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Official Statistics
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
Numbers of applications, examinations, appeals and orders that have been received, decided and allowed, on a quarterly and annual basis.
From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published
21 December 2015
Last updated
23 April 2026
—
See all updates
Applies to England
Documents
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics Quarter 3 2025/2026
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Annual time series tables Quarter 4 2025/2026
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Decisions by LPA and decision maker Quarter 4 2025/26
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Quarterly time series tables Quarter 4 2025/26
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Background quality report quarterly and annual tables April 2026
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Background quality report quarterly and annual tables April 2026
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Changes to these tables
We have made a change which we hope makes these Tables easier to navigate.
The tables which give case totals be financial year have been removed from the Quarterly and Annual Volume statistics for this release - with the exceptions of Tables 1.2a and 1.3a which have been kept because they include corrections to previous data.
Annual totals are still available:
they can be found in the previous release tables.
From April 2026 we plan to separate these out into three workbooks:
one containing the time series information, broken down as totals by quarter;
one containing the time series information, as annual totals; and
one for the number of decisions by LPA and inspectors.
We also plan to make other minor changes to these workbooks to further improve their ease of use. This includes not updating historic annual totals. Please send any feedback on this proposal to:
statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
Notice of Corrections and Revisions
The administration of Local Plans Examination data has for a long time relied on spreadsheets for casework management, into which casework records are manually entered, reviewed and updated. The Planning Inspectorate is currently building an improved casework management system and, alongside that, is additionally creating an improved system for processing and reporting on data.
We have reviewed the tables 1.2a, 1.2b, 1.3a and 1.3b, concerning the volume of Plans submitted and examined of differing types, and the volume of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedules submitted and examined. We have made minor revisions and minor corrections to these tables. The majority of these revisions and corrections were already identified in the previous release (October 2025), and marked as provisional corrections in that release while we verified them.
The following corrections were made:
Adding in three submitted Plans and three issued Plan Reports to tables 1.2a and b between 2023/24 and 2024/25 that had been previously missed.
Adding in two submitted CIL charging schedules and one issued CIL report to tables 1.3a and b that had been missed between 2018/19 and 2022/23.
The following revisions were made:
Adjusting the categorisation of five Plans in tables 1.2a and b between 2015/16 and 2021/22 following their internal re-classification.
For more information, please see the
Background Quality Report attached to the 22 January 2026 Statistical Release
.
To obtain any additional statistics please contact
statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
Previous releases of Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
Updates to this page
Published 21 December 2015
Last updated 23 April 2026
+
show all updates
23 April 2026
Quarter 4 2025/2026 information added
22 January 2026
Quarter 3 2025/2026 file added and details box updated
23 October 2025
Quarter 2 2025/2026 information added
18 September 2025
The July publication of the tables was reissued with revisions to tables 1.1a and 1.1b. Please see the attached explanatory note for more information.
17 July 2025
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics current - up to June 2025
23 January 2025
Q3 24/25 data table
18 October 2024
update added 18/10/24: Please note we have spotted an error on table 5.1 impacting these LPAs North Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Somerset, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Furness. We will be updating the table to correct this on 24 October.
18 July 2024
Data tables Quarterly and Annual Statistics June 2024
25 April 2024
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated with Q4 data
19 October 2023
Updated with Q2 data
20 July 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated with Q1
7 July 2023
We have republished the Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics and the Casework Database with minor amendments to table 5.2.
24 May 2023
An error was identified in one of the category labels, which has now been corrected.
27 April 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
19 January 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics document updated with quarter 3 2022-2023
2 November 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated to Q2 2022-2023
21 July 2022
Updated to Q1 2022-2023 Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
21 April 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
20 January 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
22 July 2021
Update to quarterly and annual volume statistics
20 May 2021
Quarterly and annual volume statistics added
17 February 2021
Planning Inspectorate management information with quarterly statistics
9 February 2021
Ad hoc analyses and statistics moved onto their own page: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-ad-hoc-analyses-and-statistics
26 November 2020
Monthly Statistical Release Background Quality Report added as an HTML attachment
26 November 2020
Statistical Release 26 November 2020, Statistical Release data tables and charts 26 November 2020 and updated pre-release list for published statistics.
18 November 2020
Statistical Release - July to September 2020 and second quarter of 2020/21 data sheets added.
29 October 2020
Statistical Release 29 October 2020 added
24 September 2020
Statistical Release for September 2020 added
12 August 2020
New statistical data and updated statistical release.
7 July 2020
Statistics publication timetable updated to include the statistical release on Monday 6th July 2020 at 9:30 am
6 July 2020
Statistical Release July 2020 added.
27 May 2020
This statistical release presents statistics covering a range of casework dealt with by The Planning Inspectorate in England.
13 May 2020
We have delayed publication of our appeals statistics and appeals data set after our quality review identified problems with the data we intended to publish. Our normal review process has been affected by the need to carry out additional data extraction, reporting and analysis associated with the impact of Covid-19 on The Planning Inspectorate’s operations. We will now be publishing our statistics and data on Wednesday 27th May 2020 at 9.30am.
28 April 2020
Statistical Release April 2020 added
20 March 2020
Statistical Release March 2020 - new publication
11 March 2020
Table 1.4 updated
12 February 2020
Quarter 3 statistics published
13 November 2019
Quarter 2 data added
14 August 2019
Statistics update with Q1
15 May 2019
Statistical data updated for Q4
13 February 2019
Statistical tables updated
14 November 2018
Updated statistics data tables
15 August 2018
Update statistics tables
16 May 2018
Statistics data updated.
14 February 2018
Stats for Q3 and the Statistical Release published.
15 November 2017
2017/18 Quarter 2 External Statistics files.
16 August 2017
Statistic tables updated.
24 May 2017
New statistics tables
23 February 2017
Quarter 3 External Statistics files added
1 November 2016
Updated to the 2016/17 Quarter 2 files.
10 June 2016
Quarterly reports updated and annual reports added.
15 March 2016
New quarter statistics added
21 December 2015
First published.
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Official Statistics
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
Numbers of applications, examinations, appeals and orders that have been received, decided and allowed, on a quarterly and annual basis.
From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published
21 December 2015
Last updated
23 April 2026
—
See all updates
Applies to England
Documents
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics Quarter 3 2025/2026
MS Excel Spreadsheet
,
233 KB
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
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Annual time series tables Quarter 4 2025/2026
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106 KB
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Decisions by LPA and decision maker Quarter 4 2025/26
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Quarterly time series tables Quarter 4 2025/26
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Background quality report quarterly and annual tables April 2026
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Background quality report quarterly and annual tables April 2026
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224 KB
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6 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
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Details
Changes to these tables
We have made a change which we hope makes these Tables easier to navigate.
The tables which give case totals be financial year have been removed from the Quarterly and Annual Volume statistics for this release - with the exceptions of Tables 1.2a and 1.3a which have been kept because they include corrections to previous data.
Annual totals are still available:
they can be found in the previous release tables.
From April 2026 we plan to separate these out into three workbooks:
one containing the time series information, broken down as totals by quarter;
one containing the time series information, as annual totals; and
one for the number of decisions by LPA and inspectors.
We also plan to make other minor changes to these workbooks to further improve their ease of use. This includes not updating historic annual totals. Please send any feedback on this proposal to:
statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
Notice of Corrections and Revisions
The administration of Local Plans Examination data has for a long time relied on spreadsheets for casework management, into which casework records are manually entered, reviewed and updated. The Planning Inspectorate is currently building an improved casework management system and, alongside that, is additionally creating an improved system for processing and reporting on data.
We have reviewed the tables 1.2a, 1.2b, 1.3a and 1.3b, concerning the volume of Plans submitted and examined of differing types, and the volume of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedules submitted and examined. We have made minor revisions and minor corrections to these tables. The majority of these revisions and corrections were already identified in the previous release (October 2025), and marked as provisional corrections in that release while we verified them.
The following corrections were made:
Adding in three submitted Plans and three issued Plan Reports to tables 1.2a and b between 2023/24 and 2024/25 that had been previously missed.
Adding in two submitted CIL charging schedules and one issued CIL report to tables 1.3a and b that had been missed between 2018/19 and 2022/23.
The following revisions were made:
Adjusting the categorisation of five Plans in tables 1.2a and b between 2015/16 and 2021/22 following their internal re-classification.
For more information, please see the
Background Quality Report attached to the 22 January 2026 Statistical Release
.
To obtain any additional statistics please contact
statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
Previous releases of Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
Updates to this page
Published 21 December 2015
Last updated 23 April 2026
+
show all updates
23 April 2026
Quarter 4 2025/2026 information added
22 January 2026
Quarter 3 2025/2026 file added and details box updated
23 October 2025
Quarter 2 2025/2026 information added
18 September 2025
The July publication of the tables was reissued with revisions to tables 1.1a and 1.1b. Please see the attached explanatory note for more information.
17 July 2025
Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics current - up to June 2025
23 January 2025
Q3 24/25 data table
18 October 2024
update added 18/10/24: Please note we have spotted an error on table 5.1 impacting these LPAs North Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Somerset, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Furness. We will be updating the table to correct this on 24 October.
18 July 2024
Data tables Quarterly and Annual Statistics June 2024
25 April 2024
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated with Q4 data
19 October 2023
Updated with Q2 data
20 July 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated with Q1
7 July 2023
We have republished the Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics and the Casework Database with minor amendments to table 5.2.
24 May 2023
An error was identified in one of the category labels, which has now been corrected.
27 April 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
19 January 2023
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics document updated with quarter 3 2022-2023
2 November 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated to Q2 2022-2023
21 July 2022
Updated to Q1 2022-2023 Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
21 April 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
20 January 2022
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics updated
22 July 2021
Update to quarterly and annual volume statistics
20 May 2021
Quarterly and annual volume statistics added
17 February 2021
Planning Inspectorate management information with quarterly statistics
9 February 2021
Ad hoc analyses and statistics moved onto their own page: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-ad-hoc-analyses-and-statistics
26 November 2020
Monthly Statistical Release Background Quality Report added as an HTML attachment
26 November 2020
Statistical Release 26 November 2020, Statistical Release data tables and charts 26 November 2020 and updated pre-release list for published statistics.
18 November 2020
Statistical Release - July to September 2020 and second quarter of 2020/21 data sheets added.
29 October 2020
Statistical Release 29 October 2020 added
24 September 2020
Statistical Release for September 2020 added
12 August 2020
New statistical data and updated statistical release.
7 July 2020
Statistics publication timetable updated to include the statistical release on Monday 6th July 2020 at 9:30 am
6 July 2020
Statistical Release July 2020 added.
27 May 2020
This statistical release presents statistics covering a range of casework dealt with by The Planning Inspectorate in England.
13 May 2020
We have delayed publication of our appeals statistics and appeals data set after our quality review identified problems with the data we intended to publish. Our normal review process has been affected by the need to carry out additional data extraction, reporting and analysis associated with the impact of Covid-19 on The Planning Inspectorate’s operations. We will now be publishing our statistics and data on Wednesday 27th May 2020 at 9.30am.
28 April 2020
Statistical Release April 2020 added
20 March 2020
Statistical Release March 2020 - new publication
11 March 2020
Table 1.4 updated
12 February 2020
Quarter 3 statistics published
13 November 2019
Quarter 2 data added
14 August 2019
Statistics update with Q1
15 May 2019
Statistical data updated for Q4
13 February 2019
Statistical tables updated
14 November 2018
Updated statistics data tables
15 August 2018
Update statistics tables
16 May 2018
Statistics data updated.
14 February 2018
Stats for Q3 and the Statistical Release published.
15 November 2017
2017/18 Quarter 2 External Statistics files.
16 August 2017
Statistic tables updated.
24 May 2017
New statistics tables
23 February 2017
Quarter 3 External Statistics files added
1 November 2016
Updated to the 2016/17 Quarter 2 files.
10 June 2016
Quarterly reports updated and annual reports added.
15 March 2016
New quarter statistics added
21 December 2015
First published.
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