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Southwark

London · E09000028 · 165 quarters held (1983 Q1 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
1,622
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
8.1%
higher than 29% of authorities
Majors in time
66.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
95.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.0%
no formal threshold
Delegated
89.8%
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 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 16.7%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
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 Q2 – 2026 Q1. 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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