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 "id": "planning-decisions-england",
 "title": "Planning applications granted and decided in time, England",
 "category": "housing",
 "summary": "The share of planning applications decided by England's district planning authorities that were granted, and the share of major applications decided within 13 weeks or a time agreed with the applicant, each quarter since April to June 2012, from MHCLG's Table P120.",
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 "chart": "line",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Accredited official statistics",
 "notes": [
  "Applications decided by district planning authorities, the share of those decisions that granted permission, and the share of major applications decided within 13 weeks, or within a longer time agreed with the applicant, as MHCLG gives them in whole percentages from councils' returns.",
  "The figures leave out county matters, such as minerals and waste (MHCLG's note 10).",
  "Until 31 March 2014 MHCLG counts certificates of lawful development and notifications among the applications decided, but its share granted leaves out applications that can be neither granted nor refused, such as notifications (its notes 1 and 2)."
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   "2012 Q3": 110653.0,
   "2012 Q4": 103796.0,
   "2013 Q1": 94212.0,
   "2013 Q2": 110641.0,
   "2013 Q3": 114586.0,
   "2013 Q4": 105290.0,
   "2014 Q1": 95822.0,
   "2014 Q2": 104167.0,
   "2014 Q3": 108545.0,
   "2014 Q4": 101650.0,
   "2015 Q1": 95483.0,
   "2015 Q2": 108141.0,
   "2015 Q3": 112210.0,
   "2015 Q4": 106040.0,
   "2016 Q1": 98799.0,
   "2016 Q2": 114309.0,
   "2016 Q3": 116003.0,
   "2016 Q4": 107122.0,
   "2017 Q1": 102506.0,
   "2017 Q2": 112000.0,
   "2017 Q3": 112604.0,
   "2017 Q4": 106378.0,
   "2018 Q1": 100225.0,
   "2018 Q2": 106912.0,
   "2018 Q3": 105401.0,
   "2018 Q4": 100950.0,
   "2019 Q1": 92990.0,
   "2019 Q2": 103900.0,
   "2019 Q3": 103062.0,
   "2019 Q4": 95835.0,
   "2020 Q1": 88466.0,
   "2020 Q2": 82053.0,
   "2020 Q3": 90152.0,
   "2020 Q4": 98211.0,
   "2021 Q1": 98917.0,
   "2021 Q2": 111708.0,
   "2021 Q3": 112268.0,
   "2021 Q4": 103589.0,
   "2022 Q1": 95900.0,
   "2022 Q2": 99756.0,
   "2022 Q3": 98213.0,
   "2022 Q4": 91751.0,
   "2023 Q1": 87325.0,
   "2023 Q2": 87487.0,
   "2023 Q3": 85701.0,
   "2023 Q4": 80576.0,
   "2024 Q1": 79123.0,
   "2024 Q2": 81846.0,
   "2024 Q3": 79706.0,
   "2024 Q4": 75405.0,
   "2025 Q1": 70860.0,
   "2025 Q2": 80740.0,
   "2025 Q3": 76321.0,
   "2025 Q4": 72685.0,
   "2026 Q1": 68371.0,
   "2026 Q2": 74484.0
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  "attachment_title": "Tables P120 to P138, MJPSI and PIPTDC: district planning authority tables"
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  "label": "Decisions granted",
  "value": 88.0,
  "period": "2026 Q2",
  "note": "of 74,484 applications decided"
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    {
     "x": "2014 Q3",
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     "x": "2015 Q1",
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    {
     "x": "2015 Q2",
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     "x": "2015 Q3",
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     "x": "2016 Q1",
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     "x": "2016 Q3",
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     "x": "2016 Q4",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2017 Q1",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2017 Q2",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2017 Q3",
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     "x": "2017 Q4",
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    {
     "x": "2018 Q1",
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     "x": "2018 Q2",
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    {
     "x": "2018 Q3",
     "v": 89.0
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    {
     "x": "2018 Q4",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2019 Q1",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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     "x": "2019 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2019 Q4",
     "v": 87.0
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     "x": "2020 Q1",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2020 Q2",
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     "x": "2020 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 Q4",
     "v": 87.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q1",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q2",
     "v": 89.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q3",
     "v": 89.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q4",
     "v": 87.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 Q1",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2022 Q2",
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     "x": "2022 Q3",
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     "x": "2022 Q4",
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     "x": "2023 Q3",
     "v": 86.0
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    {
     "x": "2023 Q4",
     "v": 85.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q1",
     "v": 85.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q2",
     "v": 86.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q3",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q4",
     "v": 86.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q1",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q3",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q4",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2026 Q1",
     "v": 87.0
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    {
     "x": "2026 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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     "x": "2012 Q2",
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     "x": "2012 Q3",
     "v": 57.0
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     "x": "2012 Q4",
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     "x": "2013 Q1",
     "v": 60.0
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     "x": "2013 Q2",
     "v": 63.0
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    {
     "x": "2013 Q3",
     "v": 69.0
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    {
     "x": "2013 Q4",
     "v": 75.0
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     "x": "2014 Q1",
     "v": 76.0
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     "x": "2014 Q2",
     "v": 79.0
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     "x": "2014 Q3",
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     "x": "2014 Q4",
     "v": 78.0
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     "x": "2015 Q1",
     "v": 78.0
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     "x": "2015 Q2",
     "v": 80.0
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    {
     "x": "2015 Q3",
     "v": 80.0
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    {
     "x": "2015 Q4",
     "v": 83.0
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    {
     "x": "2016 Q1",
     "v": 84.0
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    {
     "x": "2016 Q2",
     "v": 85.0
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    {
     "x": "2016 Q3",
     "v": 85.0
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    {
     "x": "2016 Q4",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2017 Q1",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2017 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2017 Q3",
     "v": 89.0
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    {
     "x": "2017 Q4",
     "v": 89.0
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     "x": "2018 Q1",
     "v": 89.0
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     "x": "2018 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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     "x": "2018 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2018 Q4",
     "v": 89.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 Q1",
     "v": 88.0
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     "x": "2019 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
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    {
     "x": "2019 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019 Q4",
     "v": 89.0
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    {
     "x": "2020 Q1",
     "v": 89.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 Q2",
     "v": 90.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020 Q4",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q1",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q2",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q3",
     "v": 85.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021 Q4",
     "v": 86.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 Q1",
     "v": 86.0
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    {
     "x": "2022 Q2",
     "v": 86.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 Q3",
     "v": 87.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022 Q4",
     "v": 87.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 Q1",
     "v": 89.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 Q2",
     "v": 90.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 Q3",
     "v": 88.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023 Q4",
     "v": 90.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024 Q1",
     "v": 90.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q2",
     "v": 91.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q3",
     "v": 90.0
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    {
     "x": "2024 Q4",
     "v": 91.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q1",
     "v": 91.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q2",
     "v": 91.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025 Q3",
     "v": 91.0
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    {
     "x": "2025 Q4",
     "v": 92.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2026 Q1",
     "v": 91.0
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     "v": 91.0
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