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Tower Hamlets

London · E09000030 · 165 quarters held (1983 Q1 – 2026 Q1)

Decisions
998
2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Refusal rate
16.4%
higher than 78% of authorities
Majors in time
66.7%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
88.1%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
93.4%
no formal threshold
Delegated
98.4%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
27.1%
94 allowed of 347 decided
Decisions overturned
1.8%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q2 → 2026 Q1 · peak 23.3%

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q1 199 176 23 11.6% 100.0% 91.1% 283
2025 Q4 309 260 49 15.9% 0.0% 89.3% 222
2025 Q3 218 175 43 19.7% — 82.6% 278
2025 Q2 272 223 49 18.0% 100.0% 91.3% 264
2025 Q1 237 183 54 22.8% — 92.6% 283
2024 Q4 213 176 37 17.4% — 96.4% 233
2024 Q3 218 175 43 19.7% — 82.5% 239
2024 Q2 230 198 32 13.9% — 79.0% 241
2024 Q1 209 161 48 23.0% 0.0% 83.6% 226
2023 Q4 257 198 59 23.0% 50.0% 89.3% 234
2023 Q3 273 216 57 20.9% — 80.6% 244
2023 Q2 238 201 37 15.5% — 82.2% 272
2023 Q1 223 175 48 21.5% — 75.9% 257
2022 Q4 273 223 50 18.3% 100.0% 82.5% 287
2022 Q3 249 198 51 20.5% 0.0% 89.2% 299
2022 Q2 287 220 67 23.3% 100.0% 91.8% 263
2022 Q1 237 188 49 20.7% — 79.7% 290
2021 Q4 268 216 52 19.4% 50.0% 92.2% 285
2021 Q3 340 272 68 20.0% 0.0% 94.1% 330
2021 Q2 300 247 53 17.7% 100.0% 80.2% 344
2021 Q1 243 192 51 21.0% 100.0% 90.0% 299
2020 Q4 288 225 63 21.9% 80.0% 85.7% 263
2020 Q3 238 195 43 18.1% — 83.9% 278
2020 Q2 259 209 50 19.3% — 78.0% 246
2020 Q1 257 213 44 17.1% 0.0% 80.9% 292
2019 Q4 258 221 37 14.3% 0.0% 81.0% 307
2019 Q3 281 243 38 13.5% 100.0% 85.5% 309
2019 Q2 256 221 35 13.7% 0.0% 95.0% 303
2019 Q1 273 240 33 12.1% 25.0% 91.8% 309
2018 Q4 285 225 60 21.1% 100.0% 89.2% 319
2018 Q3 296 237 59 19.9% 100.0% 86.3% 287
2018 Q2 314 270 44 14.0% 80.0% 91.9% 342
2018 Q1 282 218 64 22.7% 100.0% 88.0% 355
2017 Q4 296 245 51 17.2% — 93.3% 338
2017 Q3 325 260 65 20.0% 100.0% 97.0% 329
2017 Q2 375 290 85 22.7% 100.0% 78.7% 355
2017 Q1 343 270 73 21.3% 40.0% 68.5% 451
2016 Q4 375 309 66 17.6% 71.4% 62.6% 354
2016 Q3 400 313 87 21.8% 80.0% 65.8% 466
2016 Q2 365 306 59 16.2% 77.8% 71.1% 413
2016 Q1 319 266 53 16.6% 62.5% 61.8% 377
2015 Q4 456 391 65 14.3% 16.7% 76.3% 380
2015 Q3 426 355 71 16.7% 0.0% 76.8% 508
2015 Q2 347 290 57 16.4% 100.0% 75.8% 450
2015 Q1 365 305 60 16.4% 50.0% 77.4% 433
2014 Q4 385 334 51 13.2% 85.7% 80.2% 458
2014 Q3 373 317 56 15.0% 60.0% 87.8% 414
2014 Q2 371 325 46 12.4% 0.0% 88.6% 405
2014 Q1 338 229 56 16.6% 66.7% 84.2% 453
2013 Q4 369 281 64 17.3% 64.3% 78.7% 365
2013 Q3 379 276 55 14.5% 44.4% 85.7% 398
2013 Q2 382 282 65 17.0% 52.4% 80.0% 415
2013 Q1 327 260 43 13.1% 33.3% 69.0% 351
2012 Q4 392 307 52 13.3% 55.6% 57.7% 403
2012 Q3 365 281 53 14.5% 43.8% 45.2% 390
2012 Q2 373 303 39 10.5% 31.6% 35.7% 435
2012 Q1 386 307 67 17.4% 24.4% 48.6% 439
2011 Q4 398 339 44 11.1% 27.3% 59.6% 408
2011 Q3 433 354 68 15.7% 38.7% 83.4% 467
2011 Q2 352 269 61 17.3% 93.8% 93.7% 525
2011 Q1 333 251 68 20.4% 75.0% 94.2% 441
2010 Q4 397 296 85 21.4% 46.7% 90.0% 402
2010 Q3 377 285 69 18.3% 53.3% 90.8% 430
2010 Q2 314 238 59 18.8% 46.2% 78.3% 362
2010 Q1 266 210 48 18.0% 66.7% 77.8% 340
2009 Q4 291 213 68 23.4% 62.5% 91.7% 375
2009 Q3 295 217 65 22.0% 68.8% 89.4% 345
2009 Q2 236 166 65 27.5% 50.0% 84.7% 293
2009 Q1 283 216 59 20.8% 25.0% 89.4% 293
2008 Q4 392 315 67 17.1% 63.6% 92.3% 410
2008 Q3 360 287 67 18.6% 58.3% 86.6% 380
2008 Q2 304 257 34 11.2% 44.8% 80.0% 394
2008 Q1 248 196 30 12.1% 78.6% 82.8% 311
2007 Q4 285 216 48 16.8% 60.0% 87.6% 294
2007 Q3 381 314 47 12.3% 38.9% 85.2% 381
2007 Q2 288 224 46 16.0% 55.6% 81.7% 371
2007 Q1 268 217 34 12.7% 40.0% 84.1% 368
2006 Q4 271 222 26 9.6% 46.2% 86.0% 315
2006 Q3 262 210 33 12.6% 56.3% 80.7% 270
2006 Q2 282 230 36 12.8% 19.0% 70.6% 304
2006 Q1 210 181 19 9.0% 14.3% 73.8% 303
2005 Q4 263 212 34 12.9% 15.4% 78.0% 284
2005 Q3 303 261 27 8.9% 50.0% 81.0% 320
2005 Q2 274 238 27 9.9% 60.0% 80.6% 379
2005 Q1 222 181 29 13.1% 60.0% 76.2% 311
2004 Q4 242 195 35 14.5% 66.7% 83.3% 304
2004 Q3 233 197 30 12.9% 66.7% 75.0% 334
2004 Q2 246 215 25 10.2% 63.6% 84.8% 304
2004 Q1 226 176 46 20.4% 93.8% 86.9% 371
2003 Q4 229 172 47 20.5% 62.5% 72.4% 265
2003 Q3 275 210 41 14.9% 31.6% 68.2% 344
2003 Q2 279 231 24 8.6% 58.3% 56.1% 360
2003 Q1 236 180 27 11.4% 45.0% 52.6% 400
2002 Q4 238 203 22 9.2% 41.7% 46.9% 363
2002 Q3 264 216 19 7.2% 60.0% 58.2% 429
2002 Q2 276 211 25 9.1% 36.8% 60.7% 386
2002 Q1 288 238 20 6.9% 63.2% 63.6% 380
2001 Q4 196 174 8 4.1% 55.6% 55.4% 373
2001 Q3 238 196 18 7.6% 35.0% 66.7% 382
2001 Q2 268 228 20 7.5% 55.6% 62.6% 338
2001 Q1 315 268 16 5.1% 60.9% 72.4% 408
2000 Q4 266 228 18 6.8% 73.3% 64.1% 300
2000 Q3 297 270 21 7.1% 45.8% 40.6% 374
2000 Q2 308 228 18 5.8% 50.0% 64.3% 442
2000 Q1 300 266 9 3.0% 73.9% 71.2% 481
1999 Q4 331 257 19 5.7% 66.7% 57.3% 385
1999 Q3 289 222 19 6.6% 52.9% 65.3% 405
1999 Q2 272 224 7 2.6% 30.8% 76.4% 370
1999 Q1 235 181 16 6.8% 64.7% 72.2% 362
1998 Q4 323 279 13 4.0% 66.7% 81.5% 355
1998 Q3 296 223 23 7.8% 76.9% 72.8% 378
1998 Q2 256 203 10 3.9% 43.8% 63.8% 377
1996 Q1 255 217 38 14.9% 60.0% 72.4% —
1995 Q4 272 233 39 14.3% 100.0% 75.0% —
1995 Q3 307 262 45 14.7% 33.3% 72.8% —
1995 Q2 343 301 42 12.2% 50.0% 73.9% —
1995 Q1 244 210 34 13.9% 28.6% 68.9% —
1994 Q4 321 273 48 15.0% 100.0% 68.5% —
1994 Q3 201 168 33 16.4% 0.0% 62.1% —
1994 Q2 340 284 56 16.5% 50.0% 58.4% —
1994 Q1 275 224 51 18.5% 60.0% 49.0% —
1993 Q4 290 253 37 12.8% 100.0% 57.6% —
1993 Q3 251 218 33 13.1% 0.0% 51.9% —
1993 Q2 273 226 47 17.2% 100.0% 58.9% —
1993 Q1 205 169 36 17.6% — 70.2% —
1992 Q4 379 326 53 14.0% 0.0% 48.6% —
1992 Q3 324 276 48 14.8% 0.0% 51.8% —
1992 Q2 283 244 39 13.8% 100.0% 60.5% —
1992 Q1 268 216 52 19.4% 71.4% 67.1% —
1991 Q4 278 238 40 14.4% 0.0% 56.4% —
1991 Q3 313 266 47 15.0% 50.0% 54.0% —
1991 Q2 284 231 53 18.7% 33.3% 53.4% —
1991 Q1 332 268 64 19.3% 42.9% 52.0% —
1990 Q4 347 260 87 25.1% 40.0% 42.3% —
1990 Q3 312 232 80 25.6% 60.0% 52.9% —
1990 Q2 322 247 75 23.3% 50.0% 59.1% —
1990 Q1 356 264 92 25.8% 66.7% 54.3% —
1989 Q4 349 251 98 28.1% 28.6% 45.5% —
1989 Q3 384 278 106 27.6% 54.5% 53.2% —
1989 Q2 460 345 115 25.0% 18.2% 50.2% —
1989 Q1 454 321 133 29.3% 33.3% 43.8% —
1988 Q4 433 293 140 32.3% 57.1% 41.0% —
1988 Q3 358 258 100 27.9% 50.0% 26.7% —
1988 Q2 331 233 98 29.6% 33.3% 54.5% —
1988 Q1 320 260 60 18.8% 14.3% 36.9% —
1987 Q4 274 224 50 18.2% 42.9% 46.4% —
1987 Q3 304 248 56 18.4% 50.0% 54.9% —
1987 Q2 283 227 56 19.8% 33.3% 65.2% —
1987 Q1 260 215 45 17.3% 0.0% 31.6% —
1986 Q4 209 156 53 25.4% 66.7% 14.4% —
1986 Q3 216 175 41 19.0% 66.7% 10.8% —
1986 Q2 193 145 48 24.9% 33.3% 24.2% —
1986 Q1 201 152 49 24.4% 33.3% 38.9% —
1985 Q4 159 133 26 16.4% 0.0% 47.4% —
1985 Q3 209 170 39 18.7% 66.7% 40.0% —
1985 Q2 160 136 24 15.0% 100.0% 65.2% —
1985 Q1 175 148 27 15.4% 83.3% 70.0% —
1984 Q4 181 155 26 14.4% 100.0% 47.7% —
1984 Q3 201 162 39 19.4% 100.0% 54.7% —
1984 Q2 162 137 25 15.4% 100.0% 65.7% —
1984 Q1 225 191 34 15.1% 80.0% 48.1% —
1983 Q4 184 156 28 15.2% 100.0% 69.9% —
1983 Q3 189 161 28 14.8% 100.0% 68.6% —
1983 Q2 197 171 26 13.2% 100.0% 65.3% —
1983 Q1 176 152 24 13.6% 100.0% 66.2% —

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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