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Southwark

London · E09000028 · 166 quarters held (1983 Q1 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,492
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
8.6%
higher than 30% of authorities
Majors in time
50.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
94.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.5%
no formal threshold
Delegated
89.2%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
25.8%
72 allowed of 279 decided
Decisions overturned
0.9%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 16.7%

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
1,697
in the window
Applications decided
1,492
in the window
Approval rate
91.4%
1,364 granted, 128 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 4 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
95.7%
rank 83 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 7 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
Major3789.2%50.0%
Minor56090.2%94.0%
Other89592.3%—
of which householder55894.8%97.5%
"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
02635252024 Q3: 320 received2024 Q3: 301 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 388 received2024 Q4: 339 decided2025 Q1: 439 received2025 Q1: 328 decided2025 Q2: 379 received2025 Q2: 451 decided2025 Q3: 525 received2025 Q3: 441 decided2025 Q4: 388 received2025 Q4: 369 decided2026 Q1: 382 received2026 Q1: 361 decided2026 Q2: 402 received2026 Q2: 321 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
69%
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 (E09000028). 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)25 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1983 Q1 to 2026 Q2 (166 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 321 293 28 8.7% — 93.7% 402
2026 Q1 361 340 21 5.8% — 94.7% 382
2025 Q4 369 324 45 12.2% 0.0% 93.9% 388
2025 Q3 441 407 34 7.7% 100.0% 93.7% 525
2025 Q2 451 419 32 7.1% 100.0% 97.9% 379
2025 Q1 328 302 26 7.9% 0.0% 95.5% 439
2024 Q4 339 309 30 8.8% — 93.8% 388
2024 Q3 301 270 31 10.3% 100.0% 97.3% 320
2024 Q2 382 340 42 11.0% — 95.6% 379
2024 Q1 287 258 29 10.1% 100.0% 92.2% 351
2023 Q4 327 299 28 8.6% 33.3% 91.4% 345
2023 Q3 333 300 33 9.9% 100.0% 88.3% 357
2023 Q2 384 331 53 13.8% 66.7% 83.0% 369
2023 Q1 343 314 29 8.5% 0.0% 82.8% 415
2022 Q4 376 336 40 10.6% 0.0% 81.8% 378
2022 Q3 420 350 70 16.7% 0.0% 76.2% 432
2022 Q2 382 346 36 9.4% 100.0% 77.3% 431
2022 Q1 436 373 63 14.4% 33.3% 58.2% 429
2021 Q4 374 328 46 12.3% 100.0% 70.6% 393
2021 Q3 463 422 41 8.9% 25.0% 78.5% 516
2021 Q2 487 445 42 8.6% 20.0% 74.0% 538
2021 Q1 462 431 31 6.7% 62.5% 82.7% 540
2020 Q4 419 373 46 11.0% 16.7% 83.2% 489
2020 Q3 361 320 41 11.4% 50.0% 80.2% 428
2020 Q2 409 357 52 12.7% 40.0% 89.0% 374
2020 Q1 424 361 63 14.9% 100.0% 79.4% 409
2019 Q4 463 417 46 9.9% 0.0% 80.8% 512
2019 Q3 406 357 49 12.1% 100.0% 82.2% 478
2019 Q2 416 353 63 15.1% 75.0% 77.5% 492
2019 Q1 371 318 53 14.3% 62.5% 78.2% 453
2018 Q4 445 400 45 10.1% 33.3% 85.8% 491
2018 Q3 597 534 63 10.6% 85.7% 82.9% 568
2018 Q2 509 447 62 12.2% 0.0% 86.3% 562
2018 Q1 408 376 32 7.8% 50.0% 81.0% 535
2017 Q4 482 427 55 11.4% 83.3% 79.8% 466
2017 Q3 597 534 63 10.6% 85.7% 82.5% 568
2017 Q2 593 509 84 14.2% 66.7% 88.4% 611
2017 Q1 544 479 65 11.9% 44.4% 89.4% 672
2016 Q4 566 500 66 11.7% 100.0% 87.9% 578
2016 Q3 636 546 90 14.2% 75.0% 91.9% 688
2016 Q2 581 492 89 15.3% 100.0% 86.7% 688
2016 Q1 510 451 59 11.6% 71.4% 87.8% 546
2015 Q4 582 512 70 12.0% 100.0% 89.9% 595
2015 Q3 570 505 65 11.4% 77.8% 93.9% 663
2015 Q2 552 493 59 10.7% 75.0% 92.3% 653
2015 Q1 507 440 67 13.2% 33.3% 82.8% 564
2014 Q4 513 436 77 15.0% 75.0% 87.7% 570
2014 Q3 484 434 50 10.3% 83.3% 84.3% 530
2014 Q2 501 451 50 10.0% 88.9% 83.2% 542
2014 Q1 639 507 56 8.8% 70.0% 73.8% 601
2013 Q4 597 441 67 11.2% 73.3% 82.0% 735
2013 Q3 642 495 69 10.7% 86.7% 67.6% 729
2013 Q2 530 399 54 10.2% 72.7% 59.7% 642
2013 Q1 408 292 53 13.0% 52.9% 72.2% 515
2012 Q4 484 376 50 10.3% 68.4% 77.8% 488
2012 Q3 497 351 62 12.5% 54.5% 72.2% 536
2012 Q2 541 386 92 17.0% 55.6% 72.7% 512
2012 Q1 563 417 73 13.0% 60.5% 63.4% 612
2011 Q4 556 415 72 12.9% 63.6% 72.6% 608
2011 Q3 542 384 76 14.0% 76.9% 69.0% 604
2011 Q2 500 319 101 20.2% 68.4% 74.9% 581
2011 Q1 448 307 93 20.8% 71.0% 73.5% 574
2010 Q4 470 339 92 19.6% 80.8% 73.7% 483
2010 Q3 489 337 82 16.8% 57.1% 69.5% 550
2010 Q2 405 275 79 19.5% 62.5% 77.1% 511
2010 Q1 356 226 96 27.0% 65.0% 76.7% 503
2009 Q4 414 272 95 22.9% 72.7% 74.9% 413
2009 Q3 448 291 97 21.7% 81.8% 81.8% 487
2009 Q2 372 222 118 31.7% 79.2% 73.9% 467
2009 Q1 339 220 83 24.5% 78.9% 79.5% 370
2008 Q4 430 259 103 24.0% 73.7% 72.1% 426
2008 Q3 514 344 112 21.8% 83.3% 82.0% 522
2008 Q2 518 303 155 29.9% 66.7% 76.7% 599
2008 Q1 457 270 145 31.7% 84.8% 70.3% 543
2007 Q4 517 316 144 27.9% 57.1% 64.7% 457
2007 Q3 515 326 135 26.2% 64.3% 75.0% 572
2007 Q2 453 300 114 25.2% 45.8% 64.4% 544
2007 Q1 390 265 83 21.3% 9.1% 59.3% 519
2006 Q4 402 273 99 24.6% 46.9% 59.7% 451
2006 Q3 374 223 112 29.9% 37.5% 71.0% 465
2006 Q2 395 251 91 23.0% 55.0% 69.6% 493
2006 Q1 445 272 139 31.2% 50.0% 65.6% 443
2005 Q4 445 275 136 30.6% 76.5% 61.3% 493
2005 Q3 486 319 130 26.7% 53.3% 64.7% 546
2005 Q2 433 250 148 34.2% 78.8% 84.7% 540
2005 Q1 449 280 146 32.5% 45.3% 66.0% 501
2004 Q4 523 367 127 24.3% 40.0% 59.2% 422
2004 Q3 419 300 86 20.5% 33.3% 65.7% 426
2004 Q2 350 259 68 19.4% 20.0% 49.2% 410
2004 Q1 309 227 63 20.4% 23.8% 69.2% 458
2003 Q4 384 277 78 20.3% 43.5% 74.5% 434
2003 Q3 410 313 61 14.9% 33.3% 70.5% 449
2003 Q2 396 296 80 20.2% 46.9% 52.7% 455
2003 Q1 418 314 87 20.8% 30.8% 55.3% 446
2002 Q4 413 314 82 19.9% 35.0% 54.3% 382
2002 Q3 479 352 107 22.3% 46.7% 56.0% 465
2002 Q2 362 278 65 18.0% 52.6% 44.0% 402
2002 Q1 375 316 45 12.0% 62.9% 59.0% 456
2001 Q4 389 288 82 21.1% 48.0% 58.4% 404
2001 Q3 392 281 84 21.4% 38.7% 44.7% 491
2001 Q2 296 220 55 18.6% 29.2% 34.9% 346
2001 Q1 314 250 51 16.2% 25.9% 41.7% 361
2000 Q4 323 264 40 12.4% 50.0% 51.5% 356
2000 Q3 306 257 39 12.7% 56.8% 54.7% 318
2000 Q2 396 307 55 13.9% 55.4% 48.2% 433
2000 Q1 288 241 36 12.5% 52.0% 48.7% 396
1999 Q4 379 309 49 12.9% 67.4% 58.1% 419
1999 Q3 375 323 35 9.3% 55.9% 50.6% 430
1999 Q2 372 316 49 13.2% 70.8% 64.2% 403
1999 Q1 324 230 48 14.8% 30.0% 40.3% 422
1998 Q4 300 268 22 7.3% 64.3% 46.9% 337
1998 Q3 417 369 36 8.6% 68.9% 66.8% 371
1998 Q2 394 329 42 10.7% 60.0% 82.0% 550
1996 Q1 232 199 33 14.2% 100.0% 79.5% —
1995 Q4 209 173 36 17.2% 81.8% 89.6% —
1995 Q3 270 230 40 14.8% 42.9% 83.5% —
1995 Q2 255 219 36 14.1% 66.7% 80.4% —
1995 Q1 266 231 35 13.2% 90.9% 89.7% —
1994 Q4 245 211 34 13.9% 66.7% 84.3% —
1994 Q3 278 219 59 21.2% 80.0% 81.6% —
1994 Q2 269 218 51 19.0% 92.3% 86.5% —
1994 Q1 292 237 55 18.8% 85.7% 87.1% —
1993 Q4 240 204 36 15.0% 62.5% 81.5% —
1993 Q3 235 199 36 15.3% 77.8% 83.3% —
1993 Q2 219 171 48 21.9% 57.1% 77.4% —
1993 Q1 267 222 45 16.9% 83.3% 76.4% —
1992 Q4 247 199 48 19.4% 42.9% 53.8% —
1992 Q3 276 234 42 15.2% 62.5% 52.9% —
1992 Q2 212 170 42 19.8% 0.0% 57.1% —
1992 Q1 246 201 45 18.3% 83.3% 65.7% —
1991 Q4 291 242 49 16.8% 60.0% 64.0% —
1991 Q3 256 204 52 20.3% 60.0% 53.3% —
1991 Q2 222 175 47 21.2% 57.1% 64.1% —
1991 Q1 291 228 63 21.6% 75.0% 52.4% —
1990 Q4 285 231 54 18.9% 16.7% 52.8% —
1990 Q3 366 303 63 17.2% 75.0% 50.9% —
1990 Q2 324 241 83 25.6% 68.8% 54.8% —
1990 Q1 387 304 83 21.4% 71.4% 41.2% —
1989 Q4 435 335 100 23.0% 44.4% 30.9% —
1989 Q3 428 321 107 25.0% 70.8% 27.3% —
1989 Q2 440 340 100 22.7% 50.0% 27.7% —
1989 Q1 416 308 108 26.0% 67.6% 35.7% —
1988 Q4 605 516 89 14.7% 76.9% 29.9% —
1988 Q3 567 502 65 11.5% 63.6% 32.0% —
1988 Q2 521 406 115 22.1% 66.7% 45.8% —
1988 Q1 586 478 108 18.4% 60.0% 22.9% —
1987 Q4 563 480 83 14.7% 78.4% 29.9% —
1987 Q3 515 456 59 11.5% 60.0% 32.2% —
1987 Q2 473 368 105 22.2% 64.3% 45.6% —
1987 Q1 521 425 96 18.4% 61.1% 22.7% —
1986 Q4 508 434 74 14.6% 79.4% 29.3% —
1986 Q3 456 403 53 11.6% 55.6% 32.6% —
1986 Q2 526 460 66 12.5% 79.2% 65.1% —
1986 Q1 414 384 30 7.2% 75.0% 62.2% —
1985 Q4 360 323 37 10.3% 88.2% 80.4% —
1985 Q3 461 412 49 10.6% 72.7% 80.3% —
1985 Q2 418 375 43 10.3% 100.0% 87.6% —
1985 Q1 343 323 20 5.8% 100.0% 74.6% —
1984 Q4 397 364 33 8.3% 100.0% 73.1% —
1984 Q3 360 336 24 6.7% 100.0% 76.2% —
1984 Q2 311 280 31 10.0% 100.0% 82.4% —
1984 Q1 386 349 37 9.6% 80.0% 72.9% —
1983 Q4 359 325 34 9.5% 90.0% 81.3% —
1983 Q3 352 322 30 8.5% 83.3% 87.4% —
1983 Q2 400 370 30 7.5% 100.0% 86.6% —
1983 Q1 389 347 42 10.8% 80.0% 84.0% —

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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