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Housing: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 91909 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Derek Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, How many housing development applications refused by local authorities have had decisions subsequently been overturned by planning inspectors in each year since 2015.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 24 Nov 2025

The table below shows housing development applications refused by local planning authorities and subsequently overturned on appeal, as well as total housing development appeal decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate between the years 2015 and 2025: Ye...