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Planning application timescales: how long to expect
Thankfully local planning authorities must now provide figures excluding extensions of time so you can see what proportion of planning applications are genuinely decided within the statutory timescales of 8 or 13 weeks. The latest figures, published in September 2024 for the year ending June 2024, are summarised below.
Psycologists say we are most impatient at the end of the expected waiting time, so getting your expectations in the right ballpark can help enormously in handling the frustration of a long wait for a decision by a local planning authority.
It's good to see some improvement since last year, when the average proportion of major planning applications decided within 13 weeks was 19% (now 20%), and within 8 weeks for non-major development was 37% (now 39%) and householder development was 56% (now 61%). Let's hope timescales continue to improve. The table below shows the current snapshot - to check out your LPA's direction of travel see our tortoise-verses-hare table of change over time.
Percentage of planning applications decided within statutory timescales,
EXCLUDING extensions of time, for the year ending June 2024
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| England | 86% | 20% | 39% | 61% |
| Adur | 94% | 20% | 53% | 60% |
| Amber Valley | 93% | 7% | 33% | 58% |
| Arun | 88% | 30% | 70% | 96% |
| Ashfield | 79% | 15% | 43% | 73% |
| Ashford | 82% | 24% | 42% | 71% |
| Babergh | 85% | 29% | 51% | 83% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 61% | 29% | 69% | 90% |
| Barnet | 81% | 10% | 43% | 60% |
| Barnsley | 92% | 0% | 27% | 54% |
| Basildon | 74% | 12% | 29% | 62% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 92% | 19% | 22% | 64% |
| Bassetlaw | 86% | 38% | 38% | 53% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 95% | 22% | 27% | 57% |
| Bedford | 74% | 19% | 31% | 70% |
| Bexley | 86% | 7% | 44% | 80% |
| Birmingham | 79% | 25% | 44% | 62% |
| Blaby | 90% | 25% | 33% | 56% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 92% | 36% | 51% | 79% |
| Blackpool | 80% | 6% | 34% | 73% |
| Bolsover | 93% | 13% | 50% | 84% |
| Bolton | 84% | 24% | 31% | 50% |
| Boston | 93% | 37% | 44% | 72% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 78% | 12% | 26% | 46% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Bracknell Forest | 92% | 7% | 10% | 50% |
| Bradford | 81% | 28% | 59% | 78% |
| Braintree | 80% | 22% | 43% | 63% |
| Breckland | 85% | 38% | 50% | 85% |
| Brent | 69% | 20% | 52% | 63% |
| Brentwood | 81% | 14% | 26% | 60% |
| Brighton and Hove | 89% | 20% | 50% | 60% |
| Bristol, City of | 80% | 5% | 10% | 15% |
| Broadland | 93% | 28% | 28% | 71% |
| Bromley | 77% | 6% | 43% | 71% |
| Bromsgrove | 87% | 21% | 47% | 56% |
| Broxbourne | 82% | 0% | 48% | 52% |
| Broxtowe | 91% | 28% | 43% | 73% |
| Buckinghamshire | 87% | 25% | 31% | 52% |
| Burnley | 83% | 11% | 52% | 84% |
| Bury | 86% | 25% | 56% | 71% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Calderdale | 75% | 13% | 35% | 61% |
| Cambridge | 92% | 4% | 40% | 68% |
| Camden | 93% | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| Cannock Chase | 89% | 14% | 38% | 85% |
| Canterbury | 90% | 21% | 22% | 40% |
| Castle Point | 72% | 0% | 59% | 90% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 85% | 20% | 37% | 74% |
| Charnwood | 86% | 3% | 40% | 58% |
| Chelmsford | 77% | 20% | 65% | 87% |
| Cheltenham | 94% | 58% | 53% | 72% |
| Cherwell | 84% | 19% | 39% | 52% |
| Cheshire East | 84% | 6% | 22% | 43% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 90% | 9% | 7% | 19% |
| Chesterfield | 93% | 17% | 23% | 42% |
| Chichester | 88% | 23% | 26% | 54% |
| Chorley | 93% | 0% | 46% | 76% |
| City of London | 98% | 15% | 14% | 50% |
| Colchester | 81% | 33% | 47% | 61% |
| Cornwall | 91% | 8% | 40% | 67% |
| Cotswold | 91% | 29% | 36% | 43% |
| County Durham | 94% | 11% | 27% | 50% |
| Coventry | 83% | 33% | 65% | 86% |
| Crawley | 82% | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| Croydon | 66% | 20% | 38% | 57% |
| Cumberland | 94% | 35% | 46% | 75% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Dacorum | 83% | 13% | 27% | 62% |
| Darlington | 96% | 25% | 49% | 74% |
| Dartford | 75% | 52% | 33% | 65% |
| Dartmoor National Park | 87% | 40% | 42% | 67% |
| Derby | 88% | 18% | 28% | 57% |
| Derbyshire Dales | 81% | 35% | 60% | 83% |
| Doncaster | 89% | 14% | 41% | 66% |
| Dorset | 89% | 29% | 43% | 71% |
| Dover | 92% | 7% | 31% | 64% |
| Dudley | 81% | 43% | 55% | 64% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Ealing | 83% | 18% | 51% | 66% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 86% | 9% | 30% | 54% |
| East Devon | 87% | 8% | 28% | 52% |
| East Hampshire | 88% | 25% | 26% | 48% |
| East Hertfordshire | 76% | 15% | 37% | 72% |
| East Lindsey | 94% | 17% | 42% | 66% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 88% | 20% | 33% | 60% |
| East Staffordshire | 87% | 36% | 31% | 51% |
| East Suffolk | 91% | 21% | 30% | 54% |
| Eastbourne | 94% | 0% | 44% | 73% |
| Eastleigh | 84% | 25% | 48% | 65% |
| Ebbsfleet Development Corporation | 89% | 0% | 67% | 90% |
| Elmbridge | 79% | 24% | 29% | 48% |
| Enfield | 68% | 27% | 68% | 88% |
| Epping Forest | 65% | 11% | 32% | 56% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 84% | 29% | 40% | 72% |
| Erewash | 94% | 29% | 50% | 78% |
| Exeter | 86% | 9% | 30% | 64% |
| Exmoor National Park | 90% | 100% | 22% | 35% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Fareham | 98% | 13% | 58% | 88% |
| Fenland | 88% | 12% | 19% | 52% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 81% | 6% | 60% | 85% |
| Forest of Dean | 85% | 30% | 36% | 58% |
| Fylde | 92% | 21% | 34% | 68% |
| Gateshead | 92% | 7% | 25% | 34% |
| Gedling | 90% | 0% | 27% | 60% |
| Gloucester | 76% | 13% | 28% | 48% |
| Gosport | 99% | 17% | 42% | 68% |
| Gravesham | 69% | 42% | 62% | 82% |
| Great Yarmouth | 84% | 0% | 15% | 17% |
| Greenwich | 69% | 0% | 50% | 74% |
| Guildford | 82% | 17% | 21% | 55% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Hackney | 75% | 10% | 40% | 50% |
| Halton | 94% | 7% | 25% | 61% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 92% | 6% | 37% | 38% |
| Harborough | 90% | 29% | 37% | 58% |
| Haringey | 85% | 0% | 41% | 50% |
| Harlow | 86% | 39% | 47% | 69% |
| Harrow | 69% | 7% | 51% | 63% |
| Hart | 83% | 24% | 36% | 59% |
| Hartlepool | 92% | 17% | 32% | 55% |
| Hartlepool Development Corporation | 92% | 36% | ||
| Hastings | 86% | 32% | 42% | 65% |
| Havant | 94% | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| Havering | 75% | 23% | 46% | 63% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 91% | 14% | 19% | 33% |
| Hertsmere | 87% | 7% | 33% | 58% |
| High Peak | 83% | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| Hillingdon | 78% | 0% | 32% | 61% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 88% | 18% | 41% | 77% |
| Horsham | 89% | 21% | 27% | 62% |
| Hounslow | 67% | 21% | 54% | 60% |
| Huntingdonshire | 86% | 13% | 14% | 40% |
| Hyndburn | 86% | 29% | 24% | 71% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Ipswich | 91% | 14% | 45% | 80% |
| Isle of Wight | 84% | 21% | 50% | 79% |
| Isles of Scilly | 97% | 100% | 41% | 53% |
| Islington | 89% | 0% | 54% | 60% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 88% | 38% | 63% | 62% |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | 86% | 18% | 26% | 51% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 91% | 33% | 47% | 65% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 72% | 13% | 58% | 81% |
| Kirklees | 84% | 6% | 20% | 49% |
| Knowsley | 97% | 9% | 31% | 30% |
| Lake District National Park | 88% | 40% | 44% | 68% |
| Lambeth | 74% | 17% | 43% | 54% |
| Lancaster | 83% | 23% | 48% | 69% |
| Leeds | 83% | 16% | 40% | 65% |
| Leicester | 80% | 13% | 35% | 47% |
| Lewes | 89% | 18% | 37% | 63% |
| Lewisham | 80% | 10% | 60% | 67% |
| Lichfield | 89% | 3% | 31% | 58% |
| Lincoln | 94% | 56% | 54% | 59% |
| Liverpool | 85% | 14% | 39% | 52% |
| London Legacy Devt Corporation | 96% | 0% | 17% | 67% |
| Luton | 73% | 4% | 55% | 56% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Maidstone | 78% | 45% | 66% | 83% |
| Maldon | 74% | 33% | 50% | 79% |
| Malvern Hills | 82% | 20% | 31% | 40% |
| Manchester | 89% | 29% | 57% | 76% |
| Mansfield | 95% | 15% | 38% | 56% |
| Medway | 90% | 39% | 62% | 86% |
| Melton | 96% | 5% | 7% | 17% |
| Merton | 83% | 20% | 40% | 58% |
| Mid Devon | 94% | 29% | 50% | 70% |
| Mid Suffolk | 88% | 26% | 51% | 75% |
| Mid Sussex | 93% | 31% | 44% | 74% |
| Middlesbrough | 76% | 17% | 23% | 58% |
| Middlesbrough Devt Corporation | 91% | 100% | 36% | |
| Milton Keynes | 85% | 28% | 60% | 78% |
| Mole Valley | 76% | 29% | 50% | 78% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| New Forest | 92% | 8% | 48% | 84% |
| New Forest National Park | 94% | 18% | 38% | 61% |
| Newark and Sherwood | 76% | 45% | 46% | 66% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 94% | 24% | 44% | 62% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 93% | 17% | 40% | 54% |
| Newham | 78% | 13% | 36% | 63% |
| North Devon | 95% | 7% | 37% | 66% |
| North East Derbyshire | 89% | 39% | 34% | 62% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 94% | 20% | 35% | 56% |
| North Hertfordshire | 89% | 10% | 41% | 69% |
| North Kesteven | 93% | 4% | 27% | 68% |
| North Lincolnshire | 87% | 18% | 24% | 48% |
| North Norfolk | 93% | 15% | 38% | 60% |
| North Northamptonshire | 82% | 14% | 37% | 59% |
| North Somerset | 87% | 6% | 35% | 48% |
| North Tyneside | 95% | 33% | 60% | 84% |
| North Warwickshire | 91% | 9% | 33% | 62% |
| North West Leicestershire | 94% | 31% | 30% | 63% |
| North York Moors National Park | 91% | 38% | 54% | 68% |
| North Yorkshire | 90% | 23% | 37% | 62% |
| Northumberland | 84% | 18% | 24% | 52% |
| Northumberland National Park | 98% | 0% | 65% | 80% |
| Norwich | 90% | 26% | 57% | 80% |
| Nottingham | 93% | 14% | 34% | 56% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 89% | 0% | 31% | 61% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Oadby and Wigston | 75% | 100% | 40% | 70% |
| Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation | 96% | 14% | 100% | |
| Oldham | 86% | 26% | 36% | 61% |
| Oxford | 86% | 21% | 44% | 62% |
| Peak District National Park | 84% | 13% | 42% | 54% |
| Pendle | 79% | 39% | 61% | 74% |
| Peterborough | 84% | 15% | 45% | 56% |
| Plymouth | 94% | 32% | 57% | 67% |
| Portsmouth | 88% | 17% | 29% | 48% |
| Preston | 96% | 14% | 46% | 61% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Reading | 88% | 24% | 23% | 33% |
| Redbridge | 79% | 27% | 58% | 79% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 95% | 30% | 57% | 70% |
| Redditch | 90% | 13% | 45% | 72% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 85% | 6% | 45% | 75% |
| Ribble Valley | 77% | 28% | 39% | 57% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 82% | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| Rochdale | 82% | 8% | 14% | 49% |
| Rochford | 79% | 10% | 32% | 66% |
| Rossendale | 75% | 0% | 49% | 77% |
| Rother | 87% | 13% | 42% | 61% |
| Rotherham | 89% | 32% | 52% | 57% |
| Rugby | 90% | 16% | 24% | 49% |
| Runnymede | 86% | 11% | 18% | 46% |
| Rushcliffe | 89% | 26% | 52% | 70% |
| Rushmoor | 95% | 37% | 45% | 84% |
| Rutland | 87% | 29% | 39% | 67% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Salford | 89% | 13% | 30% | 38% |
| Sandwell | 89% | 32% | 65% | 75% |
| Sefton | 90% | 16% | 38% | 69% |
| Sevenoaks | 83% | 45% | 56% | 77% |
| Sheffield | 87% | 20% | 44% | 59% |
| Shropshire | 85% | 29% | 64% | 85% |
| Slough | 84% | 7% | 22% | 37% |
| Solihull | 90% | 13% | 31% | 60% |
| Somerset | 92% | 15% | 34% | 65% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 91% | 17% | 32% | 65% |
| South Derbyshire | 92% | 13% | 44% | 76% |
| South Downs National Park | 91% | 24% | 31% | 42% |
| South Gloucestershire | 84% | 13% | 33% | 58% |
| South Hams | 89% | 28% | 43% | 65% |
| South Holland | 84% | 19% | 53% | 78% |
| South Kesteven | 92% | 6% | 22% | 24% |
| South Norfolk | 93% | 6% | 20% | 63% |
| South Oxfordshire | 94% | 24% | 43% | 71% |
| South Ribble | 94% | 29% | 63% | 80% |
| South Staffordshire | 83% | 20% | 38% | 56% |
| South Tyneside | 97% | 8% | 23% | 40% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Southampton | 87% | 6% | 45% | 72% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 74% | 18% | 44% | 68% |
| Southwark | 90% | 10% | 63% | 75% |
| Spelthorne | 82% | 56% | 68% | 82% |
| St Albans | 85% | 18% | 3% | 13% |
| St. Helens | 91% | 7% | 29% | 82% |
| Stafford | 81% | 10% | 18% | 59% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 78% | 0% | 28% | 41% |
| Stevenage | 94% | 32% | 61% | 83% |
| Stockport | 93% | 0% | 41% | 67% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 96% | 32% | 45% | 69% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 79% | 17% | 38% | 56% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 88% | 11% | 23% | 57% |
| Stroud | 83% | 14% | 48% | 65% |
| Sunderland | 91% | 36% | 53% | 81% |
| Surrey Heath | 84% | 10% | 39% | 79% |
| Sutton | 79% | 15% | 66% | 93% |
| Swale | 87% | 14% | 28% | 63% |
| Swindon | 88% | 0% | 24% | 64% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Tameside | 89% | 25% | 42% | 55% |
| Tamworth | 93% | 25% | 41% | 70% |
| Tandridge | 82% | 33% | 24% | 36% |
| Teignbridge | 85% | 16% | 27% | 49% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 93% | 45% | 50% | 75% |
| Tendring | 84% | 37% | 42% | 78% |
| Test Valley | 90% | 37% | 47% | 84% |
| Tewkesbury | 89% | 19% | 17% | 47% |
| Thanet | 87% | 13% | 38% | 62% |
| The Broads Authority | 93% | 36% | 55% | 61% |
| Three Rivers | 86% | 35% | 57% | 88% |
| Thurrock | 83% | 9% | 41% | 75% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 86% | 18% | 31% | 38% |
| Torbay | 77% | 13% | 38% | 50% |
| Torridge | 91% | 18% | 50% | 77% |
| Tower Hamlets | 80% | 4% | 50% | 64% |
| Trafford | 81% | 13% | 30% | 51% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 94% | 66% | 66% | 86% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Uttlesford | 75% | 7% | 30% | 61% |
| Vale of White Horse | 94% | 24% | 48% | 60% |
| Wakefield | 90% | 10% | 21% | 46% |
| Walsall | 84% | 6% | 12% | 38% |
| Waltham Forest | 70% | 0% | 53% | 68% |
| Wandsworth | 89% | 17% | 46% | 55% |
| Warrington | 79% | 21% | 15% | 35% |
| Warwick | 88% | 26% | 30% | 49% |
| Watford | 78% | 50% | 84% | 91% |
| Waverley | 87% | 7% | 23% | 40% |
| Wealden | 86% | 7% | 33% | 60% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 76% | 20% | 35% | 62% |
| West Berkshire | 89% | 24% | 15% | 20% |
| West Devon | 82% | 35% | 34% | 52% |
| West Lancashire | 84% | 8% | 25% | 37% |
| West Lindsey | 90% | 49% | 42% | 67% |
| West Northamptonshire | 92% | 5% | 10% | 14% |
| West Oxfordshire | 89% | 23% | 45% | 79% |
| West Suffolk | 92% | 7% | 16% | 51% |
| Local Planning Authority | % decisions granted planning consent | Major development decided within 13 wks | Non-major development decided in 8 wks | Householder development decided in 8 wks |
| Westminster | 89% | 15% | 46% | 35% |
| Westmorland and Furness | 93% | 16% | 35% | 50% |
| Wigan | 87% | 5% | 18% | 38% |
| Wiltshire | 92% | 22% | 34% | 54% |
| Winchester | 92% | 11% | 22% | 40% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 77% | 9% | 19% | 49% |
| Wirral | 87% | 7% | 19% | 29% |
| Woking | 81% | 33% | 28% | 28% |
| Wokingham | 90% | 14% | 53% | 80% |
| Wolverhampton | 92% | 60% | 56% | 63% |
| Worcester | 85% | 20% | 39% | 70% |
| Worthing | 90% | 10% | 48% | 55% |
| Wychavon | 86% | 14% | 27% | 50% |
| Wyre | 84% | 0% | 18% | 45% |
| Wyre Forest | 84% | 20% | 36% | 62% |
| York | 86% | 18% | 28% | 50% |
| Yorkshire Dales National Park | 94% | 50% | 38% | 71% |
Note: In the table above, Non-major development figures EXCLUDE householder development
Source: The Planning Performance Dashboard District Matters Summary table on the .GOV website
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