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Newham

London · E09000025 · 166 quarters held (1983 Q1 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
978
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
17.0%
higher than 81% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
88.1%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.0%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
22.4%
74 allowed of 331 decided
Decisions overturned
1.4%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 42.7%

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
1,112
in the window
Applications decided
978
in the window
Approval rate
83.0%
812 granted, 166 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 17 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
91.0%
rank 160 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 17 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
Major29100.0%100.0%
Minor40778.9%88.1%
Other54285.2%—
of which householder38886.9%95.4%
"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
01623242024 Q3: 283 received2024 Q3: 262 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 261 received2024 Q4: 242 decided2025 Q1: 273 received2025 Q1: 249 decided2025 Q2: 284 received2025 Q2: 258 decided2025 Q3: 324 received2025 Q3: 269 decided2025 Q4: 246 received2025 Q4: 231 decided2026 Q1: 246 received2026 Q1: 231 decided2026 Q2: 296 received2026 Q2: 247 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
61%
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 (E09000025). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1983 Q1 to 2026 Q2 (166 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1983 Q1 to 2026 Q2 (166 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 247 198 49 19.8% — 87.0% 296
2026 Q1 231 192 39 16.9% — 87.7% 246
2025 Q4 231 192 39 16.9% — 87.7% 246
2025 Q3 269 230 39 14.5% 100.0% 89.9% 324
2025 Q2 258 205 53 20.5% 100.0% 64.9% 284
2025 Q1 249 183 66 26.5% 50.0% 62.1% 273
2024 Q4 242 161 81 33.5% 0.0% 47.4% 261
2024 Q3 262 202 60 22.9% 100.0% 64.2% 283
2024 Q2 236 183 53 22.5% 100.0% 70.8% 242
2024 Q1 239 194 45 18.8% — 65.3% 286
2023 Q4 232 179 53 22.8% 100.0% 79.7% 240
2023 Q3 303 236 67 22.1% — 54.7% 272
2023 Q2 248 214 34 13.7% — 40.4% 289
2023 Q1 225 147 78 34.7% — 32.4% 251
2022 Q4 238 188 50 21.0% 100.0% 69.3% 263
2022 Q3 280 221 59 21.1% — 65.7% 317
2022 Q2 286 217 69 24.1% 100.0% 91.7% 309
2022 Q1 294 241 53 18.0% 100.0% 95.3% 308
2021 Q4 285 246 39 13.7% 100.0% 97.4% 324
2021 Q3 270 218 52 19.3% — 97.1% 288
2021 Q2 273 218 55 20.1% — 96.3% 308
2021 Q1 220 181 39 17.7% 100.0% 96.7% 335
2020 Q4 320 229 91 28.4% 100.0% 99.1% 300
2020 Q3 238 185 53 22.3% — 100.0% 276
2020 Q2 218 163 55 25.2% 100.0% 100.0% 259
2020 Q1 236 194 42 17.8% 100.0% 100.0% 256
2019 Q4 365 265 100 27.4% 100.0% 100.0% 311
2019 Q3 328 248 80 24.4% 100.0% 100.0% 336
2019 Q2 323 260 63 19.5% 100.0% 100.0% 342
2019 Q1 286 219 67 23.4% 100.0% 100.0% 355
2018 Q4 318 225 93 29.2% 66.7% 100.0% 359
2018 Q3 356 271 85 23.9% 100.0% 100.0% 353
2018 Q2 349 279 70 20.1% 100.0% 100.0% 376
2018 Q1 300 237 63 21.0% 100.0% 100.0% 345
2017 Q4 406 314 92 22.7% 100.0% 100.0% 362
2017 Q3 442 339 103 23.3% 100.0% 100.0% 463
2017 Q2 419 289 130 31.0% 83.3% 98.5% 455
2017 Q1 383 234 149 38.9% 50.0% 81.7% 369
2016 Q4 399 262 137 34.3% 62.5% 62.8% 340
2016 Q3 267 153 114 42.7% 100.0% 70.1% 329
2016 Q2 293 173 120 41.0% 55.6% 50.4% 325
2016 Q1 287 152 135 47.0% 71.4% 62.4% 357
2015 Q4 313 191 122 39.0% 50.0% 57.9% 369
2015 Q3 311 174 137 44.1% 100.0% 69.9% 329
2015 Q2 310 197 113 36.5% 50.0% 67.3% 350
2015 Q1 275 184 91 33.1% 87.5% 71.3% 503
2014 Q4 298 198 100 33.6% 87.5% 71.5% 408
2014 Q3 294 193 101 34.4% 85.7% 83.2% 403
2014 Q2 230 164 66 28.7% 100.0% 86.6% 264
2014 Q1 331 167 90 27.2% 100.0% 96.6% 369
2013 Q4 351 200 83 23.6% 78.9% 86.7% 366
2013 Q3 402 214 82 20.4% 80.0% 94.1% 426
2013 Q2 290 163 56 19.3% 60.0% 79.2% 364
2013 Q1 272 129 67 24.6% 66.7% 85.2% 319
2012 Q4 292 161 79 27.1% 100.0% 84.9% 293
2012 Q3 352 195 78 22.2% 83.3% 79.8% 383
2012 Q2 389 207 107 27.5% 87.5% 91.7% 568
2012 Q1 285 154 79 27.7% 45.5% 90.6% 402
2011 Q4 291 166 74 25.4% 50.0% 91.7% 306
2011 Q3 314 181 72 22.9% 80.0% 92.4% 319
2011 Q2 286 157 73 25.5% 57.1% 95.5% 333
2011 Q1 280 177 60 21.4% 75.0% 96.6% 330
2010 Q4 321 174 89 27.7% 83.3% 97.1% 338
2010 Q3 358 208 85 23.7% 75.0% 94.2% 402
2010 Q2 279 168 73 26.2% 77.8% 96.9% 315
2010 Q1 269 156 58 21.6% 100.0% 93.9% 347
2009 Q4 268 168 63 23.5% 100.0% 92.4% 301
2009 Q3 302 169 91 30.1% 85.7% 90.4% 435
2009 Q2 251 148 56 22.3% 87.5% 91.0% 424
2009 Q1 250 152 59 23.6% 100.0% 96.0% 429
2008 Q4 354 193 106 29.9% 71.4% 95.3% 389
2008 Q3 308 155 98 31.8% 50.0% 89.6% 489
2008 Q2 336 188 96 28.6% 73.3% 88.5% 529
2008 Q1 370 206 105 28.4% 92.3% 91.7% 504
2007 Q4 349 172 96 27.5% 64.5% 86.3% 550
2007 Q3 411 240 78 19.0% 43.5% 76.5% 462
2007 Q2 311 168 67 21.5% 40.9% 74.7% 591
2007 Q1 300 150 73 24.3% 20.0% 84.2% 404
2006 Q4 358 191 78 21.8% 41.7% 66.7% 407
2006 Q3 352 199 81 23.0% 65.2% 79.2% 413
2006 Q2 363 188 103 28.4% 60.7% 74.8% 440
2006 Q1 358 186 78 21.8% 65.6% 73.3% 508
2005 Q4 314 189 74 23.6% 72.5% 68.9% 436
2005 Q3 378 233 90 23.8% 74.5% 76.1% 337
2005 Q2 365 222 91 24.9% 79.5% 84.6% 485
2005 Q1 383 257 79 20.6% 56.9% 81.0% 483
2004 Q4 482 299 116 24.1% 65.9% 76.6% 516
2004 Q3 358 220 97 27.1% 75.9% 75.6% 461
2004 Q2 391 273 84 21.5% 71.7% 79.1% 430
2004 Q1 337 240 65 19.3% 76.1% 77.1% 422
2003 Q4 354 262 60 16.9% 75.4% 77.8% 404
2003 Q3 369 269 81 22.0% 71.7% 76.1% 389
2003 Q2 350 259 75 21.4% 68.1% 74.1% 440
2003 Q1 368 279 67 18.2% 53.6% 48.0% 372
2002 Q4 332 253 60 18.1% 70.2% 69.6% 424
2002 Q3 329 252 62 18.8% 67.6% 83.9% 434
2002 Q2 342 259 56 16.4% 87.7% 79.8% 442
2002 Q1 440 164 45 10.2% 0.0% 54.8% 370
2001 Q4 350 125 50 14.3% 50.0% 28.6% 339
2001 Q3 288 99 69 24.0% 12.5% 33.3% 385
2001 Q2 335 98 45 13.4% 37.5% 41.7% 369
2001 Q1 288 105 34 11.8% 11.1% 47.6% 481
2000 Q4 332 132 48 14.5% 0.0% 29.2% 308
2000 Q3 314 95 77 24.5% 14.3% 41.7% 350
2000 Q2 268 139 37 13.8% 0.0% 22.2% 251
2000 Q1 228 89 31 13.6% 0.0% 50.0% 276
1999 Q4 198 171 24 12.1% 88.9% 53.6% 301
1999 Q3 211 181 28 13.3% 40.0% 59.4% 331
1999 Q2 215 194 20 9.3% 75.0% 34.7% 362
1999 Q1 153 133 20 13.1% 66.7% 39.4% 342
1998 Q4 185 163 20 10.8% 33.3% 50.6% 407
1998 Q3 165 150 15 9.1% 50.0% 74.1% 388
1998 Q2 229 198 28 12.2% 57.1% 71.6% 409
1996 Q1 175 145 30 17.1% 50.0% 70.5% —
1995 Q4 192 161 31 16.1% 71.4% 76.3% —
1995 Q3 206 187 19 9.2% 66.7% 80.9% —
1995 Q2 192 156 36 18.8% 57.1% 63.4% —
1995 Q1 168 145 23 13.7% 100.0% 68.6% —
1994 Q4 200 168 32 16.0% 100.0% 67.9% —
1994 Q3 230 192 38 16.5% 78.6% 54.8% —
1994 Q2 239 209 30 12.6% 57.1% 57.8% —
1994 Q1 224 203 21 9.4% 66.7% 83.9% —
1993 Q4 213 179 34 16.0% 75.0% 58.2% —
1993 Q3 216 178 38 17.6% 80.0% 63.8% —
1993 Q2 211 190 21 10.0% 71.4% 87.0% —
1993 Q1 141 125 16 11.3% 33.3% 69.6% —
1992 Q4 220 182 38 17.3% 80.0% 78.6% —
1992 Q3 223 181 42 18.8% 85.7% 81.6% —
1992 Q2 265 205 60 22.6% 50.0% 80.5% —
1992 Q1 198 164 34 17.2% 55.6% 88.5% —
1991 Q4 240 188 52 21.7% 72.7% 78.9% —
1991 Q3 237 190 47 19.8% 83.3% 72.2% —
1991 Q2 267 199 68 25.5% 100.0% 84.6% —
1991 Q1 222 175 47 21.2% 88.9% 88.4% —
1990 Q4 274 187 87 31.8% 83.3% 83.2% —
1990 Q3 288 209 79 27.4% 100.0% 81.0% —
1990 Q2 293 228 65 22.2% 100.0% 82.7% —
1990 Q1 288 216 72 25.0% 50.0% 77.1% —
1989 Q4 326 253 73 22.4% 88.9% 77.0% —
1989 Q3 317 253 64 20.2% 90.9% 70.3% —
1989 Q2 372 310 62 16.7% 90.0% 77.4% —
1989 Q1 283 246 37 13.1% 88.9% 86.9% —
1988 Q4 308 248 60 19.5% 100.0% 82.6% —
1988 Q3 345 303 42 12.2% 92.9% 89.2% —
1988 Q2 365 335 30 8.2% 93.3% 93.4% —
1988 Q1 272 246 26 9.6% 93.3% 84.8% —
1987 Q4 225 201 24 10.7% 66.7% 91.2% —
1987 Q3 279 230 49 17.6% 90.0% 89.7% —
1987 Q2 270 236 34 12.6% 100.0% 91.4% —
1987 Q1 256 217 39 15.2% 93.8% 90.3% —
1986 Q4 238 208 30 12.6% 88.9% 88.7% —
1986 Q3 240 217 23 9.6% 50.0% 84.1% —
1986 Q2 298 263 35 11.7% 100.0% 94.8% —
1986 Q1 201 176 25 12.4% 100.0% 85.7% —
1985 Q4 260 215 45 17.3% 100.0% 84.3% —
1985 Q3 264 231 33 12.5% 76.9% 83.7% —
1985 Q2 302 257 45 14.9% 100.0% 86.0% —
1985 Q1 178 154 24 13.5% 100.0% 86.6% —
1984 Q4 267 220 47 17.6% 44.4% 87.5% —
1984 Q3 289 255 34 11.8% 81.8% 92.2% —
1984 Q2 283 245 38 13.4% 69.2% 81.9% —
1984 Q1 244 211 33 13.5% 100.0% 88.6% —
1983 Q4 250 207 43 17.2% 75.0% 88.4% —
1983 Q3 290 255 35 12.1% 50.0% 86.7% —
1983 Q2 336 292 44 13.1% 100.0% 85.6% —
1983 Q1 250 218 32 12.8% 71.4% 86.7% —

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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