{
 "name": "Consentvia LPA Decision Performance",
 "title": "LPA Decision Performance",
 "url": "https://consentvia.com/datasets/lpa-decision-performance/",
 "csv": "https://consentvia.com/datasets/lpa-decision-performance.csv",
 "markdown": "https://consentvia.com/datasets/lpa-decision-performance/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-10-19",
 "license": "https://consentvia.com/terms",
 "headline": "The median published figure in the LPA Decision Performance is 87 percent across 3 sources' own pages (range 86 to 87 percent), read 12 October 2026.",
 "quotes": [
  "The median published figure in the LPA Decision Performance is 87 percent across 3 sources' own pages (range 86 to 87 percent), read 12 October 2026.",
  "3 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 17 publish none, read 12 October 2026.",
  "LPA Decision Performance, quarter year-ending-2026-03: median 87 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.",
  "LPA Decision Performance, quarter year-ending-2025-06: median 87 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.",
  "LPA Decision Performance, quarter year-ending-2024-06: median 86 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.",
  "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 87 percent across 3)."
 ],
 "citation": "\"Consentvia LPA Decision Performance\", updated 2026-10-19, https://consentvia.com/datasets/lpa-decision-performance/.",
 "changed_since": {
  "since": "2026-09-26",
  "previous_median": 87,
  "delta": 0,
  "direction": "unchanged",
  "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 87 percent across 3)."
 },
 "national": {
  "unit": "%",
  "n": 3,
  "median": 87,
  "min": 86,
  "max": 87,
  "p25": 86,
  "p75": 87,
  "mean": 86.6667,
  "units": {
   "%": 3
  },
  "published_sources": 3,
  "named_sources": 23,
  "read_sources": 20,
  "not_published": 17,
  "published_share": 0.15
 },
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     "min": 87,
     "max": 87,
     "p25": 87,
     "p75": 87,
     "mean": 87
    }
   },
   "year-ending-2025-06": {
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     "p75": 87,
     "mean": 87
    }
   },
   "year-ending-2024-06": {
    "%": {
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     "p25": 86,
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    }
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   "source": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, January to March 2026 (statistical release)",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-january-to-march-2026/planning-applications-in-england-january-to-march-2026-statistical-release",
   "figure": "87%",
   "value": 87,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "quarter": "year-ending-2026-03"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11",
   "quote": "Authorities granted 87% of all decisions, up 1 percentage point from the year ending March 2025 (Live Tables P120/P133, PS2 Dashboard).",
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  },
  {
   "source": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, April to June 2025 (statistical release)",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2025/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2025-statistical-release",
   "figure": "87%",
   "value": 87,
   "unit": "%",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "quarter": "year-ending-2025-06"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "quote": "Authorities granted 87% of all decisions, up 1 percentage point from the year ending June 2024 (Live Tables P120/P133, PS2 Dashboard).",
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  {
   "source": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, April to June 2024 (statistical release)",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2024/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2024-statistical-release",
   "figure": "86%",
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   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "quote": "Authorities granted 86% of all decisions, down 1 percentage point from the year ending June 2023 (Live Tables P120/P133, PS2 Dashboard).",
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   "source": "MHCLG: live tables on planning application statistics",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Planning Inspectorate statistical release, 23 April 2026",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistical-release-23-april-2026/planning-inspectorate-statistical-release-23-april-2026",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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  {
   "source": "Planning Inspectorate quarterly and annual volume statistics",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Statistics at MHCLG",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government/about/statistics",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Welsh Government: planning services performance reports",
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-services-performance-reports",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Welsh Government: planning services performance",
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-services-performance",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Welsh Government: planning applications",
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-applications",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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  {
   "source": "Welsh Government: find your local planning authority",
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/find-your-local-planning-authority",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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   "source": "Bristol City Council planning",
   "url": "https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/planning-and-building-regulations",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Durham County Council planning",
   "url": "https://www.durham.gov.uk/planning",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Oxford City Council planning applications",
   "url": "https://www.oxford.gov.uk/planning-applications",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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   "source": "Manchester City Council planning",
   "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/planning",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Cheshire West and Chester planning and building control",
   "url": "https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/planning-and-building-control",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "East Riding of Yorkshire planning permission and building control",
   "url": "https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/planning-permission-and-building-control/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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  {
   "source": "Chorley Council planning",
   "url": "https://www.chorley.gov.uk/planning",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Lewisham Council planning",
   "url": "https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/planning",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Neath Port Talbot planning",
   "url": "https://www.npt.gov.uk/planning",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
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   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-january-to-march-2026/planning-applications-in-england-january-to-march-2026-statistical-release",
   "label": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, January to March 2026 (statistical release)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2025/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2025-statistical-release",
   "label": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, April to June 2025 (statistical release)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2024/planning-applications-in-england-april-to-june-2024-statistical-release",
   "label": "MHCLG: Planning applications in England, April to June 2024 (statistical release)",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics",
   "label": "MHCLG: live tables on planning application statistics",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistical-release-23-april-2026/planning-inspectorate-statistical-release-23-april-2026",
   "label": "Planning Inspectorate statistical release, 23 April 2026",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics",
   "label": "Planning Inspectorate quarterly and annual volume statistics",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government/about/statistics",
   "label": "Statistics at MHCLG",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-services-performance-reports",
   "label": "Welsh Government: planning services performance reports",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-services-performance",
   "label": "Welsh Government: planning services performance",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/planning-applications",
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   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/find-your-local-planning-authority",
   "label": "Welsh Government: find your local planning authority",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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   "url": "https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/planning-and-building-regulations",
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   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.durham.gov.uk/planning",
   "label": "Durham County Council planning",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.oxford.gov.uk/planning-applications",
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   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/planning",
   "label": "Manchester City Council planning",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/planning-and-building-control",
   "label": "Cheshire West and Chester planning and building control",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
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   "url": "https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/planning-permission-and-building-control/",
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   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.chorley.gov.uk/planning",
   "label": "Chorley Council planning",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/planning",
   "label": "Lewisham Council planning",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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  {
   "url": "https://www.npt.gov.uk/planning",
   "label": "Neath Port Talbot planning",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
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   "url": "https://publicaccess.portsmouth.gov.uk/online-applications/",
   "label": "Portsmouth City Council public access register",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://opendatacommunities.org/data/planning/decisions/major-and-minor-development-type/all",
   "label": "MHCLG Open Data: planning decisions by district and outcome",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
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   "url": "https://opendatacommunities.org/data/planning/performance/percentage-of-decisions",
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 "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 20 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 17 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 0 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per local planning authority per quarter, from the department's own LA-level returns: applications received and decided, the share decided inside the statutory period or an agreed extension, the approval rate by development type, and the appeals made and allowed; across the rows the site computes the national rank and quartile per council, the change on the previous quarter and on the same quarter a year earlier, and the two figures a buyer actually wants and nobody publishes together - the odds and the elapsed weeks for THEIR council and THEIR application type. The councils' own registers are linked, never mirrored: on the first read 5 of 17 refused the crawler by robots and 10 more did not answer at all.",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:16px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;border-radius:8px;background:#ffffff;color:#111111;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;max-width:480px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">87 percent</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:14px;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">median published figure, LPA Decision Performance, across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:12px;color:#444444;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://consentvia.com/datasets/lpa-decision-performance/#median\" style=\"color:#1a4fd6;background:#ffffff\">Source: Consentvia LPA Decision Performance</a></figcaption></figure>"
}