Refusal decisions · 21–27 Sep 2026

61Refusals
43Substantive reasons
3Verification only
1Document not published
5Portal unavailable
9Manual review

What this means

Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy, created access or road-safety problems or lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable.

43 of 61 records carry official reason text

81 published statements, 1.9 per analysed application

23 refused on more than one ground, up to 5

Most common pairs

  1. 16 Design + Residential amenity
  2. 14 Design + Zoning/policy
  3. 12 Design + Transport/access

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 30
  2. 02 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 21
  3. 03 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 20
  4. 04 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 14
  5. 05 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 14
  6. 06 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 11
  7. 07 Built heritage or archaeology 9
  8. 08 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 6
  9. 09 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 4
  10. 10 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 3
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Week of 21–27 Sep 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for 43 of 61 refusal decisions; theme percentages use those 43 substantive-reason decisions as the denominator. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

  • Proper planning and sustainable development35
  • Development plan cited36
  • Undesirable precedent cited24

2 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

Refusal decisions · 21–27 Sep 2026

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