Statistics at The Planning Inspectorate

The Planning Inspectorate publishes statistics relating to how the organisation is performing, the volume of cases that have been received and decided, and how many appeals have been allowed.


Latest statistical release

The latest statistics release and tables published by The Planning Inspectorate.

Forthcoming statistical releases

The planned publication dates over the coming year for all of the Planning Inspectorate’s official statistics releases.

Ad hoc analyses and statistics

Additional statistical analyses that have not been previously included in any of our standard statistical releases.

Quarterly and annual volume statistics

Statistics for the volumes of applications / examinations / appeals / orders that have been received, decided and allowed. This page shows tables that show either quarterly or annual statistics on volumes received, decided, and, where applicable, number allowed. These are official statistics.

Appeals data

Detailed information on a selection of the Planning Inspectorate’s appeals casework decisions over a 5 year rolling period.

Pre-release access to official statistics

The principles and rules governing UK government ministers and officials’ access to official statistics in their final form before publication are set out in The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008. This order forms part of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics against which key statistics are assessed for compliance by the UK Statistics Authority.

Ministers and officials who have received pre-release access for briefing purposes to any of the official statistics released by The Planning Inspectorate are identified in the pre-release access lists:

Access to the monthly statistics releases:

Christopher Pincher, Housing Minister

Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Stephen Aldridge, Director of Analysis & Data, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Andrew Presland, Housing & Planning Analysis, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sarah Richards, Planning Inspectorate, Chief Executive

Graham Stallwood, Planning Inspectorate, Operations Director

Tom Warth, Planning Inspectorate, Head of Operations

Simone Wilding, Planning Inspectorate, Head of Operations

Laura Boxall, Planning Inspectorate Communications Lead

Duncan Wood, Planning Inspectorate, Press Officer

Rachel Atwell, Planning Inspectorate, Communications Officer

Matthew Scribbins, Planning Inspectorate, Lead Analyst

Duane Oakes, Planning Inspectorate, Senior Performance Analyst

Access to the diversity statistics releases:

Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary  

Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning   

Stephen Aldridge, DLUHC Director of Analysis & Data 

Sandra Tudor, DLUHC Head of Profession for Statistics 

Sarah Richards, Planning Inspectorate, Chief Executive  

Navees Rahman, Corporate Services Director 

Simon Levi, Head of Human Resources 

Laura Boxall, Planning Inspectorate Communications Lead 

Duncan Wood, Planning Inspectorate, Press Officer 

Rachel Atwell, Planning Inspectorate, Web Designer 

Gail Larkin, Lead HR Business Partner 

Richard Hunt, HR Services Manager 

Feedback & Contact Us

The Planning Inspectorate are interested in understanding more about how our statistics and data are used and the decisions they inform. This is important for us so we can provide a high quality service which meets users’ needs. To obtain any additional statistics please contact statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk