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Middlesbrough Development Corporation

North East · E51000006 · 13 quarters held (2023 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
69
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.6%
higher than 49% of authorities
Majors in time
33.3%
threshold 60%
Minors in time
100.0%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
—
no formal threshold
Delegated
89.9%
decisions not to committee

Refusal rate trend — last 13 quarters

2023 Q2 → 2026 Q2 · peak 22.2%

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
58
in the window
Applications decided
69
in the window
Approval rate
88.4%
61 granted, 8 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Decided within time
82.9%
rank 247 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Performance by development type
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major7100.0%33.3%
Minor1675.0%100.0%
Other4691.3%—
of which householder0——
"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
018362024 Q3: 25 received2024 Q3: 10 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 13 received2024 Q4: 17 decided2025 Q1: 11 received2025 Q1: 24 decided2025 Q2: 19 received2025 Q2: 7 decided2025 Q3: 19 received2025 Q3: 36 decided2025 Q4: 20 received2025 Q4: 15 decided2026 Q1: 6 received2026 Q1: 12 decided2026 Q2: 13 received2026 Q2: 6 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test

Not measured for this authority in the latest HDT release (county-matter, national park or recently merged authorities are not all listed).

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 (E51000006). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG2023 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (13 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationallyLive tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025MHCLGnot measured for this authority18 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 6 6 0 0.0% 100.0% — 13
2026 Q1 12 12 0 0.0% — 100.0% 6
2025 Q4 15 13 2 13.3% 0.0% 100.0% 20
2025 Q3 36 30 6 16.7% 0.0% 100.0% 19
2025 Q2 7 6 1 14.3% — 100.0% 19
2025 Q1 24 24 0 0.0% — 100.0% 11
2024 Q4 17 17 0 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 13
2024 Q3 10 10 0 0.0% — 100.0% 25
2024 Q2 9 7 2 22.2% 100.0% 100.0% 10
2024 Q1 13 12 1 7.7% 100.0% 100.0% 13
2023 Q4 14 14 0 0.0% — 100.0% 15
2023 Q3 17 15 2 11.8% — — 14
2023 Q2 0 0 0 — — — 32

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. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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