East of England

Three Rivers 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

80.1%

37th of 297

17.4 points faster than England

Granted

90.9%

172nd of 297

In line with England

Extension of time

18.5%

52nd of 297

13.8 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

617

Three Rivers decided 617 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 90.9%.

80.1% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (37th of 297 for speed).

A further 18.5% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 82.7% a year earlier.

Of 26 householder appeals decided in the same period, 42.3% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Three Rivers 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	95.4%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	95.7%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	95.4%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	95.3%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	94.6%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	96.3%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	97.0%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	95.7%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	99.4%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	98.3%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	96.5%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	98.3%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	97.3%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	96.9%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	97.1%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	98.6%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	97.3%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	99.0%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	98.0%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	97.5%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	96.6%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	98.3%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	97.5%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	96.1%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	98.7%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	98.3%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	97.9%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	97.8%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	96.8%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	97.9%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	99.0%	0.0%	79.2%
2015 Q4	98.2%	0.0%	80.0%
2016 Q1	98.2%	0.0%	78.3%
2016 Q2	98.2%	0.5%	79.8%
2016 Q3	94.7%	0.9%	77.7%
2016 Q4	97.0%	1.0%	78.0%
2017 Q1	97.5%	0.5%	77.3%
2017 Q2	96.0%	0.9%	78.5%
2017 Q3	95.8%	0.5%	76.1%
2017 Q4	95.5%	0.0%	77.1%
2018 Q1	89.2%	5.6%	73.7%
2018 Q2	93.6%	2.5%	74.0%
2018 Q3	91.4%	2.0%	72.7%
2018 Q4	93.1%	2.3%	72.7%
2019 Q1	94.7%	0.0%	69.9%
2019 Q2	94.7%	1.9%	72.1%
2019 Q3	93.2%	3.4%	69.6%
2019 Q4	96.8%	1.6%	71.5%
2020 Q1	97.9%	1.4%	68.4%
2020 Q2	94.1%	5.9%	63.9%
2020 Q3	92.7%	5.6%	63.8%
2020 Q4	92.5%	6.5%	65.3%
2021 Q1	88.3%	9.8%	59.4%
2021 Q2	84.6%	13.7%	58.4%
2021 Q3	82.0%	12.9%	53.1%
2021 Q4	84.2%	13.4%	53.0%
2022 Q1	74.9%	21.1%	51.6%
2022 Q2	84.5%	13.7%	56.0%
2022 Q3	80.1%	16.8%	53.3%
2022 Q4	80.6%	17.1%	54.1%
2023 Q1	84.9%	15.1%	53.5%
2023 Q2	89.0%	11.0%	58.5%
2023 Q3	86.8%	12.6%	59.0%
2023 Q4	85.8%	13.6%	59.8%
2024 Q1	87.8%	12.2%	58.8%
2024 Q2	92.7%	7.3%	64.4%
2024 Q3	84.8%	13.4%	64.2%
2024 Q4	86.5%	13.5%	65.6%
2025 Q1	76.3%	21.8%	62.1%
2025 Q2	83.4%	16.0%	65.0%
2025 Q3	83.1%	15.6%	62.5%
2025 Q4	82.5%	16.9%	64.7%
2026 Q1	78.2%	21.8%	60.6%
2026 Q2	76.6%	19.8%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Three Rivers against England

Three Rivers
England

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

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Quarter	Three Rivers	England
2008 Q1	90.0%	85.1%
2008 Q2	91.7%	86.1%
2008 Q3	88.2%	86.3%
2008 Q4	93.0%	85.3%
2009 Q1	91.5%	85.9%
2009 Q2	93.1%	86.8%
2009 Q3	92.4%	87.4%
2009 Q4	92.6%	86.9%
2010 Q1	91.0%	87.0%
2010 Q2	90.1%	88.0%
2010 Q3	89.9%	87.7%
2010 Q4	93.3%	87.5%
2011 Q1	91.1%	87.9%
2011 Q2	91.3%	88.5%
2011 Q3	90.2%	88.3%
2011 Q4	92.4%	88.3%
2012 Q1	92.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	92.3%	89.2%
2012 Q3	94.4%	89.0%
2012 Q4	95.1%	88.9%
2013 Q1	94.9%	89.8%
2013 Q2	96.1%	90.6%
2013 Q3	98.0%	90.3%
2013 Q4	96.8%	89.6%
2014 Q1	97.4%	89.8%
2014 Q2	93.7%	90.5%
2014 Q3	95.8%	90.0%
2014 Q4	95.0%	89.2%
2015 Q1	93.1%	89.3%
2015 Q2	96.3%	90.2%
2015 Q3	97.0%	90.0%
2015 Q4	88.3%	89.2%
2016 Q1	93.5%	90.0%
2016 Q2	89.9%	90.3%
2016 Q3	94.7%	90.2%
2016 Q4	91.4%	89.7%
2017 Q1	90.4%	89.9%
2017 Q2	90.3%	90.5%
2017 Q3	85.4%	90.0%
2017 Q4	92.5%	90.1%
2018 Q1	94.9%	90.5%
2018 Q2	95.5%	91.0%
2018 Q3	93.4%	91.2%
2018 Q4	94.3%	90.5%
2019 Q1	92.9%	90.3%
2019 Q2	89.8%	91.0%
2019 Q3	89.3%	90.6%
2019 Q4	85.4%	89.8%
2020 Q1	86.4%	89.9%
2020 Q2	84.6%	90.2%
2020 Q3	88.8%	90.6%
2020 Q4	92.0%	90.3%
2021 Q1	93.0%	90.9%
2021 Q2	89.4%	91.2%
2021 Q3	89.9%	91.0%
2021 Q4	91.4%	90.1%
2022 Q1	88.6%	90.0%
2022 Q2	91.3%	90.4%
2022 Q3	91.8%	89.8%
2022 Q4	87.6%	89.4%
2023 Q1	83.7%	89.3%
2023 Q2	86.9%	89.2%
2023 Q3	85.6%	88.6%
2023 Q4	87.0%	88.2%
2024 Q1	89.9%	88.2%
2024 Q2	88.4%	89.1%
2024 Q3	91.5%	89.4%
2024 Q4	86.5%	88.6%
2025 Q1	89.7%	89.3%
2025 Q2	93.3%	90.4%
2025 Q3	87.0%	90.1%
2025 Q4	92.9%	90.1%
2026 Q1	90.8%	90.6%
2026 Q2	92.8%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks80.1%
8 to 13 weeks1.5%
13 to 26 weeks0.0%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed18.5%

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

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	494
8 to 13 weeks	9
13 to 26 weeks	0
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	114

Appeals

Decided: 26
Allowed: 42.3%
Median wait: 14 weeks

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

Local constraints

Three Rivers has published 19 conservation areas.
Three Rivers 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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