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East Hertfordshire planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

67.3%

131st of 297

4.6 points faster than England

Granted

85.5%

254th of 297

5.0 points lower than England

Extension of time

28.3%

132nd of 297

4.0 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

640

East Hertfordshire decided 640 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 85.5%.

67.3% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (131st of 297 for speed).

A further 28.3% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 78.0% a year earlier.

Of 37 householder appeals decided in the same period, 43.2% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

East Hertfordshire against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	97.5%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	97.6%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	97.3%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	96.1%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	96.4%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	96.4%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	95.0%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	92.7%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	95.3%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	95.3%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	92.8%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	96.8%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	91.9%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	94.3%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	94.2%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	93.1%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	90.4%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	89.5%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	95.0%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	96.0%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	94.6%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	94.3%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	95.1%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	93.3%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	92.9%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	94.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	93.3%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	90.0%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	95.3%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	91.3%	0.3%	80.6%
2015 Q3	88.8%	1.3%	79.2%
2015 Q4	93.8%	2.9%	80.0%
2016 Q1	96.7%	1.2%	78.3%
2016 Q2	93.4%	3.4%	79.8%
2016 Q3	93.0%	4.4%	77.7%
2016 Q4	89.5%	4.7%	78.0%
2017 Q1	86.9%	7.3%	77.3%
2017 Q2	84.4%	7.4%	78.5%
2017 Q3	87.8%	5.6%	76.1%
2017 Q4	83.8%	12.5%	77.1%
2018 Q1	83.1%	10.9%	73.7%
2018 Q2	85.7%	12.6%	74.0%
2018 Q3	78.1%	12.8%	72.7%
2018 Q4	81.5%	6.8%	72.7%
2019 Q1	79.0%	10.0%	69.9%
2019 Q2	89.8%	6.2%	72.1%
2019 Q3	85.3%	11.7%	69.6%
2019 Q4	84.9%	10.4%	71.5%
2020 Q1	87.0%	6.9%	68.4%
2020 Q2	72.1%	22.1%	63.9%
2020 Q3	75.6%	20.2%	63.8%
2020 Q4	82.1%	15.0%	65.3%
2021 Q1	74.5%	20.6%	59.4%
2021 Q2	67.4%	23.0%	58.4%
2021 Q3	42.3%	37.0%	53.1%
2021 Q4	42.9%	45.7%	53.0%
2022 Q1	37.0%	46.4%	51.6%
2022 Q2	46.1%	43.6%	56.0%
2022 Q3	39.9%	44.8%	53.3%
2022 Q4	40.1%	37.3%	54.1%
2023 Q1	56.2%	26.4%	53.5%
2023 Q2	66.5%	25.7%	58.5%
2023 Q3	70.3%	21.8%	59.0%
2023 Q4	70.1%	23.5%	59.8%
2024 Q1	72.0%	23.8%	58.8%
2024 Q2	74.5%	21.8%	64.4%
2024 Q3	74.7%	24.1%	64.2%
2024 Q4	76.3%	23.2%	65.6%
2025 Q1	79.4%	18.0%	62.1%
2025 Q2	81.0%	16.8%	65.0%
2025 Q3	68.0%	29.5%	62.5%
2025 Q4	73.4%	22.5%	64.7%
2026 Q1	63.2%	31.9%	60.6%
2026 Q2	65.1%	29.6%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

East Hertfordshire against England

East Hertfordshire
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	East Hertfordshire	England
2008 Q1	77.9%	85.1%
2008 Q2	78.7%	86.1%
2008 Q3	80.4%	86.3%
2008 Q4	82.8%	85.3%
2009 Q1	80.9%	85.9%
2009 Q2	79.4%	86.8%
2009 Q3	81.3%	87.4%
2009 Q4	76.5%	86.9%
2010 Q1	82.6%	87.0%
2010 Q2	83.4%	88.0%
2010 Q3	83.4%	87.7%
2010 Q4	80.8%	87.5%
2011 Q1	84.8%	87.9%
2011 Q2	82.8%	88.5%
2011 Q3	81.8%	88.3%
2011 Q4	83.3%	88.3%
2012 Q1	75.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	84.4%	89.2%
2012 Q3	86.1%	89.0%
2012 Q4	83.2%	88.9%
2013 Q1	80.0%	89.8%
2013 Q2	88.2%	90.6%
2013 Q3	87.6%	90.3%
2013 Q4	85.7%	89.6%
2014 Q1	85.8%	89.8%
2014 Q2	85.9%	90.5%
2014 Q3	86.1%	90.0%
2014 Q4	50.0%	89.2%
2015 Q1	77.8%	89.3%
2015 Q2	84.9%	90.2%
2015 Q3	84.1%	90.0%
2015 Q4	81.9%	89.2%
2016 Q1	85.2%	90.0%
2016 Q2	82.4%	90.3%
2016 Q3	81.9%	90.2%
2016 Q4	78.7%	89.7%
2017 Q1	75.3%	89.9%
2017 Q2	84.7%	90.5%
2017 Q3	80.9%	90.0%
2017 Q4	83.8%	90.1%
2018 Q1	76.2%	90.5%
2018 Q2	80.6%	91.0%
2018 Q3	78.5%	91.2%
2018 Q4	74.3%	90.5%
2019 Q1	69.8%	90.3%
2019 Q2	77.1%	91.0%
2019 Q3	78.5%	90.6%
2019 Q4	79.2%	89.8%
2020 Q1	73.1%	89.9%
2020 Q2	76.0%	90.2%
2020 Q3	77.5%	90.6%
2020 Q4	79.2%	90.3%
2021 Q1	75.4%	90.9%
2021 Q2	74.8%	91.2%
2021 Q3	78.7%	91.0%
2021 Q4	78.7%	90.1%
2022 Q1	77.4%	90.0%
2022 Q2	81.2%	90.4%
2022 Q3	78.7%	89.8%
2022 Q4	77.4%	89.4%
2023 Q1	78.3%	89.3%
2023 Q2	81.2%	89.2%
2023 Q3	77.3%	88.6%
2023 Q4	81.3%	88.2%
2024 Q1	78.8%	88.2%
2024 Q2	75.9%	89.1%
2024 Q3	78.2%	89.4%
2024 Q4	86.3%	88.6%
2025 Q1	86.8%	89.3%
2025 Q2	81.9%	90.4%
2025 Q3	84.4%	90.1%
2025 Q4	82.8%	90.1%
2026 Q1	89.6%	90.6%
2026 Q2	84.9%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks67.3%
8 to 13 weeks3.9%
13 to 26 weeks0.5%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed28.3%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	431
8 to 13 weeks	25
13 to 26 weeks	3
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	181

Appeals

Decided: 37
Allowed: 43.2%
Median wait: 9 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

East Hertfordshire has published 42 conservation areas.
East Hertfordshire has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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