East Midlands

South Holland 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

64.4%

149th of 297

1.7 points faster than England

Granted

86.2%

248th of 297

4.3 points lower than England

Extension of time

35.6%

187th of 297

3.3 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

188

South Holland decided 188 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 86.2%.

64.4% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (149th of 297 for speed).

A further 35.6% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 70.8% a year earlier.

Of 9 householder appeals decided in the same period, 44.4% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

South Holland 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	96.8%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	93.4%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	96.7%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	84.4%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	98.1%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	91.8%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	90.7%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	92.0%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	91.2%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	93.9%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	90.3%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	94.3%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	95.5%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	84.1%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	92.6%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	97.1%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	91.3%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	93.8%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	92.1%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	88.5%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	83.3%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	83.1%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	89.9%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	80.9%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	84.3%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	62.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	64.9%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	81.6%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	79.5%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	66.7%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	94.2%	0.0%	79.2%
2015 Q4	94.8%	1.7%	80.0%
2016 Q1	93.4%	1.6%	78.3%
2016 Q2	90.9%	8.0%	79.8%
2016 Q3	87.5%	10.9%	77.7%
2016 Q4	89.9%	4.5%	78.0%
2017 Q1	95.1%	3.3%	77.3%
2017 Q2	92.6%	5.3%	78.5%
2017 Q3	85.7%	14.3%	76.1%
2017 Q4	93.2%	2.3%	77.1%
2018 Q1	77.4%	18.9%	73.7%
2018 Q2	75.0%	14.8%	74.0%
2018 Q3	78.1%	12.5%	72.7%
2018 Q4	85.9%	11.5%	72.7%
2019 Q1	86.0%	7.0%	69.9%
2019 Q2	64.9%	24.3%	72.1%
2019 Q3	78.2%	16.4%	69.6%
2019 Q4	75.3%	23.4%	71.5%
2020 Q1	64.3%	33.3%	68.4%
2020 Q2	60.8%	37.3%	63.9%
2020 Q3	63.8%	33.3%	63.8%
2020 Q4	79.8%	14.3%	65.3%
2021 Q1	71.3%	17.5%	59.4%
2021 Q2	81.6%	9.2%	58.4%
2021 Q3	79.3%	10.3%	53.1%
2021 Q4	77.2%	12.7%	53.0%
2022 Q1	81.0%	16.5%	51.6%
2022 Q2	83.0%	17.0%	56.0%
2022 Q3	88.9%	4.4%	53.3%
2022 Q4	92.0%	6.0%	54.1%
2023 Q1	88.9%	7.9%	53.5%
2023 Q2	85.5%	14.5%	58.5%
2023 Q3	82.8%	8.6%	59.0%
2023 Q4	80.7%	15.8%	59.8%
2024 Q1	73.7%	22.8%	58.8%
2024 Q2	74.1%	22.2%	64.4%
2024 Q3	67.9%	32.1%	64.2%
2024 Q4	79.5%	18.2%	65.6%
2025 Q1	80.0%	20.0%	62.1%
2025 Q2	62.3%	37.7%	65.0%
2025 Q3	53.8%	46.2%	62.5%
2025 Q4	63.8%	36.2%	64.7%
2026 Q1	66.0%	34.0%	60.6%
2026 Q2	71.4%	28.6%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

South Holland against England

South Holland
England

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

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Quarter	South Holland	England
2008 Q1	82.1%	85.1%
2008 Q2	89.3%	86.1%
2008 Q3	88.9%	86.3%
2008 Q4	81.8%	85.3%
2009 Q1	86.5%	85.9%
2009 Q2	79.5%	86.8%
2009 Q3	90.7%	87.4%
2009 Q4	94.7%	86.9%
2010 Q1	85.3%	87.0%
2010 Q2	97.6%	88.0%
2010 Q3	90.3%	87.7%
2010 Q4	92.9%	87.5%
2011 Q1	94.0%	87.9%
2011 Q2	98.6%	88.5%
2011 Q3	94.1%	88.3%
2011 Q4	100.0%	88.3%
2012 Q1	91.3%	88.2%
2012 Q2	87.5%	89.2%
2012 Q3	88.2%	89.0%
2012 Q4	94.2%	88.9%
2013 Q1	94.4%	89.8%
2013 Q2	90.8%	90.6%
2013 Q3	97.1%	90.3%
2013 Q4	97.1%	89.6%
2014 Q1	98.0%	89.8%
2014 Q2	98.4%	90.5%
2014 Q3	94.7%	90.0%
2014 Q4	92.1%	89.2%
2015 Q1	92.3%	89.3%
2015 Q2	93.8%	90.2%
2015 Q3	92.8%	90.0%
2015 Q4	94.8%	89.2%
2016 Q1	93.4%	90.0%
2016 Q2	100.0%	90.3%
2016 Q3	98.4%	90.2%
2016 Q4	92.1%	89.7%
2017 Q1	100.0%	89.9%
2017 Q2	96.8%	90.5%
2017 Q3	100.0%	90.0%
2017 Q4	97.7%	90.1%
2018 Q1	100.0%	90.5%
2018 Q2	93.2%	91.0%
2018 Q3	98.4%	91.2%
2018 Q4	97.4%	90.5%
2019 Q1	100.0%	90.3%
2019 Q2	98.6%	91.0%
2019 Q3	100.0%	90.6%
2019 Q4	100.0%	89.8%
2020 Q1	95.2%	89.9%
2020 Q2	100.0%	90.2%
2020 Q3	100.0%	90.6%
2020 Q4	96.4%	90.3%
2021 Q1	98.8%	90.9%
2021 Q2	96.9%	91.2%
2021 Q3	96.6%	91.0%
2021 Q4	94.9%	90.1%
2022 Q1	98.7%	90.0%
2022 Q2	97.9%	90.4%
2022 Q3	95.6%	89.8%
2022 Q4	98.0%	89.4%
2023 Q1	98.4%	89.3%
2023 Q2	97.4%	89.2%
2023 Q3	94.8%	88.6%
2023 Q4	89.5%	88.2%
2024 Q1	87.7%	88.2%
2024 Q2	90.7%	89.1%
2024 Q3	94.6%	89.4%
2024 Q4	88.6%	88.6%
2025 Q1	92.5%	89.3%
2025 Q2	91.3%	90.4%
2025 Q3	92.3%	90.1%
2025 Q4	89.4%	90.1%
2026 Q1	84.9%	90.6%
2026 Q2	79.6%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks64.4%
8 to 13 weeks0.0%
13 to 26 weeks0.0%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed35.6%

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

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	121
8 to 13 weeks	0
13 to 26 weeks	0
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	67

Appeals

Decided: 9
Allowed: 44.4%
Median wait: 8 weeks

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

Local constraints

South Holland has published 13 conservation areas.
South Holland 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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