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Sutton

London · E09000029 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
879
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.8%
higher than 52% of authorities
Majors in time
100.0%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
87.7%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
95.1%
no formal threshold
Delegated
97.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
32.3%
129 allowed of 400 decided
Decisions overturned
2.1%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 28.8%

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
897
in the window
Applications decided
879
in the window
Approval rate
88.2%
775 granted, 104 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 10 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
93.7%
rank 117 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 12 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
Major1492.9%100.0%
Minor19676.5%87.7%
Other66991.5%—
of which householder60191.8%95.1%
"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
01422842024 Q3: 277 received2024 Q3: 260 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 227 received2024 Q4: 248 decided2025 Q1: 284 received2025 Q1: 222 decided2025 Q2: 240 received2025 Q2: 238 decided2025 Q3: 203 received2025 Q3: 247 decided2025 Q4: 231 received2025 Q4: 194 decided2026 Q1: 248 received2026 Q1: 212 decided2026 Q2: 215 received2026 Q2: 226 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
81%
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 (E09000029). 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 226 199 27 11.9% — 84.0% 215
2026 Q1 212 193 19 9.0% 100.0% 90.7% 248
2025 Q4 194 162 32 16.5% 100.0% 83.3% 231
2025 Q3 247 221 26 10.5% 100.0% 91.2% 203
2025 Q2 238 222 16 6.7% 100.0% 90.5% 240
2025 Q1 222 191 31 14.0% — 93.3% 284
2024 Q4 248 205 43 17.3% 100.0% 98.1% 227
2024 Q3 260 212 48 18.5% 100.0% 100.0% 277
2024 Q2 257 207 50 19.5% — 95.7% 275
2024 Q1 255 205 50 19.6% 100.0% 100.0% 263
2023 Q4 273 215 58 21.2% 100.0% 97.6% 294
2023 Q3 326 256 70 21.5% — 92.7% 303
2023 Q2 312 222 90 28.8% — 90.4% 303
2023 Q1 318 231 87 27.4% — 87.5% 323
2022 Q4 348 261 87 25.0% 100.0% 86.0% 309
2022 Q3 363 266 97 26.7% 100.0% 81.5% 342
2022 Q2 385 299 86 22.3% 100.0% 77.8% 380
2022 Q1 306 233 73 23.9% — 70.0% 373
2021 Q4 315 227 88 27.9% — 81.6% 325
2021 Q3 348 263 85 24.4% 100.0% 80.5% 385
2021 Q2 357 282 75 21.0% — 80.5% 352
2021 Q1 353 279 74 21.0% — 92.7% 392
2020 Q4 355 285 70 19.7% 100.0% 89.1% 402
2020 Q3 280 209 71 25.4% — 97.6% 358
2020 Q2 248 186 62 25.0% 100.0% 92.9% 295
2020 Q1 305 251 54 17.7% — 91.2% 304
2019 Q4 334 275 59 17.7% 100.0% 84.4% 330
2019 Q3 337 267 70 20.8% 66.7% 94.7% 354
2019 Q2 401 322 79 19.7% 100.0% 85.1% 342
2019 Q1 244 182 62 25.4% 100.0% 87.9% 381
2018 Q4 371 300 71 19.1% 100.0% 88.9% 340
2018 Q3 339 265 74 21.8% 100.0% 81.9% 349
2018 Q2 402 322 80 19.9% 100.0% 90.7% 399
2018 Q1 323 261 62 19.2% 100.0% 83.7% 397
2017 Q4 395 323 72 18.2% 100.0% 93.1% 368
2017 Q3 374 307 67 17.9% 100.0% 79.8% 378
2017 Q2 385 328 57 14.8% 87.5% 82.2% 383
2017 Q1 365 298 67 18.4% 100.0% 84.0% 430
2016 Q4 433 373 60 13.9% 100.0% 85.6% 421
2016 Q3 424 360 64 15.1% 100.0% 78.4% 432
2016 Q2 357 309 48 13.4% 81.8% 77.2% 414
2016 Q1 329 273 56 17.0% 70.0% 81.1% 366
2015 Q4 402 359 43 10.7% 63.6% 75.2% 357
2015 Q3 365 308 57 15.6% 100.0% 82.7% 392
2015 Q2 347 300 47 13.5% 80.0% 73.2% 378
2015 Q1 287 236 51 17.8% 100.0% 69.6% 327
2014 Q4 340 287 53 15.6% 87.5% 74.7% 313
2014 Q3 350 299 51 14.6% 81.8% 66.0% 452
2014 Q2 275 233 42 15.3% 80.0% 70.5% 404
2014 Q1 295 208 42 14.2% 100.0% 71.0% 344
2013 Q4 353 263 40 11.3% 83.3% 72.7% 364
2013 Q3 409 318 46 11.2% 90.9% 70.4% 382
2013 Q2 330 226 41 12.4% 50.0% 74.2% 424
2013 Q1 280 211 20 7.1% 28.6% 64.7% 354
2012 Q4 340 238 55 16.2% 40.0% 60.4% 276
2012 Q3 341 244 41 12.0% 75.0% 60.0% 358
2012 Q2 325 215 64 19.7% 33.3% 73.7% 344
2012 Q1 318 216 52 16.4% 36.4% 44.6% 342
2011 Q4 294 208 42 14.3% 100.0% 66.7% 342
2011 Q3 342 238 39 11.4% 66.7% 70.3% 335
2011 Q2 374 267 44 11.8% 50.0% 76.4% 388
2011 Q1 265 203 32 12.1% 60.0% 66.1% 363
2010 Q4 370 267 53 14.3% 66.7% 70.6% 295
2010 Q3 354 251 53 15.0% 55.6% 51.5% 359
2010 Q2 333 218 52 15.6% 50.0% 79.1% 418
2010 Q1 287 181 59 20.6% 0.0% 78.6% 346
2009 Q4 348 228 65 18.7% 87.5% 88.6% 336
2009 Q3 340 222 60 17.6% 75.0% 86.2% 341
2009 Q2 293 185 62 21.2% 36.4% 74.6% 347
2009 Q1 254 145 75 29.5% 63.6% 68.8% 292
2008 Q4 338 218 81 24.0% 53.8% 70.6% 308
2008 Q3 423 276 105 24.8% 66.7% 73.1% 389
2008 Q2 396 248 89 22.5% 61.5% 83.1% 434
2008 Q1 348 231 82 23.6% 45.5% 78.4% 421
2007 Q4 460 298 115 25.0% 63.6% 79.7% 436
2007 Q3 441 292 99 22.4% 58.3% 80.6% 482
2007 Q2 453 302 99 21.9% 81.8% 73.9% 455
2007 Q1 346 221 92 26.6% 90.0% 75.6% 479
2006 Q4 353 239 73 20.7% 66.7% 77.0% 356
2006 Q3 440 318 83 18.9% 77.8% 78.4% 426
2006 Q2 416 300 69 16.6% 94.4% 87.9% 442
2006 Q1 353 249 80 22.7% 63.6% 92.6% 443
2005 Q4 416 277 97 23.3% 82.4% 88.3% 348
2005 Q3 400 295 73 18.3% 81.3% 89.1% 448
2005 Q2 444 312 97 21.8% 60.0% 91.3% 427
2005 Q1 315 221 67 21.3% 88.9% 83.0% 411
2004 Q4 405 276 95 23.5% 57.9% 63.8% 363
2004 Q3 382 275 64 16.8% 44.4% 62.4% 413
2004 Q2 384 293 56 14.6% 18.2% 61.7% 418
2004 Q1 384 293 72 18.8% 30.8% 73.8% 424
2003 Q4 388 293 61 15.7% 41.7% 74.2% 369
2003 Q3 474 377 81 17.1% 23.5% 68.9% 452
2003 Q2 460 366 75 16.3% 33.3% 48.6% 449
2003 Q1 356 293 46 12.9% 22.2% 36.0% 362
2002 Q4 354 309 28 7.9% 16.7% 36.7% 379
2002 Q3 362 308 34 9.4% 25.0% 31.0% 374
2002 Q2 377 336 25 6.6% 50.0% 57.9% 409
2002 Q1 239 211 26 10.9% 25.0% 58.6% 371
2001 Q4 323 280 42 13.0% 35.3% 57.8% 342
2001 Q3 371 335 36 9.7% 33.3% 69.0% 347
2001 Q2 367 341 26 7.1% 20.0% 78.4% 402
2001 Q1 317 293 23 7.3% 33.3% 56.0% 356
2000 Q4 304 253 51 16.8% 60.0% 68.9% 310
2000 Q3 397 349 48 12.1% 66.7% 65.3% 334
2000 Q2 354 328 26 7.3% 100.0% 63.9% 391
2000 Q1 327 292 35 10.7% 18.2% 64.6% 393
1999 Q4 311 270 41 13.2% 42.9% 64.9% 316
1999 Q3 429 398 30 7.0% 61.5% 80.6% 333
1999 Q2 290 249 33 11.4% 50.0% 66.7% 425
1999 Q1 260 221 31 11.9% 83.3% 62.2% 316
1998 Q4 270 229 40 14.8% 100.0% 66.7% 260
1998 Q3 310 273 32 10.3% 64.3% 63.7% 313
1998 Q2 309 268 40 12.9% 66.7% 62.1% 320
1998 Q1 252 228 22 8.7% 62.5% 49.4% 301
1997 Q4 259 234 25 9.7% 83.3% 51.5% 256
1997 Q3 296 263 30 10.1% 63.6% 50.0% 299
1997 Q2 289 239 43 14.9% 23.1% 46.5% 295
1997 Q1 243 196 45 18.5% 50.0% 63.0% 270
1996 Q4 254 206 45 17.7% 80.0% 52.9% 254
1996 Q3 321 284 35 10.9% 61.5% 69.5% 305
1996 Q2 290 252 37 12.8% 75.0% 69.9% 321
1996 Q1 174 161 13 7.5% 53.8% 44.4% —
1995 Q4 191 181 10 5.2% 60.0% 60.8% —
1995 Q3 242 219 23 9.5% 35.0% 51.8% —
1995 Q2 216 200 16 7.4% 55.6% 54.7% —
1995 Q1 216 201 15 6.9% 33.3% 31.3% —
1994 Q4 243 224 19 7.8% 37.5% 65.2% —
1994 Q3 226 204 22 9.7% 18.2% 51.4% —
1994 Q2 262 247 15 5.7% 35.3% 35.3% —
1994 Q1 166 159 7 4.2% 38.5% 17.3% —
1993 Q4 221 214 7 3.2% 50.0% 52.5% —
1993 Q3 226 216 10 4.4% 60.0% 50.0% —
1993 Q2 188 172 16 8.5% 100.0% 57.4% —
1993 Q1 199 178 21 10.6% 50.0% 56.1% —
1992 Q4 239 208 31 13.0% 18.2% 40.0% —
1992 Q3 241 214 27 11.2% 50.0% 44.1% —
1992 Q2 261 235 26 10.0% 40.0% 21.9% —
1992 Q1 206 188 18 8.7% 37.5% 34.5% —
1991 Q4 234 201 33 14.1% 53.8% 36.5% —
1991 Q3 254 240 14 5.5% 40.0% 47.4% —
1991 Q2 210 186 24 11.4% 14.3% 40.0% —
1991 Q1 200 185 15 7.5% 35.7% 47.3% —
1990 Q4 274 227 47 17.2% 35.7% 33.3% —
1990 Q3 296 246 50 16.9% 40.7% 30.8% —
1990 Q2 312 288 24 7.7% 63.6% 28.6% —
1990 Q1 259 210 49 18.9% 40.0% 25.0% —
1989 Q4 321 288 33 10.3% 33.3% 23.4% —
1989 Q3 343 296 47 13.7% 57.1% 18.6% —
1989 Q2 348 310 38 10.9% 30.0% 27.6% —
1989 Q1 263 230 33 12.5% 40.0% 18.7% —
1988 Q4 332 298 34 10.2% 23.1% 29.5% —
1988 Q3 351 311 40 11.4% 57.1% 18.3% —
1988 Q2 358 315 43 12.0% 16.7% 17.0% —
1988 Q1 363 313 50 13.8% 7.1% 10.7% —
1987 Q4 302 270 32 10.6% 20.0% 15.4% —
1987 Q3 331 297 34 10.3% 0.0% 12.7% —
1987 Q2 452 361 91 20.1% 66.7% 27.3% —
1987 Q1 228 180 48 21.1% 66.7% 52.8% —
1986 Q4 277 221 56 20.2% 100.0% 69.7% —
1986 Q3 338 298 40 11.8% 57.9% 50.5% —
1986 Q2 312 250 62 19.9% 25.0% 49.3% —
1986 Q1 211 167 44 20.9% 63.6% 53.7% —
1985 Q4 261 207 54 20.7% 100.0% 68.8% —
1985 Q3 236 208 28 11.9% 87.0% 65.8% —
1985 Q2 295 249 46 15.6% 100.0% 64.8% —
1985 Q1 343 271 72 21.0% 100.0% 61.3% —
1984 Q4 263 217 46 17.5% 88.9% 58.8% —
1984 Q3 295 249 46 15.6% 63.6% 61.5% —
1984 Q2 321 271 50 15.6% 87.5% 57.8% —
1984 Q1 286 249 37 12.9% 78.9% 57.7% —
1983 Q4 255 216 39 15.3% 45.0% 54.4% —
1983 Q3 360 314 46 12.8% 74.2% 44.4% —
1983 Q2 256 207 49 19.1% 33.3% 54.5% —
1983 Q1 214 170 44 20.6% 83.3% 52.7% —
1982 Q4 269 223 46 17.1% 50.0% 44.0% —
1982 Q3 243 208 35 14.4% 27.3% 46.8% —
1982 Q2 299 236 63 21.1% 75.0% 18.3% —
1982 Q1 184 161 23 12.5% 27.3% 62.3% —
1981 Q4 252 211 41 16.3% 86.7% 85.3% —
1981 Q3 230 190 40 17.4% 91.7% 76.1% —
1981 Q2 449 345 104 23.2% 92.6% 45.4% —
1981 Q1 331 276 55 16.6% 86.7% 79.8% —
1980 Q4 282 231 51 18.1% 91.7% 81.9% —
1980 Q3 316 242 74 23.4% 58.3% 84.0% —
1980 Q2 501 413 88 17.6% 94.7% 60.5% —
1980 Q1 448 363 85 19.0% 87.5% 76.7% —
1979 Q4 346 267 79 22.8% 80.0% 67.0% —
1979 Q3 419 329 90 21.5% 65.0% 71.4% —
1979 Q2 351 283 68 19.4% 100.0% 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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