Planning applications granted and decided in time, England
Accredited official statistics
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.
Decisions granted
88.0%
Q2 2026 · of 74,484 applications decided
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:36 UTC- Decisions granted
- Major applications decided in time
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
57 periods, newest first
| Period | Decisions granted | Major applications decided in time |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 88.0% | 91.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 87.0% | 92.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 88.0% | 91.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 86.0% | 91.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 87.0% | 90.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 86.0% | 91.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
| Q3 2023 | 86.0% | 88.0% |
| Q2 2023 | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| Q1 2023 | 86.0% | 89.0% |
| Q4 2022 | 87.0% | 87.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 87.0% | 87.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| Q3 2021 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| Q3 2020 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q2 2020 | 87.0% | 90.0% |
| Q1 2020 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| Q3 2019 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q2 2019 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q1 2019 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q4 2018 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
| Q3 2018 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| Q2 2018 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q1 2018 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
| Q4 2017 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
| Q3 2017 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
| Q2 2017 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Q1 2017 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| Q4 2016 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| Q3 2016 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
| Q2 2016 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
| Q1 2016 | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| Q4 2015 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| Q3 2015 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| Q2 2015 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| Q1 2015 | 87.0% | 78.0% |
| Q4 2014 | 87.0% | 78.0% |
| Q3 2014 | 88.0% | 79.0% |
| Q2 2014 | 89.0% | 79.0% |
| Q1 2014 | 88.0% | 76.0% |
| Q4 2013 | 88.0% | 75.0% |
| Q3 2013 | 88.0% | 69.0% |
| Q2 2013 | 89.0% | 63.0% |
| Q1 2013 | 88.0% | 60.0% |
| Q4 2012 | 87.0% | 56.0% |
| Q3 2012 | 87.0% | 57.0% |
| Q2 2012 | 88.0% | 60.0% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC
- Raw files fetched
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Verification
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:36 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:36 UTC; 114 of 114 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:16:33Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 114 of 114 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's decided match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 114 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 114 of 114 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's decided match |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026 Q2 ended 131 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Tables P120 to P138, MJPSI and PIPTDC: district planning authority tables |
| Not run | Second official route | no second route is published: MHCLG gives England's shares only in Table P120; its Reference Table 2 and open data give counts by type of development, from which the hub would have to work the shares out |
| Pass | Each share granted is the decisions granted of those decided | 49 of 49 cases of the quarters' shares granted are their decisions granted over those decided, as a whole percentage, within the half point MHCLG rounds to within 0.5 (0 exactly); the 8 quarters to 2014 Q1 have nothing to compare, as their applications decided include notifications, which MHCLG's share leaves out (its notes 1 and 2) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics – HTTP 200 |
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).