% —
1980 Q1 371 308 63 17.0% 77.8% 25.9% —
1979 Q4 373 308 65 17.4% 35.3% 23.6% —
1979 Q3 276 232 44 15.9% 42.9% 19.3% —
1979 Q2 293 248 45 15.4% 57.1% 23.7% —

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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