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Hounslow

London · E09000018 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,216
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
25.4%
higher than 97% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.9%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.2%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.6%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
41.6%
306 allowed of 735 decided
Decisions overturned
4.0%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 38.0%

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
1,435
in the window
Applications decided
1,216
in the window
Approval rate
74.6%
907 granted, 309 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 29 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
96.6%
rank 62 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 6 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
Major3393.9%100.0%
Minor31272.4%94.9%
Other87174.6%—
of which householder68978.5%97.2%
"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
02094182024 Q3: 418 received2024 Q3: 303 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 398 received2024 Q4: 360 decided2025 Q1: 392 received2025 Q1: 381 decided2025 Q2: 359 received2025 Q2: 332 decided2025 Q3: 336 received2025 Q3: 284 decided2025 Q4: 301 received2025 Q4: 287 decided2026 Q1: 399 received2026 Q1: 288 decided2026 Q2: 399 received2026 Q2: 357 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
76%
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 (E09000018). 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 357 268 89 24.9% — 98.0% 399
2026 Q1 288 217 71 24.7% — 94.9% 399
2025 Q4 287 219 68 23.7% — 93.9% 301
2025 Q3 284 203 81 28.5% 100.0% 90.9% 336
2025 Q2 332 212 120 36.1% — 90.0% 359
2025 Q1 381 243 138 36.2% — 88.0% 392
2024 Q4 360 240 120 33.3% — 63.8% 398
2024 Q3 303 224 79 26.1% 75.0% 61.2% 418
2024 Q2 322 215 107 33.2% 100.0% 84.0% 352
2024 Q1 321 199 122 38.0% 100.0% 93.8% 466
2023 Q4 358 232 126 35.2% 100.0% 96.4% 375
2023 Q3 340 248 92 27.1% 66.7% 98.1% 390
2023 Q2 353 234 119 33.7% 100.0% 93.8% 461
2023 Q1 340 225 115 33.8% 33.3% 93.5% 422
2022 Q4 419 305 114 27.2% 50.0% 92.3% 432
2022 Q3 413 281 132 32.0% 100.0% 74.6% 481
2022 Q2 385 265 120 31.2% 75.0% 83.6% 535
2022 Q1 403 299 104 25.8% 25.0% 75.0% 522
2021 Q4 348 242 106 30.5% 42.9% 89.2% 505
2021 Q3 540 380 160 29.6% 0.0% 76.2% 501
2021 Q2 518 370 148 28.6% 40.0% 83.5% 589
2021 Q1 424 322 102 24.1% 66.7% 77.5% 571
2020 Q4 429 315 114 26.6% 50.0% 87.1% 484
2020 Q3 343 233 110 32.1% 100.0% 88.4% 489
2020 Q2 405 291 114 28.1% 100.0% 91.4% 408
2020 Q1 374 274 100 26.7% 100.0% 76.3% 530
2019 Q4 421 293 128 30.4% 80.0% 92.1% 508
2019 Q3 440 304 136 30.9% 75.0% 83.2% 512
2019 Q2 462 324 138 29.9% 100.0% 82.4% 506
2019 Q1 399 286 113 28.3% 100.0% 92.0% 511
2018 Q4 422 289 133 31.5% 100.0% 91.6% 523
2018 Q3 450 337 113 25.1% 50.0% 94.5% 483
2018 Q2 465 357 108 23.2% — 96.2% 561
2018 Q1 517 369 148 28.6% 85.7% 91.6% 592
2017 Q4 502 349 153 30.5% 50.0% 86.6% 588
2017 Q3 557 376 181 32.5% 100.0% 89.9% 587
2017 Q2 499 345 154 30.9% 75.0% 87.9% 630
2017 Q1 464 322 142 30.6% 81.3% 81.6% 631
2016 Q4 550 374 176 32.0% 100.0% 79.3% 578
2016 Q3 583 411 172 29.5% 100.0% 81.1% 667
2016 Q2 529 367 162 30.6% 71.4% 81.0% 735
2016 Q1 500 364 136 27.2% 86.7% 82.0% 664
2015 Q4 541 373 168 31.1% 62.5% 68.9% 607
2015 Q3 558 403 155 27.8% 68.4% 58.8% 557
2015 Q2 494 386 108 21.9% 53.8% 75.2% 685
2015 Q1 405 299 106 26.2% 73.3% 60.6% 638
2014 Q4 511 373 138 27.0% 76.2% 77.8% 565
2014 Q3 559 436 123 22.0% 85.0% 66.3% 601
2014 Q2 478 385 93 19.5% 58.3% 65.5% 612
2014 Q1 518 300 77 14.9% 60.0% 54.4% 654
2013 Q4 723 346 85 11.8% 83.3% 60.7% 736
2013 Q3 850 381 110 12.9% 81.8% 69.3% 941
2013 Q2 532 313 114 21.4% 53.3% 83.5% 753
2013 Q1 484 305 85 17.6% 75.0% 69.2% 690
2012 Q4 555 336 111 20.0% 60.0% 63.4% 563
2012 Q3 650 402 97 14.9% 40.0% 49.5% 676
2012 Q2 630 388 131 20.8% 50.0% 58.4% 691
2012 Q1 651 424 119 18.3% 16.2% 36.5% 768
2011 Q4 503 332 82 16.3% 16.7% 39.5% 646
2011 Q3 596 384 96 16.1% 12.5% 70.1% 674
2011 Q2 532 338 75 14.1% 28.6% 67.7% 689
2011 Q1 467 286 93 19.9% 66.7% 70.6% 639
2010 Q4 555 328 131 23.6% 33.3% 64.7% 605
2010 Q3 663 384 122 18.4% 27.3% 69.8% 751
2010 Q2 616 333 134 21.8% 44.4% 78.4% 643
2010 Q1 463 229 125 27.0% 58.8% 75.3% 629
2009 Q4 572 345 114 19.9% 50.0% 69.0% 592
2009 Q3 582 335 114 19.6% 57.1% 76.4% 634
2009 Q2 516 250 134 26.0% 81.8% 72.1% 621
2009 Q1 386 201 89 23.1% 61.5% 77.8% 572
2008 Q4 579 304 157 27.1% 66.7% 84.3% 522
2008 Q3 708 371 197 27.8% 38.5% 85.6% 701
2008 Q2 665 339 220 33.1% 85.0% 82.9% 770
2008 Q1 727 462 265 36.5% 85.7% 81.1% 801
2007 Q4 638 461 177 27.7% 91.7% 80.8% 708
2007 Q3 793 532 261 32.9% 94.4% 79.1% 786
2007 Q2 641 448 193 30.1% 68.8% 79.8% 796
2007 Q1 692 451 241 34.8% 88.2% 85.7% 819
2006 Q4 673 467 206 30.6% 77.8% 71.7% 628
2006 Q3 733 520 213 29.1% 64.3% 79.0% 801
2006 Q2 706 476 230 32.6% 85.0% 78.9% 825
2006 Q1 578 390 188 32.5% 84.2% 78.9% 788
2005 Q4 624 436 188 30.1% 47.1% 72.4% 628
2005 Q3 717 478 239 33.3% 75.0% 78.7% 728
2005 Q2 675 451 224 33.2% 62.5% 71.4% 740
2005 Q1 670 420 250 37.3% 38.5% 79.0% 775
2004 Q4 699 470 229 32.8% 47.8% 66.9% 694
2004 Q3 894 600 294 32.9% 50.0% 65.6% 790
2004 Q2 528 360 168 31.8% 33.3% 53.3% 847
2004 Q1 668 459 208 31.1% 44.4% 60.3% 677
2003 Q4 569 404 165 29.0% 33.3% 62.4% 628
2003 Q3 799 540 254 31.8% 77.8% 64.3% 692
2003 Q2 731 449 281 38.4% 42.9% 58.5% 848
2003 Q1 708 470 232 32.8% 54.5% 63.2% 787
2002 Q4 676 495 179 26.5% 15.4% 67.0% 704
2002 Q3 761 529 222 29.2% 12.5% 54.8% 793
2002 Q2 627 452 170 27.1% 33.3% 71.3% 751
2002 Q1 790 517 182 23.0% 81.1% 77.9% 852
2001 Q4 745 557 184 24.7% 56.8% 58.5% 659
2001 Q3 716 568 144 20.1% 78.9% 65.6% 815
2001 Q2 558 424 134 24.0% 52.8% 48.8% 838
2001 Q1 762 586 170 22.3% 82.5% 65.0% 702
2000 Q4 696 546 147 21.1% 47.5% 45.9% 688
2000 Q3 705 535 162 23.0% 41.7% 33.1% 692
2000 Q2 527 409 101 19.2% 44.4% 32.0% 709
2000 Q1 539 424 108 20.0% 32.5% 28.3% 611
1999 Q4 465 365 87 18.7% 65.6% 34.5% 577
1999 Q3 538 393 93 17.3% 52.4% 49.2% 589
1999 Q2 481 352 81 16.8% 79.4% 47.6% 608
1999 Q1 482 330 101 21.0% 55.0% 36.8% 591
1998 Q4 577 416 109 18.9% 58.1% 36.4% 522
1998 Q3 458 322 90 19.7% 64.0% 41.0% 571
1998 Q2 515 356 98 19.0% 50.0% 52.1% 603
1998 Q1 467 331 91 19.5% 57.1% 40.9% 513
1997 Q4 532 410 77 14.5% 45.9% 49.7% 533
1997 Q3 538 396 83 15.4% 51.1% 40.8% 524
1997 Q2 428 317 55 12.9% 50.0% 38.8% 592
1997 Q1 392 317 72 18.4% 14.3% 54.0% 495
1996 Q4 484 343 102 21.1% 5.0% 41.7% 487
1996 Q3 502 304 95 18.9% 80.0% 32.7% 464
1996 Q2 447 293 67 15.0% 28.6% 34.8% 519
1996 Q1 390 322 68 17.4% 81.8% 67.9% —
1995 Q4 415 362 53 12.8% 67.7% 62.4% —
1995 Q3 441 379 62 14.1% 66.7% 68.9% —
1995 Q2 651 552 99 15.2% 76.9% 72.4% —
1995 Q1 375 318 57 15.2% 60.7% 52.2% —
1994 Q4 474 393 81 17.1% 78.1% 62.2% —
1994 Q3 614 520 94 15.3% 61.1% 73.8% —
1994 Q2 538 463 75 13.9% 60.6% 71.4% —
1994 Q1 420 344 76 18.1% 57.1% 69.3% —
1993 Q4 483 394 89 18.4% 65.6% 72.4% —
1993 Q3 473 410 63 13.3% 68.3% 71.9% —
1993 Q2 396 330 66 16.7% 89.5% 73.2% —
1993 Q1 389 330 59 15.2% 71.0% 64.5% —
1992 Q4 447 369 78 17.4% 66.7% 68.1% —
1992 Q3 437 350 87 19.9% 78.6% 67.5% —
1992 Q2 475 393 82 17.3% 73.5% 71.1% —
1992 Q1 505 402 103 20.4% 61.1% 73.1% —
1991 Q4 420 324 96 22.9% 70.0% 69.6% —
1991 Q3 455 360 95 20.9% 59.3% 74.1% —
1991 Q2 549 435 114 20.8% 75.0% 71.0% —
1991 Q1 439 325 114 26.0% 68.0% 73.6% —
1990 Q4 526 379 147 27.9% 78.3% 76.6% —
1990 Q3 611 457 154 25.2% 80.6% 66.5% —
1990 Q2 712 506 206 28.9% 75.8% 73.5% —
1990 Q1 476 363 113 23.7% 76.9% 68.6% —
1989 Q4 601 419 182 30.3% 73.3% 66.8% —
1989 Q3 615 433 182 29.6% 84.6% 64.9% —
1989 Q2 824 589 235 28.5% 76.9% 69.1% —
1989 Q1 458 334 124 27.1% 63.0% 69.0% —
1988 Q4 672 507 165 24.6% 64.1% 63.5% —
1988 Q3 680 504 176 25.9% 56.3% 61.9% —
1988 Q2 684 506 178 26.0% 89.5% 65.7% —
1988 Q1 518 402 116 22.4% 58.3% 75.3% —
1987 Q4 518 382 136 26.3% 76.7% 72.3% —
1987 Q3 669 509 160 23.9% 66.7% 63.6% —
1987 Q2 579 449 130 22.5% 80.0% 63.9% —
1987 Q1 370 304 66 17.8% 64.3% 66.7% —
1986 Q4 527 424 103 19.5% 69.6% 78.6% —
1986 Q3 542 445 97 17.9% 68.8% 75.3% —
1986 Q2 532 423 109 20.5% 81.3% 72.9% —
1986 Q1 426 332 94 22.1% 65.2% 70.3% —
1985 Q4 465 350 115 24.7% 76.5% 69.6% —
1985 Q3 487 395 92 18.9% 61.1% 50.6% —
1985 Q2 684 549 135 19.7% 42.1% 42.4% —
1985 Q1 109 80 29 26.6% 87.5% 45.6% —
1984 Q4 391 328 63 16.1% 61.5% 32.7% —
1984 Q3 459 373 86 18.7% 75.0% 45.0% —
1984 Q2 455 373 82 18.0% 68.8% 31.9% —
1984 Q1 369 303 66 17.9% 92.9% 33.9% —
1983 Q4 380 309 71 18.7% 64.3% 36.7% —
1983 Q3 384 318 66 17.2% 75.0% 17.5% —
1983 Q2 387 324 63 16.3% 59.1% 29.1% —
1983 Q1 397 333 64 16.1% 72.7% 48.0% —
1982 Q4 366 287 79 21.6% 78.3% 50.0% —
1982 Q3 316 266 50 15.8% 66.7% 51.0% —
1982 Q2 498 414 84 16.9% 89.7% 54.5% —
1982 Q1 326 273 53 16.3% 71.4% 53.2% —
1981 Q4 370 301 69 18.6% 63.6% 60.5% —
1981 Q3 342 278 64 18.7% 70.0% 55.6% —
1981 Q2 603 475 128 21.2% 96.2% 56.5% —
1981 Q1 379 297 82 21.6% 77.8% 52.9% —
1980 Q4 423 349 74 17.5% 78.6% 63.8% —
1980 Q3 439 367 72 16.4% 61.1% 33.6% —
1980 Q2 561 459 102 18.2% 65.2% 21.3% —
1980 Q1 467 394 73 15.6% 25.0% 17.9% —
1979 Q4 385 319 66 17.1% 33.3% 28.7% —
1979 Q3 541 456 85 15.7% 60.0% 31.5% —
1979 Q2 443 378 65 14.7% 66.7% 21.4% —

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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