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Kensington and Chelsea

London · E09000020 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
2,292
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
6.9%
higher than 20% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
92.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
92.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
91.4%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
42.2%
184 allowed of 436 decided
Decisions overturned
1.5%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 16.6%

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
2,505
in the window
Applications decided
2,292
in the window
Approval rate
93.1%
2,133 granted, 159 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 3 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
87.0%
rank 215 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 24 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
Major9100.0%100.0%
Minor84093.2%92.7%
Other1,44392.9%—
of which householder66493.7%92.0%
"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
04969912024 Q3: 784 received2024 Q3: 568 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 750 received2024 Q4: 680 decided2025 Q1: 666 received2025 Q1: 539 decided2025 Q2: 708 received2025 Q2: 662 decided2025 Q3: 700 received2025 Q3: 603 decided2025 Q4: 633 received2025 Q4: 577 decided2026 Q1: 394 received2026 Q1: 121 decided2026 Q2: 778 received2026 Q2: 991 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
78%
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 (E09000020). 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 991 934 57 5.8% — 85.1% 778
2026 Q1 121 115 6 5.0% — 0.0% 394
2025 Q4 577 521 56 9.7% — 98.2% 633
2025 Q3 603 563 40 6.6% 100.0% 98.4% 700
2025 Q2 662 623 39 5.9% 100.0% 99.1% 708
2025 Q1 539 508 31 5.8% — 95.6% 666
2024 Q4 680 616 64 9.4% — 98.3% 750
2024 Q3 568 515 53 9.3% — 98.4% 784
2024 Q2 565 502 63 11.2% 100.0% 99.1% 702
2024 Q1 631 555 76 12.0% — 98.6% 686
2023 Q4 568 510 58 10.2% 100.0% 98.6% 720
2023 Q3 661 576 85 12.9% 100.0% 96.7% 750
2023 Q2 624 553 71 11.4% 100.0% 97.8% 713
2023 Q1 568 488 80 14.1% — 87.4% 722
2022 Q4 591 528 63 10.7% — 86.0% 691
2022 Q3 585 541 44 7.5% — 94.7% 598
2022 Q2 535 473 62 11.6% 100.0% 81.7% 756
2022 Q1 521 455 66 12.7% 100.0% 78.4% 667
2021 Q4 602 533 69 11.5% — 75.6% 674
2021 Q3 637 551 86 13.5% 100.0% 82.5% 714
2021 Q2 617 540 77 12.5% 100.0% 71.7% 772
2021 Q1 526 461 65 12.4% 100.0% 66.5% 651
2020 Q4 537 469 68 12.7% 100.0% 56.0% 660
2020 Q3 480 421 59 12.3% 100.0% 49.0% 624
2020 Q2 465 409 56 12.0% — 46.0% 566
2020 Q1 513 445 68 13.3% — 74.7% 594
2019 Q4 639 567 72 11.3% 100.0% 82.2% 690
2019 Q3 647 585 62 9.6% — 86.3% 741
2019 Q2 625 567 58 9.3% 50.0% 75.0% 777
2019 Q1 619 547 72 11.6% 100.0% 78.8% 633
2018 Q4 653 566 87 13.3% 80.0% 83.5% 783
2018 Q3 623 536 87 14.0% 80.0% 85.1% 725
2018 Q2 672 568 104 15.5% 100.0% 82.8% 826
2018 Q1 621 518 103 16.6% 100.0% 82.9% 752
2017 Q4 692 609 83 12.0% 100.0% 87.8% 764
2017 Q3 782 681 101 12.9% 100.0% 86.5% 877
2017 Q2 788 683 105 13.3% 100.0% 90.9% 930
2017 Q1 648 565 83 12.8% 100.0% 83.3% 877
2016 Q4 755 634 121 16.0% 80.0% 84.2% 947
2016 Q3 1,010 844 166 16.4% 88.9% 92.4% 1,032
2016 Q2 1,305 1,135 170 13.0% 100.0% 87.7% 2,169
2016 Q1 1,430 1,254 176 12.3% 100.0% 87.5% 1,204
2015 Q4 1,240 1,042 198 16.0% — 87.0% 1,425
2015 Q3 1,206 1,017 189 15.7% 100.0% 92.0% 1,312
2015 Q2 939 762 177 18.8% 75.0% 86.2% 1,220
2015 Q1 817 570 247 30.2% 81.8% 80.0% 1,128
2014 Q4 983 734 249 25.3% 90.9% 82.1% 1,158
2014 Q3 1,044 881 163 15.6% 100.0% 78.7% 1,340
2014 Q2 1,008 876 132 13.1% 75.0% 75.0% 1,253
2014 Q1 1,111 880 158 14.2% 100.0% 65.1% 1,297
2013 Q4 989 754 138 14.0% 100.0% 74.2% 1,371
2013 Q3 1,080 769 213 19.7% 80.0% 79.1% 1,382
2013 Q2 989 700 189 19.1% 90.0% 78.7% 1,255
2013 Q1 974 689 210 21.6% 60.0% 75.8% 1,179
2012 Q4 1,033 736 219 21.2% 66.7% 78.4% 1,085
2012 Q3 991 743 174 17.6% 71.4% 71.1% 1,149
2012 Q2 978 725 171 17.5% 100.0% 66.6% 1,161
2012 Q1 908 673 160 17.6% 0.0% 54.0% 1,112
2011 Q4 805 604 123 15.3% 0.0% 50.2% 947
2011 Q3 758 567 144 19.0% 25.0% 58.7% 993
2011 Q2 743 589 112 15.1% 33.3% 69.9% 986
2011 Q1 885 669 151 17.1% 40.0% 57.8% 895
2010 Q4 851 668 116 13.6% 40.0% 39.0% 845
2010 Q3 750 606 98 13.1% 50.0% 54.3% 1,034
2010 Q2 686 540 97 14.1% 33.3% 73.7% 844
2010 Q1 630 484 109 17.3% 0.0% 81.8% 876
2009 Q4 654 514 95 14.5% 80.0% 93.6% 725
2009 Q3 653 542 54 8.3% 100.0% 95.4% 809
2009 Q2 628 518 71 11.3% 100.0% 92.4% 724
2009 Q1 553 444 70 12.7% 55.6% 88.3% 643
2008 Q4 935 729 147 15.7% 45.5% 75.9% 795
2008 Q3 772 628 110 14.2% 42.9% 75.9% 884
2008 Q2 761 640 88 11.6% 58.3% 72.5% 919
2008 Q1 611 500 75 12.3% 75.0% 64.6% 805
2007 Q4 714 603 74 10.4% 42.9% 57.6% 853
2007 Q3 688 574 80 11.6% 50.0% 76.1% 952
2007 Q2 654 537 78 11.9% 87.5% 84.1% 877
2007 Q1 694 570 80 11.5% 85.7% 83.7% 852
2006 Q4 680 551 78 11.5% 76.9% 84.4% 796
2006 Q3 696 576 79 11.4% 81.8% 86.0% 795
2006 Q2 704 586 82 11.6% 90.0% 86.6% 813
2006 Q1 585 484 59 10.1% 40.0% 88.0% 774
2005 Q4 585 489 53 9.1% 90.9% 87.3% 721
2005 Q3 672 535 99 14.7% 66.7% 86.8% 794
2005 Q2 625 514 69 11.0% 53.8% 84.7% 684
2005 Q1 604 491 68 11.3% 66.7% 76.9% 667
2004 Q4 616 516 58 9.4% 50.0% 84.9% 727
2004 Q3 673 525 102 15.2% 100.0% 86.6% 757
2004 Q2 555 449 78 14.1% 20.0% 82.0% 755
2004 Q1 750 581 106 14.1% 84.6% 84.9% 727
2003 Q4 515 415 70 13.6% 20.0% 73.0% 672
2003 Q3 591 453 95 16.1% 33.3% 69.8% 665
2003 Q2 589 473 93 15.8% 69.2% 73.9% 625
2003 Q1 629 498 93 14.8% 60.0% 72.8% 748
2002 Q4 624 496 84 13.5% 27.3% 66.2% 687
2002 Q3 691 553 103 14.9% 20.0% 67.4% 786
2002 Q2 588 452 94 16.0% 37.5% 64.9% 737
2002 Q1 647 508 107 16.5% 55.6% 60.3% 693
2001 Q4 655 536 82 12.5% 40.0% 49.2% 614
2001 Q3 572 460 72 12.6% 40.0% 48.8% 690
2001 Q2 524 425 60 11.5% 100.0% 51.8% 760
2001 Q1 555 459 61 11.0% 33.3% 62.4% 684
2000 Q4 699 572 80 11.4% 0.0% 42.8% 594
2000 Q3 687 604 52 7.6% 0.0% 46.9% 750
2000 Q2 649 541 61 9.4% 0.0% 47.1% 774
2000 Q1 621 533 56 9.0% 72.7% 57.0% 723
1999 Q4 607 530 36 5.9% 42.9% 55.2% 573
1999 Q3 587 527 30 5.1% 20.0% 55.0% 606
1999 Q2 540 444 60 11.1% 0.0% 56.3% 613
1999 Q1 498 433 47 9.4% 37.5% 46.1% 633
1998 Q4 555 466 50 9.0% 0.0% 51.8% 560
1998 Q3 659 573 42 6.4% 50.0% 50.3% 689
1998 Q2 623 552 54 8.7% 100.0% 56.2% 697
1998 Q1 678 586 54 8.0% 0.0% 52.1% 718
1997 Q4 723 628 67 9.3% 33.3% 43.8% 720
1997 Q3 708 599 67 9.5% 25.0% 44.8% 871
1997 Q2 626 551 43 6.9% 100.0% 62.3% 877
1997 Q1 701 609 64 9.1% 60.0% 50.5% 696
1996 Q4 695 593 85 12.2% 50.0% 54.3% 775
1996 Q3 629 550 58 9.2% 100.0% 53.8% 724
1996 Q2 714 596 92 12.9% 0.0% 42.6% 759
1996 Q1 265 237 28 10.6% 50.0% 82.2% —
1995 Q4 321 277 44 13.7% 55.6% 69.4% —
1995 Q3 344 318 26 7.6% 64.3% 65.2% —
1995 Q2 352 328 24 6.8% 50.0% 74.2% —
1995 Q1 275 245 30 10.9% 80.0% 67.1% —
1994 Q4 318 296 22 6.9% 66.7% 72.5% —
1994 Q3 302 278 24 7.9% 33.3% 65.0% —
1994 Q2 312 291 21 6.7% 50.0% 75.0% —
1994 Q1 303 280 23 7.6% 77.8% 68.8% —
1993 Q4 311 277 34 10.9% 75.0% 74.2% —
1993 Q3 347 333 14 4.0% 66.7% 74.0% —
1993 Q2 315 276 39 12.4% 75.0% 77.9% —
1993 Q1 286 244 42 14.7% 63.6% 81.8% —
1992 Q4 264 222 42 15.9% 46.2% 78.5% —
1992 Q3 332 281 51 15.4% 44.4% 78.2% —
1992 Q2 292 231 61 20.9% 50.0% 75.0% —
1992 Q1 323 279 44 13.6% 66.7% 76.1% —
1991 Q4 301 247 54 17.9% 0.0% 69.5% —
1991 Q3 342 281 61 17.8% 33.3% 79.2% —
1991 Q2 328 260 68 20.7% 40.0% 76.6% —
1991 Q1 355 285 70 19.7% 30.0% 47.4% —
1990 Q4 313 263 50 16.0% 28.6% 61.8% —
1990 Q3 395 323 72 18.2% 33.3% 57.7% —
1990 Q2 344 282 62 18.0% 83.3% 59.3% —
1990 Q1 384 300 84 21.9% 28.6% 40.3% —
1989 Q4 481 365 116 24.1% 45.5% 30.4% —
1989 Q3 493 377 116 23.5% 42.9% 12.9% —
1989 Q2 379 316 63 16.6% 50.0% 20.7% —
1989 Q1 430 316 114 26.5% 41.2% 26.9% —
1988 Q4 421 328 93 22.1% 21.4% 45.5% —
1988 Q3 480 377 103 21.5% 46.2% 42.3% —
1988 Q2 346 292 54 15.6% 81.8% 48.2% —
1988 Q1 390 321 69 17.7% 70.0% 66.9% —
1987 Q4 351 284 67 19.1% 58.8% 57.6% —
1987 Q3 403 335 68 16.9% 54.5% 70.2% —
1987 Q2 440 360 80 18.2% 47.4% 70.7% —
1987 Q1 326 279 47 14.4% 66.7% 50.4% —
1986 Q4 315 270 45 14.3% 33.3% 47.2% —
1986 Q3 220 176 44 20.0% 33.3% 31.4% —
1986 Q2 320 269 51 15.9% 25.0% 43.6% —
1986 Q1 214 178 36 16.8% 37.5% 60.6% —
1985 Q4 231 191 40 17.3% 0.0% 73.2% —
1985 Q3 259 200 59 22.8% 80.0% 59.6% —
1985 Q2 293 252 41 14.0% 20.0% 39.1% —
1985 Q1 188 145 43 22.9% 50.0% 54.5% —
1984 Q4 253 208 45 17.8% 75.0% 54.1% —
1984 Q3 225 192 33 14.7% 100.0% 53.8% —
1984 Q2 274 238 36 13.1% 0.0% 65.5% —
1984 Q1 255 217 38 14.9% — 38.5% —
1983 Q4 267 223 44 16.5% 0.0% 37.1% —
1983 Q3 273 237 36 13.2% 100.0% 36.7% —
1983 Q2 277 250 27 9.7% 50.0% 30.0% —
1983 Q1 228 201 27 11.8% 62.5% 45.7% —
1982 Q4 228 200 28 12.3% 33.3% 54.9% —
1982 Q3 234 202 32 13.7% — 51.2% —
1982 Q2 248 219 29 11.7% 50.0% 51.5% —
1982 Q1 206 178 28 13.6% 25.0% 51.3% —
1981 Q4 254 224 30 11.8% 20.0% 33.8% —
1981 Q3 248 213 35 14.1% 20.0% 26.3% —
1981 Q2 314 262 52 16.6% 66.7% 30.2% —
1981 Q1 206 170 36 17.5% 50.0% 38.5% —
1980 Q4 339 289 50 14.7% 66.7% 45.0% —
1980 Q3 222 177 45 20.3% 80.0% 38.2% —
1980 Q2 291 255 36 12.4% 66.7% 38.7% —
1980 Q1 241 186 55 22.8% 20.0% 30.5% —
1979 Q4 279 238 41 14.7% 33.3% 53.0% —
1979 Q3 336 293 43 12.8% 100.0% 51.6% —
1979 Q2 248 213 35 14.1% 0.0% 45.7% —

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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