Data & insights6 May 20267 min read

Q4 2025/26: Planning Inspectorate Appeal Statistics | England

The Q4 2025–26 allow rate rose to 31.7% — but the headline conceals regional gaps of 17 percentage points and a procedure divide that changes the baseline for every practitioner.

David Robinson

Chartered Architect & Co-founder, Planning Appeals

2,514

s78 appeals received

+74 vs prev quarter

2,252

s78 appeals decided

−332 vs prev quarter

31.7%

s78 allow rate

5th quarter above 30%

34.4%

Householder allow rate

Within 33–39% range

The Planning Inspectorate published its Q4 2025–26 statistics in April 2026, covering appeal decisions issued between January and March 2026. The headline figures are worth reading carefully — not just for the allow rate, but for what the procedure breakdown, case type variation, regional picture, and timescales add to the national average.

At a glance

National allow rate: 31.7% in Q4 2025–26 — up from 30.2% last quarter, continuing the post-December 2024 NPPF trend
Procedure gap: Written representations allow at 29.9%. Hearings allow at 61.7%. The route matters as much as the case.
Development type: Major residential (10+ dwellings) allows at 53%. Minor residential (under 10) allows at just 24%. The national average is not your baseline.
Regional spread: West Midlands 39.7%. North East 22.8%. A 17-percentage-point gap between top and bottom regions.
Timescales improving: Written reps now median 16 weeks. 42% decided within 20 weeks — up from 33.9% three months ago.
Enforcement outlier: Median 76 weeks for enforcement written representations — nearly five times the householder figure.

The headline figures

In Q4 2025–26, the Planning Inspectorate issued 2,252 section 78 decisions. Of those, 713 were allowed — a headline allow rate of 31.7%.

That is up from 30.2% in Q3 2025–26 (October to December 2025), continuing a recovery that began with the December 2024 revised NPPF. Our analysis of 181,000 decided appeals shows the national rate moved from 28.2% in the year before December 2024 to 31.4% since — the Q4 2025–26 figure of 31.7% is consistent with, and slightly above, that post-NPPF trend.

Of the 2,252 decisions, 1,539 were not allowed. It is often the dismissed cases that carry the most useful preparation insight — Inspector reasoning in not-allowed decisions sets out clearly what evidence was absent, what policy grounds fell short, and what would have changed the outcome.

Procedure: the divide that matters most

The procedure breakdown for Q4 2025–26 shows three very different allow rates sitting beneath the 31.7% headline:

Written representations: 29.9% allowed (2,125 decisions, 635 allowed)
Hearings: 61.7% allowed (94 decisions, 58 allowed)
Inquiries: 60.6% allowed (33 decisions, 20 allowed)

The gap between written representations and hearing or inquiry procedure is large — more than 30 percentage points — and has been a persistent feature of the data across multiple quarters. Written representations account for 94% of all Q4 2025–26 S78 decisions by volume. This means the 31.7% national allow rate is heavily anchored to the written reps rate of 29.9%.

The inquiry sample in Q4 2025–26 is small (33 cases), so the 60.6% figure should be read as directional rather than definitive. The hearings figure (61.7% from 94 decisions) is more statistically robust and represents a notable increase from the 40.0% recorded in Q3 2025–26. That quarter-on-quarter jump in the hearings allow rate is striking and worth monitoring as Q1 2026–27 data becomes available.

The structural lesson for practitioners is unchanged: procedure is not merely administrative. The route an appeal takes shapes the conditions under which Inspector reasoning is formed, and the allow rate data reflects that.

Allow rate over time

All proceduresWritten repsHearingsInquiries

Appeal volumes

s78 appeals

ReceivedDecided

Householder appeals

ReceivedDecidedAllowed

Case type and development type: not all appeals start equal

Householder appeals — decided under the HAS process — recorded an average allow rate of 36% across 2025–26, sitting above the overall S78 aggregate and reflecting a consistent pattern across recent quarters.

The development type breakdown reveals more significant variation. Using PINS annual data for 2025–26, major residential applications (10 or more dwellings) recorded a national average allow rate of 53% — more than double the 24% recorded for minor residential applications (under 10 dwellings). That is a gap of 29 percentage points between two categories that are often treated as broadly comparable in practice.

Minor residential developments are considerably less likely to succeed on appeal than the headline average suggests. A practitioner using the 31.7% national figure as a baseline for a minor residential case is working from a significantly overstated starting point.

Enforcement appeals (section 174) present a different picture. Of 503 enforcement appeals decided in Q4 2025–26, 35 notices were quashed outright (7.0%), 198 were upheld (39.4%), and 194 were varied (38.6%). The low quash rate relative to the variation rate is a consistent enforcement pattern: outright reversal is rare, but variation is common — which matters for how cases are prepared and what relief is sought.

Regional variation: 17 percentage points from top to bottom

The national 31.7% figure is an average across a system that varies considerably by region. Using PINS annual data for the full 2025–26 year (April 2025 to March 2026), the regional picture shows significant dispersion:

West Midlands: 39.7%
South West: 33.8%
East Midlands: 33.5%
North West: 33.3%
South East: 32.3%
Yorkshire & Humberside: 28.6%
East of England: 27.9%
London: 24.0%
North East: 22.8%

The gap between the West Midlands (39.7%) and the North East (22.8%) is 16.9 percentage points. London's 24.0% sits at the lower end — reflecting, in part, the volume of complex urban cases and the LPA scrutiny culture in the capital. The West Midlands figure is the highest regional rate by some margin, and at LPA level the dispersion is wider still.

Our analysis of individual LPA outcomes shows that some authorities allow at over 60% — Walsall (61.1%), Newcastle-under-Lyme (60.0%), and Sefton (58.8%) are among the highest — while others sit well below 15%. Understanding where your LPA sits relative to regional and national averages is not a secondary consideration: it is the baseline from which any case assessment begins.

Timescales: the system is speeding up

For the month ending 31 March 2026, PINS published the following median decision timescales:

S78 written representations: 16 weeks (751 decisions)
S78 hearings: 24 weeks (38 decisions)
S78 inquiries: 28 weeks (13 decisions)
Householder appeals: 13 weeks (408 decisions)
Enforcement written representations: 76 weeks (283 decisions)

The enforcement figure stands out. At 76 weeks median, enforcement appeals are taking nearly five times as long as householder written representations — a practical consideration for anyone advising clients on the likely duration of an enforcement challenge.

The Ministerial Measures on timeliness, published in February 2026 and covering the year ending December 2025, show consistent improvement across all procedure types. For written representations, the proportion decided within 20 weeks rose from 33.9% to 42.0% compared to three months previously. The proportion decided within 26 weeks moved from 52.2% to 58.9%. Hearings decided within 26 weeks improved from 48.7% to 53.3%, and inquiries within 26 weeks from 33.9% to 39.0%.

The direction of travel is clear: PINS is processing appeals faster, and the improvement is showing across written representations, hearings, and inquiries simultaneously. For practitioners advising clients on expected timescales, the 16-week median for written representations is a more useful working figure than the longer timescales that characterised the system 12 to 18 months ago.

What this means for practitioners

Four signals from Q4 2025–26 are worth keeping in mind.

First, the national allow rate has been above 31% for two consecutive quarters now, continuing the post-December-2024 NPPF trend. The policy environment has shifted, and the decisions data is beginning to reflect that shift. Practitioners working in areas where housing supply is under pressure — the presumption in favour of sustainable development, paragraph 11d — will want to track how Inspector reasoning is landing in their LPA.

Second, the procedure gap (29.9% written reps versus 61.7% hearings) is a reminder that the written representations route, while the default for the vast majority of cases, is also the hardest route to succeed on. The detail and completeness of written submissions matters more than ever when there is no opportunity to respond orally to the Inspector's questions.

Third, development type is a more reliable baseline than the national average. Major residential cases start from 53%. Minor residential cases start from 24%. Using the aggregate figure in either direction misrepresents the realistic position.

Fourth, regional variation is not background noise — it is a material factor. A case in the West Midlands starts from a very different statistical position than the same case in the North East or London. The local picture, at LPA and sub-regional level, is the more useful reference point than the national average.

Source: Planning Inspectorate Quarterly Statistics, Q4 2025–26 (April 2026 release). Ministerial Measures on Timeliness, February 2026 release (year ending December 2025). Regional figures: PINS annual data, April 2025–March 2026. Our analysis: 181,000+ decided appeal records.

Decisions by local planning authority

Annual 2024–25. Source: PINS Table 5.1.


Cornwall	South West	199	42.7%	23	34.8%	52
Barnet	London	157	22.9%	75	38.7%	60
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire & Humberside	150	34.0%	27	37.0%	18
Somerset	South West	138	38.4%	20	30.0%	3
Buckinghamshire	South East	127	37.8%	89	32.6%	53
Croydon	London	119	17.6%	42	31.0%	7
Havering	London	112	16.1%	73	46.6%	45
Bromley	London	110	25.5%	115	41.7%	24
Wiltshire	South West	108	38.9%	22	22.7%	13
Cheshire East	North West	105	36.2%	44	38.6%	26
Brent	London	102	17.6%	29	31.0%	75
Bristol, City of	South West	95	24.2%	23	30.4%	1
Leeds	Yorkshire & Humberside	94	25.5%	100	27.0%	35
Dorset	South West	92	34.8%	24	37.5%	7
Central Bedfordshire	East of England	91	24.2%	28	32.1%	4
Epping Forest	East of England	90	28.9%	51	43.1%	6
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	89	24.7%	40	47.5%	11
Horsham	South East	89	32.6%	6	33.3%	28
Birmingham	West Midlands	88	34.1%	44	27.3%	24
Wychavon	West Midlands	86	47.7%	12	33.3%	3
Wealden	South East	76	35.5%	32	50.0%	14
East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire & Humberside	75	24.0%	17	5.9%	8
Enfield	London	75	20.0%	50	34.0%	24
Lambeth	London	74	25.7%	28	50.0%	11
Shropshire	West Midlands	73	32.9%	19	26.3%	9
Uttlesford	East of England	71	22.5%	9	33.3%	7
Maidstone	South East	70	47.1%	13	23.1%	6
Hillingdon	London	68	30.9%	52	57.7%	41
Cheshire West and Chester	North West	67	37.3%	34	23.5%	14
Mole Valley	South East	67	25.4%	28	39.3%	11
Basingstoke and Deane	South East	66	27.3%	9	44.4%	2
Hounslow	London	65	26.2%	68	67.6%	9
West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	65	40.0%	28	25.0%	2
East Devon	South West	62	32.3%	14	42.9%	10
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	62	38.7%	14	57.1%	14
Westminster	London	62	45.2%	12	41.7%	23
Camden	London	61	26.2%	22	36.4%	19
Hackney	London	59	39.0%	23	60.9%	20
Harrow	London	59	13.6%	43	32.6%	7
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	59	32.2%	33	33.3%	14
Braintree	East of England	58	24.1%	12	16.7%	1
Waltham Forest	London	58	24.1%	32	34.4%	3
Liverpool	North West	57	40.4%	21	33.3%	1
South Gloucestershire	South West	57	43.9%	40	42.5%	10
Islington	London	56	25.0%	9	11.1%	11
South Downs National Park	South East	56	32.1%	18	50.0%	18
Brighton and Hove	South East	55	38.2%	13	15.4%	6
Colchester	East of England	55	32.7%	24	29.2%	26
Kingston upon Thames	London	55	32.7%	28	46.4%	3
Manchester	North West	54	18.5%	15	26.7%	9
Waverley	South East	54	40.7%	21	33.3%	8
Ashford	South East	53	24.5%	12	50.0%	4
Bedford	East of England	53	28.3%	18	22.2%	24
Newham	London	53	15.1%	17	17.6%	28
Northumberland	North East	52	21.2%	19	42.1%	6
East Hertfordshire	East of England	51	39.2%	39	43.6%	7
Elmbridge	South East	51	35.3%	42	50.0%	6
Ealing	London	50	10.0%	31	32.3%	45
Guildford	South East	49	28.6%	32	28.1%	17
Tendring	East of England	49	26.5%	13	30.8%	3
Bexley	London	48	27.1%	22	18.2%	15
Southend-on-Sea City Council	East of England	48	33.3%	19	26.3%	7
Bradford	Yorkshire & Humberside	47	17.0%	41	14.6%	19
Breckland	East of England	47	10.6%	3	33.3%	4
Maldon	East of England	47	38.3%	8	62.5%	7
Malvern Hills	West Midlands	47	44.7%	6	66.7%	0
Wandsworth	London	47	21.3%	32	43.8%	13
Tandridge	South East	46	52.2%	16	50.0%	14
Warrington	North West	46	28.3%	21	38.1%	7
West Suffolk	East of England	46	19.6%	4	50.0%	1
North Somerset	South West	45	24.4%	14	50.0%	8
Redbridge	London	45	22.2%	51	37.3%	9
Chelmsford	East of England	43	44.2%	17	23.5%	11
County Durham	North East	43	23.3%	4	0.0%	6
Greenwich	London	43	25.6%	46	50.0%	5
Stroud	South West	43	32.6%	28	42.9%	6
York	Yorkshire & Humberside	43	16.3%	13	15.4%	3
Haringey	London	42	28.6%	10	30.0%	24
Lewisham	London	42	33.3%	18	16.7%	24
Mid Suffolk	East of England	42	19.0%	6	50.0%	4
Sheffield	Yorkshire & Humberside	42	45.2%	22	13.6%	16
South Oxfordshire	South East	42	38.1%	13	46.2%	11
Cherwell	South East	41	43.9%	10	40.0%	4
East Suffolk	East of England	41	19.5%	9	33.3%	7
Kirklees	Yorkshire & Humberside	41	17.1%	20	20.0%	29
Luton	East of England	41	31.7%	31	29.0%	5
North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	41	43.9%	25	44.0%	0
Swale	South East	41	31.7%	10	40.0%	11
Tower Hamlets	London	41	17.1%	7	14.3%	14
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	40	27.5%	5	60.0%	6
Teignbridge	South West	40	30.0%	10	20.0%	3
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	38	23.7%	10	10.0%	10
Richmond upon Thames	London	38	31.6%	67	43.3%	8
Rother	South East	38	21.1%	2	0.0%	2
St Albans	East of England	38	26.3%	31	41.9%	1
Calderdale	Yorkshire & Humberside	37	18.9%	24	25.0%	5
Mid Sussex	South East	37	43.2%	15	20.0%	2
Reigate and Banstead	South East	37	29.7%	20	20.0%	4
South Cambridgeshire	East of England	37	24.3%	15	20.0%	24
Torridge	South West	37	32.4%	4	75.0%	2
West Berkshire	South East	37	43.2%	11	36.4%	1
Arun	South East	36	30.6%	6	50.0%	12
Bolton	North West	36	22.2%	18	5.6%	5
Coventry	West Midlands	36	47.2%	32	28.1%	0
North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire & Humberside	36	33.3%	7	0.0%	6
Winchester	South East	36	13.9%	5	40.0%	7
Trafford	North West	35	25.7%	41	24.4%	3
West Devon	South West	35	40.0%	7	28.6%	1
Dacorum	East of England	34	32.4%	24	16.7%	11
Nottingham	East Midlands	34	55.9%	9	33.3%	4
Wakefield	Yorkshire & Humberside	34	41.2%	9	66.7%	14
Barking and Dagenham	London	33	9.1%	30	36.7%	11
Broxbourne	East of England	33	30.3%	9	22.2%	16
Chichester	South East	33	42.4%	7	57.1%	10
Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	33	24.2%	5	40.0%	3
Spelthorne	South East	33	33.3%	14	21.4%	4
Thurrock	East of England	33	21.2%	24	16.7%	2
Cotswold	South West	32	37.5%	12	50.0%	0
Runnymede	South East	32	15.6%	11	9.1%	9
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	32	37.5%	9	33.3%	0
Bath and North East Somerset	South West	31	29.0%	12	16.7%	11
Leicester	East Midlands	31	25.8%	15	26.7%	5
Doncaster	Yorkshire & Humberside	30	26.7%	4	25.0%	8
North Norfolk	East of England	30	20.0%	3	0.0%	11
Slough	South East	30	30.0%	18	33.3%	22
South Staffordshire	West Midlands	30	33.3%	10	30.0%	0
Sutton	London	30	40.0%	20	25.0%	1
Warwick	West Midlands	30	40.0%	11	45.5%	6
Gravesham	South East	29	27.6%	30	30.0%	14
Medway	South East	29	17.2%	6	16.7%	5
West Oxfordshire	South East	29	24.1%	9	22.2%	2
Basildon	East of England	28	50.0%	21	52.4%	16
Canterbury	South East	28	21.4%	7	42.9%	12
Ribble Valley	North West	28	35.7%	9	33.3%	5
Test Valley	South East	28	32.1%	5	20.0%	13
Tewkesbury	South West	28	42.9%	10	20.0%	14
Dudley	West Midlands	27	48.1%	26	50.0%	13
Huntingdonshire	East of England	27	22.2%	7	14.3%	1
Isle of Wight	South East	27	40.7%	8	87.5%	3
Milton Keynes	South East	27	22.2%	14	42.9%	8
Surrey Heath	South East	27	18.5%	20	30.0%	8
Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	27	48.1%	2	0.0%	6
Wirral	North West	27	22.2%	13	38.5%	1
Babergh	East of England	26	26.9%	15	46.7%	0
Bracknell Forest	South East	26	34.6%	9	44.4%	1
Dartford	South East	26	50.0%	12	25.0%	4
Oxford	South East	26	23.1%	16	37.5%	0
Westmorland and Furness	North West	26	34.6%	4	50.0%	8
Hart	South East	25	44.0%	20	35.0%	4
Kensington and Chelsea	London	25	36.0%	17	29.4%	18
South Kesteven	East Midlands	25	32.0%	14	42.9%	0
Thanet	South East	25	40.0%	0	—	6
West Lancashire	North West	25	36.0%	10	40.0%	4
Wigan	North West	25	36.0%	13	23.1%	9
Woking	South East	25	24.0%	29	37.9%	3
Wokingham	South East	25	20.0%	8	37.5%	4
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	24	8.3%	6	33.3%	3
Harborough	East Midlands	24	29.2%	8	25.0%	9
North Devon	South West	24	29.2%	3	0.0%	7
North Hertfordshire	East of England	24	33.3%	5	20.0%	5
Torbay	South West	24	12.5%	22	54.5%	4
Castle Point	East of England	23	43.5%	16	37.5%	2
Dover	South East	23	26.1%	3	33.3%	1
East Cambridgeshire	East of England	23	21.7%	11	27.3%	2
Portsmouth	South East	23	52.2%	7	28.6%	3
Reading	South East	23	17.4%	11	36.4%	13
Solihull	West Midlands	23	26.1%	22	40.9%	6
South Derbyshire	East Midlands	23	52.2%	4	0.0%	1
South Holland	East Midlands	23	26.1%	6	33.3%	1
Tunbridge Wells	South East	23	21.7%	11	27.3%	5
Watford	East of England	23	34.8%	15	40.0%	2
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	22	18.2%	6	33.3%	1
Cambridge	East of England	22	22.7%	8	12.5%	0
Charnwood	East Midlands	22	36.4%	11	54.5%	5
East Hampshire	South East	22	31.8%	5	60.0%	15
Merton	London	22	9.1%	19	42.1%	2
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	22	54.5%	9	22.2%	2
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	22	40.9%	12	25.0%	0
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	22	36.4%	0	—	10
Broadland	East of England	21	14.3%	7	14.3%	2
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	21	33.3%	9	22.2%	1
East Lindsey	East Midlands	21	33.3%	3	0.0%	1
Eastleigh	South East	21	23.8%	10	20.0%	3
Forest of Dean	South West	21	38.1%	3	0.0%	8
Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	21	14.3%	5	20.0%	4
Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	21	33.3%	3	33.3%	5
Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	21	4.8%	7	14.3%	1
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	21	19.0%	5	0.0%	4
Sevenoaks	South East	21	28.6%	14	21.4%	8
Lewes	South East	20	20.0%	2	100.0%	2
Lichfield	West Midlands	20	25.0%	5	60.0%	4
New Forest	South East	20	10.0%	6	16.7%	1
Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	20	60.0%	2	0.0%	0
South Hams	South West	20	35.0%	22	22.7%	13
Three Rivers	East of England	20	35.0%	24	50.0%	9
Middlesbrough	North East	19	31.6%	7	14.3%	3
Peak District National Park	East Midlands	19	47.4%	6	33.3%	1
Pendle	North West	19	47.4%	5	20.0%	11
Rochford	East of England	19	36.8%	17	47.1%	3
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	19	31.6%	10	30.0%	3
Vale of White Horse	South East	19	21.1%	5	40.0%	2
Barnsley	Yorkshire & Humberside	18	44.4%	8	25.0%	3
Brentwood	East of England	18	22.2%	16	31.2%	0
Dartmoor National Park	South West	18	27.8%	1	100.0%	4
Epsom and Ewell	South East	18	33.3%	5	20.0%	1
Rutland	East Midlands	18	33.3%	3	33.3%	0
South Norfolk	East of England	18	22.2%	6	83.3%	2
Tameside	North West	18	33.3%	12	16.7%	2
Walsall	West Midlands	18	61.1%	12	16.7%	1
Exeter	South West	17	23.5%	10	40.0%	0
Rossendale	North West	17	29.4%	1	0.0%	5
Sefton	North West	17	58.8%	13	46.2%	6
Swindon	South West	17	23.5%	12	8.3%	0
Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	16	43.8%	7	28.6%	2
Fenland	East of England	16	25.0%	3	100.0%	2
Great Yarmouth	East of England	16	31.2%	3	33.3%	0
Hertsmere	East of England	16	56.2%	9	44.4%	8
Ipswich	East of England	16	37.5%	1	0.0%	1
Lancaster	North West	16	31.2%	12	25.0%	9
Peterborough	East of England	16	12.5%	10	10.0%	3
Preston	North West	16	18.8%	3	0.0%	8
Rotherham	Yorkshire & Humberside	16	37.5%	16	31.2%	5
Bury	North West	15	20.0%	12	25.0%	4
Southwark	London	15	20.0%	10	10.0%	13
West Lindsey	East Midlands	15	13.3%	1	0.0%	0
Chorley	North West	14	64.3%	2	50.0%	5
Lake District National Park	North West	14	0.0%	3	33.3%	19
North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	14	35.7%	3	100.0%	0
Rochdale	North West	14	42.9%	9	0.0%	0
Rugby	West Midlands	14	35.7%	6	0.0%	12
Stafford	West Midlands	14	50.0%	5	40.0%	0
Derby	East Midlands	13	46.2%	2	0.0%	0
Hyndburn	North West	13	69.2%	3	0.0%	4
Mid Devon	South West	13	23.1%	1	0.0%	10
Southampton	South East	13	30.8%	11	63.6%	3
Stockton-on-Tees	North East	13	30.8%	5	20.0%	1
Worcester	West Midlands	13	38.5%	6	16.7%	3
Gateshead	North East	12	33.3%	2	0.0%	0
New Forest National Park	South East	12	50.0%	9	55.6%	2
Sandwell	West Midlands	12	41.7%	22	22.7%	0
Wyre	North West	12	33.3%	2	0.0%	2
Amber Valley	East Midlands	11	9.1%	0	—	0
Ashfield	East Midlands	11	36.4%	4	50.0%	0
Blaby	East Midlands	11	18.2%	2	50.0%	5
Cumberland	North West	11	18.2%	3	0.0%	6
Eastbourne	South East	11	54.5%	3	66.7%	0
High Peak	East Midlands	11	36.4%	8	50.0%	0
North Tyneside	North East	11	45.5%	4	0.0%	0
North Warwickshire	West Midlands	11	54.5%	2	100.0%	1
Oldham	North West	11	45.5%	17	5.9%	6
Sunderland	North East	11	0.0%	4	25.0%	4
Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	11	18.2%	12	33.3%	2
Blackpool	North West	10	20.0%	11	36.4%	4
Broxtowe	East Midlands	10	60.0%	4	50.0%	4
Burnley	North West	10	20.0%	4	50.0%	1
East Staffordshire	West Midlands	10	40.0%	7	28.6%	0
Gedling	East Midlands	10	50.0%	6	50.0%	1
Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire & Humberside	10	50.0%	1	0.0%	1
North Kesteven	East Midlands	10	20.0%	2	0.0%	2
South Ribble	North West	10	10.0%	1	0.0%	1
Adur	South East	9	33.3%	3	0.0%	0
Bolsover	East Midlands	9	33.3%	3	0.0%	2
Harlow	East of England	9	33.3%	7	42.9%	3
Melton	East Midlands	9	33.3%	1	0.0%	1
North York Moors National Park	Yorkshire & Humberside	9	33.3%	3	0.0%	0
Salford	North West	9	55.6%	8	12.5%	2
St. Helens	North West	9	22.2%	1	0.0%	3
Worthing	South East	9	11.1%	1	0.0%	0
Yorkshire Dales National Park	Yorkshire & Humberside	9	11.1%	2	0.0%	2
Chesterfield	East Midlands	8	0.0%	4	25.0%	0
Lincoln	East Midlands	8	25.0%	1	100.0%	0
North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire & Humberside	8	25.0%	2	50.0%	0
Plymouth	South West	8	0.0%	1	0.0%	0
Stockport	North West	8	62.5%	9	22.2%	8
Boston	East Midlands	7	14.3%	0	—	3
City of London	London	7	42.9%	0	—	0
Crawley	South East	7	57.1%	10	40.0%	4
Exmoor National Park	South West	7	28.6%	0	—	0
Fareham	South East	7	42.9%	2	50.0%	2
Fylde	North West	7	85.7%	3	66.7%	0
Norwich	East of England	7	14.3%	0	—	2
Cannock Chase	West Midlands	6	50.0%	3	0.0%	5
Hartlepool	North East	6	33.3%	1	0.0%	1
Havant	South East	6	33.3%	3	0.0%	3
Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	6	33.3%	2	0.0%	0
Blackburn with Darwen	North West	5	0.0%	3	0.0%	1
Cheltenham	South West	5	40.0%	7	14.3%	0
Darlington	North East	5	20.0%	2	0.0%	0
Gosport	South East	5	20.0%	1	0.0%	0
Norfolk County Council	East of England	5	60.0%	0	—	1
Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	5	20.0%	2	100.0%	0
Redcar and Cleveland	North East	5	20.0%	2	50.0%	1
Rushmoor	South East	5	20.0%	0	—	0
Erewash	East Midlands	4	0.0%	2	0.0%	0
Halton	North West	4	25.0%	1	0.0%	0
Hastings	South East	4	25.0%	2	0.0%	1
Middlesbrough Development Corporation	North East	4	0.0%	0	—	0
Redditch	West Midlands	4	50.0%	1	0.0%	0
The Broads Authority	East of England	4	0.0%	2	100.0%	4
Knowsley	North West	3	0.0%	3	33.3%	0
London Legacy Development Corporation	London	3	0.0%	0	—	0
South Tyneside	North East	3	66.7%	4	25.0%	0
Gloucester	South West	2	0.0%	15	20.0%	1
Hampshire County Council	South West	2	50.0%	0	—	2
Lancashire County Council	North West	2	100.0%	0	—	1
Mansfield	East Midlands	2	0.0%	4	25.0%	0
Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	2	0.0%	10	40.0%	0
Cambridgeshire County Council	East of England	1	100.0%	0	—	1
Derbyshire County Council	East Midlands	1	100.0%	0	—	0
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	South East	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Essex County Council	East of England	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Gloucestershire County Council	South West	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Hertfordshire County Council	East of England	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Isles of Scilly	South West	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0
Kent County Council	South East	1	100.0%	0	—	0
Northumberland National Park	North East	1	0.0%	0	—	1
Stevenage	East of England	1	100.0%	1	0.0%	0
Suffolk County Council	East of England	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Surrey County Council	South East	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0
Tamworth	West Midlands	1	0.0%	0	—	2
West Sussex County Council	South East	1	0.0%	0	—	0
Devon County Council	South West	0	—	0	—	0
East Sussex County Council	South East	0	—	0	—	0
Leicestershire County Council	East Midlands	0	—	0	—	0
Lincolnshire County Council	East Midlands	0	—	0	—	0
Nottinghamshire County Council	East Midlands	0	—	0	—	0
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	London	0	—	0	—	1
Oxfordshire County Council	South East	0	—	0	—	0
Staffordshire County Council	West Midlands	0	—	0	—	1
Warwickshire County Council	West Midlands	0	—	0	—	0
Worcestershire County Council	West Midlands	0	—	0	—	0

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Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics, published 23 April 2026. Tables 2.1b, 2.4b, 2.6b, 5.1. England only. LPA data covers April 2025 to March 2026.