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Planning application timescales: how long to expect
How likely are you to get a decision on your planning application within 8 or 13 weeks? And has the drop in applications over the past 12 months resulted in faster timescales for your local planning authority (LPA)?
Every LPA’s latest figures are exposed below, and can be compared with last year’s figures (source: MHCLG’s figures published 19th June 2026 in tables P151 and P153).
The figures exclude the infamous "extension of time (EoT) performance agreements" which used to be used by many LPAs to massage their figures to give an unrealistic picture of speed. It can be helpful to set applicants' expectations into the right ball park by quoting official MHCLG figures on the percentage of applications determined within the 13 or 8 week statutory timescale.
To check out whether your LPA is getting better or worse over a longer timescale, see our tortoise-verses-hare table of change over time.
Percentage of planning applications decided within statutory timescales
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| England | 335,801 | 315,863 | 19% | 20% | 41% | 33% | 64% | 63% |
| Adur | 362 | 299 | 0% | 0% | 40% | 30% | 66% | 60% |
| Amber Valley | 721 | 706 | 13% | 9% | 41% | 21% | 69% | 75% |
| Arun | 783 | 816 | 39% | 26% | 81% | 50% | 98% | 99% |
| Ashfield | 399 | 420 | 16% | 39% | 39% | 14% | 79% | 74% |
| Ashford | 1,377 | 1,353 | 28% | 32% | 42% | 35% | 83% | 75% |
| Babergh | 908 | 882 | 40% | 26% | 50% | 48% | 81% | 75% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 862 | 702 | 20% | 25% | 68% | 74% | 88% | 93% |
| Barnet | 2,828 | 2,596 | 15% | 11% | 57% | 50% | 77% | 79% |
| Barnsley | 718 | 682 | 0% | 15% | 26% | 14% | 55% | 45% |
| Basildon | 741 | 907 | 15% | 16% | 31% | 19% | 65% | 65% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 1,232 | 1,133 | 4% | 24% | 23% | 19% | 64% | 59% |
| Bassetlaw | 658 | 580 | 28% | 23% | 48% | 13% | 59% | 25% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 2,001 | 1,883 | 22% | 7% | 30% | 22% | 53% | 50% |
| Bedford | 1,107 | 1,004 | 13% | 12% | 27% | 9% | 58% | 56% |
| Bexley | 1,378 | 1,341 | 0% | 24% | 48% | 38% | 80% | 89% |
| Birmingham | 3,963 | 3,678 | 15% | 10% | 20% | 3% | 26% | 48% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Blaby | 571 | 471 | 20% | 4% | 41% | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 631 | 622 | 21% | 20% | 54% | 30% | 79% | 73% |
| Blackpool | 411 | 363 | 7% | 36% | 33% | 21% | 75% | 72% |
| Bolsover | 330 | 259 | 13% | 25% | 56% | 46% | 85% | 77% |
| Bolton | 1,118 | 1,026 | 13% | 29% | 37% | 33% | 54% | 51% |
| Boston | 360 | 296 | 26% | 24% | 43% | 25% | 66% | 70% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 2,507 | 2,092 | 10% | 12% | 24% | 15% | 42% | 44% |
| Bracknell Forest | 674 | 541 | 10% | 13% | 16% | 8% | 50% | 38% |
| Bradford | 2,583 | 2,409 | 18% | 30% | 58% | 36% | 73% | 58% |
| Braintree | 1,034 | 968 | 11% | 24% | 46% | 39% | 73% | 78% |
| Breckland | 846 | 843 | 27% | 33% | 41% | 34% | 79% | 81% |
| Brent | 2,153 | 2,122 | 5% | 17% | 57% | 51% | 70% | 73% |
| Brentwood | 742 | 739 | 30% | 17% | 18% | 15% | 40% | 35% |
| Brighton and Hove | 1,729 | 1,813 | 8% | 10% | 46% | 24% | 59% | 50% |
| Bristol, City of | 2,188 | 2,135 | 10% | 20% | 22% | 31% | 49% | 71% |
| Broadland | 799 | 728 | 13% | 13% | 25% | 24% | 70% | 68% |
| Bromley | 2,248 | 2,467 | 0% | 11% | 39% | 27% | 71% | 66% |
| Bromsgrove | 455 | 447 | 15% | 29% | 38% | 22% | 62% | 63% |
| Broxbourne | 519 | 506 | 0% | 0% | 25% | 15% | 46% | 53% |
| Broxtowe | 509 | 503 | 38% | 67% | 43% | 40% | 71% | 78% |
| Buckinghamshire | 5,299 | 4,821 | 23% | 21% | 35% | 21% | 58% | 34% |
| Burnley | 289 | 316 | 6% | 27% | 49% | 33% | 86% | 71% |
| Bury | 743 | 721 | 31% | 38% | 59% | 62% | 73% | 76% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Calderdale | 1,039 | 888 | 21% | 10% | 39% | 17% | 63% | 58% |
| Cambridge | 1,203 | 1,083 | 18% | 25% | 46% | 30% | 89% | 86% |
| Camden | 2,324 | 2,256 | 0% | 3% | 36% | 50% | 40% | 49% |
| Cannock Chase | 289 | 297 | 0% | 30% | 46% | 26% | 91% | 82% |
| Canterbury | 1,209 | 1,013 | 19% | 3% | 21% | 16% | 34% | 43% |
| Castle Point | 441 | 394 | 29% | 50% | 76% | 69% | 90% | 96% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 1,669 | 1,515 | 18% | 26% | 43% | 39% | 83% | 76% |
| Charnwood | 1,139 | 1,071 | 13% | 16% | 45% | 22% | 77% | 72% |
| Chelmsford | 1,334 | 1,243 | 29% | 17% | 60% | 41% | 88% | 84% |
| Cheltenham | 1,129 | 993 | 40% | 14% | 48% | 40% | 78% | 76% |
| Cherwell | 1,234 | 1,154 | 14% | 21% | 37% | 20% | 54% | 47% |
| Cheshire East | 2,616 | 2,504 | 5% | 5% | 18% | 11% | 39% | 39% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 1,858 | 1,849 | 10% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 35% | 40% |
| Chesterfield | 389 | 405 | 25% | 5% | 28% | 16% | 53% | 40% |
| Chichester | 982 | 934 | 27% | 29% | 34% | 66% | 68% | 93% |
| Chorley | 589 | 572 | 6% | 11% | 49% | 55% | 72% | 78% |
| City of London | 515 | 525 | 0% | 4% | 16% | 0% | 33% | 100% |
| Colchester | 1,146 | 1,137 | 33% | 48% | 51% | 36% | 71% | 79% |
| Cornwall | 5,487 | 5,003 | 17% | 21% | 43% | 46% | 73% | 76% |
| Cotswold | 1,471 | 1,468 | 26% | 32% | 41% | 37% | 49% | 53% |
| County Durham | 2,016 | 1,931 | 18% | 16% | 31% | 13% | 52% | 59% |
| Coventry | 1,503 | 1,174 | 36% | 38% | 82% | 73% | 90% | 91% |
| Crawley | 268 | 258 | 0% | 0% | 29% | 0% | 34% | 26% |
| Croydon | 1,729 | 1,661 | 13% | 16% | 45% | 40% | 64% | 62% |
| Cumberland | 1,440 | 1,211 | 29% | 17% | 46% | 24% | 73% | 50% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Dacorum | 1,233 | 1,199 | 25% | 4% | 30% | 17% | 73% | 78% |
| Darlington | 431 | 469 | 27% | 8% | 29% | 19% | 64% | 67% |
| Dartford | 566 | 583 | 36% | 48% | 31% | 30% | 56% | 73% |
| Dartmoor National Park | 314 | 308 | 0% | 0% | 49% | 15% | 70% | 65% |
| Derby | 996 | 956 | 15% | 9% | 32% | 17% | 53% | 45% |
| Derbyshire Dales | 581 | 508 | 13% | 18% | 33% | 14% | 72% | 70% |
| Doncaster | 988 | 931 | 13% | 21% | 45% | 36% | 82% | 83% |
| Dorset | 3,179 | 2,827 | 25% | 40% | 44% | 26% | 76% | 78% |
| Dover | 2,868 | 758 | 10% | 14% | 29% | 29% | 55% | 83% |
| Dudley | 883 | 926 | 30% | 17% | 57% | 40% | 74% | 70% |
| Ealing | 2,091 | 2,025 | 7% | 5% | 47% | 26% | 60% | 41% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 702 | 720 | 13% | 22% | 34% | 48% | 70% | 76% |
| East Devon | 1,438 | 1,261 | 11% | 8% | 30% | 20% | 63% | 72% |
| East Hampshire | 564 | 661 | 6% | 20% | 19% | 4% | 33% | 24% |
| East Hertfordshire | 1,441 | 1,300 | 4% | 5% | 40% | 30% | 76% | 73% |
| East Lindsey | 829 | 846 | 28% | 30% | 43% | 39% | 67% | 60% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,047 | 1,969 | 41% | 45% | 62% | 76% | 86% | 95% |
| East Staffordshire | 735 | 755 | 36% | 11% | 35% | 5% | 54% | 21% |
| East Suffolk | 2,207 | 2,193 | 19% | 13% | 26% | 22% | 49% | 60% |
| Eastbourne | 374 | 353 | 8% | 0% | 36% | 38% | 74% | 62% |
| Eastleigh | 602 | 558 | 13% | 35% | 63% | 57% | 68% | 73% |
| Ebbsfleet Development Corporation | 68 | 30 | 6% | 17% | 20% | #VALUE! | 74% | 74% |
| Elmbridge | 1,484 | 1,541 | 26% | 12% | 34% | 29% | 64% | 57% |
| Enfield | 1,904 | 1,941 | 21% | 19% | 74% | 56% | 94% | 90% |
| Epping Forest | 1,410 | 1,338 | 4% | 32% | 39% | 40% | 76% | 71% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 673 | 618 | 25% | 50% | 55% | 69% | 85% | 90% |
| Erewash | 431 | 418 | 30% | 0% | 53% | 40% | 82% | 62% |
| Exeter | 605 | 629 | 15% | 29% | 34% | 23% | 58% | 54% |
| Exmoor National Park | 163 | 187 | #VALUE! | 0% | 27% | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| Fareham | 713 | 579 | 22% | 20% | 60% | 52% | 92% | 89% |
| Fenland | 551 | 624 | 14% | 22% | 22% | 35% | 66% | 77% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 790 | 801 | 15% | 33% | 74% | 75% | 93% | 96% |
| Forest of Dean | 648 | 576 | 35% | 13% | 33% | 31% | 61% | 64% |
| Fylde | 471 | 442 | 10% | 11% | 34% | 26% | 55% | 60% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Gateshead | 507 | 500 | 18% | 10% | 26% | 13% | 31% | 26% |
| Gedling | 546 | 420 | 8% | 10% | 29% | 27% | 63% | 62% |
| Gloucester | 493 | 447 | 42% | 0% | 33% | 15% | 66% | 60% |
| Gosport | 263 | 232 | 29% | 25% | 38% | 33% | 79% | 76% |
| Gravesham | 651 | 638 | 33% | 21% | 52% | 34% | 82% | 72% |
| Great Yarmouth | 377 | 339 | 0% | 29% | 28% | 37% | 19% | 69% |
| Greenwich | 1,624 | 1,475 | 0% | 3% | 61% | 43% | 79% | 75% |
| Guildford | 1,523 | 1,358 | 6% | 0% | 19% | 12% | 43% | 31% |
| Hackney | 1,468 | 1,362 | 13% | 6% | 39% | 46% | 49% | 53% |
| Halton | 278 | 261 | 8% | 11% | 20% | 10% | 79% | 77% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,526 | 1,426 | 7% | 0% | 34% | 29% | 36% | 33% |
| Harborough | 891 | 941 | 35% | 15% | 35% | 20% | 62% | 51% |
| Haringey | 1,551 | 1,453 | 0% | 6% | 45% | 50% | 53% | 55% |
| Harlow | 265 | 289 | 11% | 31% | 45% | 38% | 80% | 67% |
| Harrow | 1,590 | 1,380 | 20% | 23% | 47% | 33% | 68% | 71% |
| Hart | 773 | 741 | 29% | 16% | 40% | 31% | 71% | 71% |
| Hartlepool | 244 | 255 | 12% | 10% | 35% | 9% | 50% | 52% |
| Hartlepool Development Corporation | 44 | 31 | 33% | 0% | 32% | #VALUE! | #VALUE! | #VALUE! |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Hastings | 388 | 377 | 43% | 10% | 57% | 31% | 82% | 67% |
| Havant | 548 | 455 | 9% | 0% | 23% | 6% | 40% | 31% |
| Havering | 1,611 | 1,512 | 11% | 11% | 41% | 31% | 65% | 56% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 1,321 | 1,507 | 14% | 25% | 7% | 11% | 30% | 46% |
| Hertsmere | 842 | 806 | 5% | 0% | 28% | 24% | 47% | 49% |
| High Peak | 436 | 402 | 8% | 14% | 17% | 9% | 46% | 29% |
| Hillingdon | 1,984 | 1,763 | 0% | 23% | 36% | 19% | 64% | 58% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 574 | 609 | 18% | 9% | 35% | 22% | 70% | 37% |
| Horsham | 1,244 | 1,390 | 13% | 29% | 28% | 23% | 69% | 72% |
| Hounslow | 1,649 | 1,395 | 13% | 3% | 43% | 41% | 52% | 56% |
| Huntingdonshire | 1,159 | 1,104 | 8% | 10% | 22% | 19% | 47% | 55% |
| Hyndburn | 270 | 267 | 31% | 13% | 46% | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| Ipswich | 491 | 426 | 13% | 11% | 52% | 22% | 79% | 76% |
| Isle of Wight | 907 | 819 | 29% | 42% | 66% | 59% | 94% | 92% |
| Isles of Scilly | 70 | 57 | 33% | 0% | 38% | #VALUE! | 63% | 43% |
| Islington | 1,702 | 1,496 | 0% | 0% | 35% | 46% | 35% | 43% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 2,902 | 2,435 | 7% | 33% | 56% | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,368 | 1,218 | 39% | 46% | 41% | 56% | 79% | 87% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 635 | 529 | 14% | 14% | 26% | 13% | 50% | 51% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 1,179 | 1,123 | 10% | 7% | 49% | 44% | 77% | 81% |
| Kirklees | 2,022 | 1,958 | 7% | 7% | 26% | 15% | 52% | 46% |
| Knowsley | 344 | 313 | 38% | 29% | 32% | 8% | 64% | 60% |
| Lake District National Park | 978 | 879 | 18% | 33% | 50% | 40% | 66% | 66% |
| Lambeth | 1,758 | 1,919 | 25% | 14% | 46% | 23% | 53% | 62% |
| Lancaster | 816 | 718 | 25% | 38% | 46% | 22% | 71% | 74% |
| Leeds | 3,802 | 3,608 | 14% | 18% | 46% | 39% | 71% | 73% |
| Leicester | 1,179 | 982 | 13% | 17% | 22% | 34% | 25% | 51% |
| Lewes | 417 | 394 | 15% | 11% | 30% | 32% | 53% | 69% |
| Lewisham | 1,544 | 1,329 | 17% | 6% | 57% | 45% | 71% | 69% |
| Lichfield | 661 | 726 | 10% | 10% | 35% | 71% | 69% | 97% |
| Lincoln | 345 | 356 | 38% | 25% | 58% | 50% | 85% | 79% |
| Liverpool | 2,432 | 2,193 | 13% | 14% | 44% | 32% | 55% | 62% |
| Luton | 761 | 756 | 28% | 17% | 58% | 56% | 60% | 60% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Maidstone | 1,231 | 1,199 | 38% | 40% | 58% | 47% | 86% | 81% |
| Maldon | 485 | 539 | 33% | 18% | 45% | 15% | 84% | 56% |
| Malvern Hills | 775 | 775 | 31% | 21% | 34% | 41% | 57% | 79% |
| Manchester | 1,930 | 2,025 | 38% | 33% | 71% | 44% | 89% | 65% |
| Mansfield | 343 | 326 | 32% | 11% | 29% | 18% | 58% | 65% |
| Medway | 1,094 | 1,018 | 35% | 31% | 61% | 42% | 90% | 94% |
| Melton | 335 | 339 | 3% | 9% | 7% | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| Merton | 1,269 | 1,192 | 15% | 16% | 42% | 28% | 61% | 57% |
| Mid Devon | 726 | 726 | 22% | 21% | 47% | 35% | 72% | 75% |
| Mid Suffolk | 1,049 | 946 | 11% | 22% | 47% | 41% | 77% | 77% |
| Mid Sussex | 1,250 | 1,160 | 23% | 21% | 45% | 28% | 76% | 64% |
| Middlesbrough | 337 | 333 | 18% | 13% | 44% | 25% | 47% | 38% |
| Middlesbrough Development Corporation | 59 | 64 | 22% | 0% | 38% | 0% | #VALUE! | #VALUE! |
| Milton Keynes | 1,199 | 1,121 | 20% | 25% | 48% | 58% | 66% | 78% |
| Mole Valley | 1,084 | 984 | 21% | 10% | 48% | 17% | 79% | 50% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| New Forest | 949 | 924 | 19% | 19% | 39% | 25% | 83% | 80% |
| New Forest National Park | 540 | 457 | 17% | 35% | 38% | 25% | 46% | 45% |
| Newark and Sherwood | 795 | 812 | 11% | 28% | 45% | 25% | 68% | 50% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 500 | 480 | 24% | 25% | 56% | 40% | 64% | 68% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,010 | 1,070 | 10% | 10% | 43% | 19% | 52% | 56% |
| Newham | 1,059 | 1,100 | 23% | 6% | 37% | 43% | 66% | 59% |
| North Devon | 880 | 910 | 5% | 37% | 35% | 38% | 51% | 67% |
| North East Derbyshire | 602 | 582 | 33% | 6% | 38% | 18% | 60% | 62% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 512 | 504 | 28% | 13% | 28% | 23% | 59% | 64% |
| North Hertfordshire | 1,061 | 1,073 | 24% | 15% | 42% | 37% | 69% | 69% |
| North Kesteven | 631 | 656 | 15% | 19% | 26% | 18% | 68% | 71% |
| North Lincolnshire | 720 | 859 | 31% | 24% | 29% | 33% | 61% | 70% |
| North Norfolk | 1,049 | 968 | 16% | 21% | 46% | 25% | 70% | 61% |
| North Northamptonshire | 1,725 | 1,098 | 12% | 5% | 33% | 9% | 53% | 35% |
| North Somerset | 1,262 | 1,169 | 16% | 9% | 36% | 35% | 60% | 73% |
| North Tyneside | 706 | 624 | 32% | 11% | 61% | 40% | 88% | 81% |
| North Warwickshire | 425 | 429 | 16% | 18% | 37% | 24% | 69% | 48% |
| North West Leicestershire | 663 | 594 | 23% | 18% | 29% | 12% | 57% | 55% |
| North York Moors National Park | 520 | 443 | 57% | 50% | 59% | 50% | 69% | 74% |
| North Yorkshire | 5,051 | 4,850 | 15% | 14% | 35% | 28% | 62% | 64% |
| Northumberland | 1,985 | 2,120 | 20% | 23% | 33% | 26% | 58% | 62% |
| Northumberland National Park | 57 | 39 | 100% | 100% | 68% | 57% | 88% | 75% |
| Norwich | 613 | 574 | 14% | 29% | 60% | 9% | 81% | 76% |
| Nottingham | 1,033 | 943 | 16% | 7% | 42% | 48% | 51% | 45% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 349 | 340 | 0% | 0% | 24% | 13% | 65% | 62% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 335 | 275 | 0% | 0% | 56% | 36% | 65% | 72% |
| Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation | 41 | 53 | 0% | 0% | 88% | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| Oldham | 952 | 827 | 32% | 27% | 29% | 23% | 54% | 44% |
| Oxford | 1,246 | 1,212 | 11% | 3% | 47% | 22% | 60% | 43% |
| Peak District National Park | 615 | 539 | 45% | 50% | 48% | 32% | 63% | 75% |
| Pendle | 502 | 465 | 33% | 25% | 59% | 47% | 77% | 64% |
| Peterborough | 856 | 696 | 27% | 16% | 44% | 36% | 57% | 67% |
| Plymouth | 763 | 692 | 56% | 52% | 64% | 42% | 71% | 74% |
| Portsmouth | 680 | 708 | 14% | 30% | 34% | 34% | 50% | 60% |
| Preston | 725 | 590 | 27% | 24% | 41% | 21% | 57% | 71% |
| Reading | 926 | 963 | 33% | 0% | 29% | 22% | 51% | 37% |
| Redbridge | 1,696 | 1,761 | 37% | 25% | 59% | 30% | 79% | 69% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 484 | 426 | 25% | 48% | 55% | 6% | 69% | 62% |
| Redditch | 146 | 258 | 22% | 11% | 43% | 20% | 84% | 76% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 1,067 | 1,002 | 9% | 38% | 46% | 46% | 76% | 76% |
| Ribble Valley | 591 | 511 | 63% | 5% | 40% | 40% | 58% | 55% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 2,373 | 1,950 | 8% | 18% | 55% | 45% | 61% | 69% |
| Rochdale | 670 | 655 | 28% | 9% | 23% | 21% | 57% | 54% |
| Rochford | 515 | 526 | 10% | 20% | 22% | 20% | 60% | 53% |
| Rossendale | 300 | 256 | 0% | 33% | 33% | 9% | 64% | 27% |
| Rother | 851 | 848 | 18% | 13% | 39% | 23% | 57% | 25% |
| Rotherham | 936 | 789 | 32% | 49% | 49% | 46% | 73% | 72% |
| Rugby | 719 | 577 | 17% | 4% | 37% | 7% | 51% | 38% |
| Runnymede | 715 | 666 | 3% | 36% | 26% | 43% | 54% | 72% |
| Rushcliffe | 955 | 818 | 11% | 18% | 42% | 9% | 66% | 51% |
| Rushmoor | 358 | 311 | 38% | 0% | 53% | 41% | 80% | 86% |
| Rutland | 559 | 557 | 38% | 17% | 60% | 37% | 83% | 74% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Salford | 1,080 | 937 | 16% | 10% | 36% | 30% | 55% | 56% |
| Sandwell | 959 | 927 | 17% | 41% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 69% |
| Sefton | 1,026 | 1,063 | 24% | 41% | 48% | 21% | 75% | 71% |
| Sevenoaks | 1,358 | 1,183 | 28% | 23% | 55% | 41% | 76% | 72% |
| Sheffield | 1,909 | 1,732 | 29% | 32% | 44% | 44% | 67% | 61% |
| Shropshire | 2,531 | 2,289 | 30% | 38% | 61% | 44% | 84% | 78% |
| Slough | 762 | 678 | 4% | 0% | 27% | 31% | 34% | 42% |
| Solihull | 1,319 | 1,134 | 5% | 5% | 27% | 11% | 53% | 65% |
| Somerset | 3,830 | 3,562 | 12% | 17% | 32% | 27% | 70% | 74% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 1,562 | 1,649 | 26% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 86% | 84% |
| South Derbyshire | 725 | 731 | 15% | 27% | 50% | 41% | 78% | 61% |
| South Downs National Park | 1,920 | 1,740 | 13% | 16% | 30% | 15% | 48% | 39% |
| South Gloucestershire | 1,643 | 1,596 | 16% | 20% | 30% | 22% | 64% | 61% |
| South Hams | 1,285 | 1,096 | 22% | 16% | 53% | 42% | 70% | 73% |
| South Holland | 589 | 664 | 20% | 51% | 45% | 47% | 75% | 62% |
| South Kesteven | 1,001 | 942 | 14% | 13% | 21% | 12% | 40% | 43% |
| South Norfolk | 1,063 | 1,001 | 12% | 5% | 19% | 15% | 68% | 67% |
| South Oxfordshire | 1,659 | 1,480 | 32% | 9% | 42% | 20% | 73% | 74% |
| South Ribble | 487 | 410 | 55% | 25% | 57% | 37% | 80% | 75% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| South Staffordshire | 647 | 647 | 27% | 13% | 41% | 29% | 57% | 61% |
| South Tyneside | 423 | 417 | 10% | 11% | 39% | 13% | 66% | 64% |
| Southampton | 733 | 698 | 10% | 0% | 41% | 34% | 60% | 63% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 952 | 892 | 16% | 45% | 38% | 44% | 63% | 64% |
| Southwark | 1,526 | 1,674 | 6% | 6% | 59% | 56% | 79% | 78% |
| Spelthorne | 680 | 605 | 36% | 50% | 59% | 52% | 79% | 70% |
| St Albans | 1,366 | 1,569 | 17% | 9% | 22% | 15% | 40% | 29% |
| St. Helens | 520 | 475 | 6% | 8% | 38% | 35% | 84% | 80% |
| Stafford | 593 | 542 | 10% | 5% | 17% | 17% | 62% | 26% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 488 | 439 | 0% | 0% | 27% | 24% | 43% | 36% |
| Stevenage | 291 | 269 | 16% | 33% | 63% | 71% | 89% | 81% |
| Stockport | 1,440 | 1,379 | 9% | 9% | 32% | 9% | 79% | 79% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 687 | 637 | 18% | 27% | 49% | 16% | 72% | 61% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 573 | 542 | 20% | 7% | 39% | 15% | 62% | 28% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1,503 | 1,397 | 11% | 10% | 27% | 26% | 61% | 67% |
| Stroud | 1,178 | 1,048 | 15% | 30% | 44% | 36% | 70% | 73% |
| Sunderland | 629 | 623 | 30% | 32% | 50% | 21% | 77% | 73% |
| Surrey Heath | 741 | 686 | 4% | 5% | 45% | 18% | 75% | 68% |
| Sutton | 1,063 | 922 | 17% | 53% | 70% | 46% | 91% | 91% |
| Swale | 750 | 626 | 15% | 27% | 19% | 9% | 52% | 37% |
| Swindon | 1,049 | 1,053 | 15% | 30% | 45% | 51% | 86% | 92% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Tameside | 674 | 670 | 5% | 13% | 45% | 23% | 67% | 77% |
| Tamworth | 203 | 263 | 43% | 0% | 49% | 33% | 54% | 53% |
| Tandridge | 729 | 776 | 28% | 8% | 42% | 25% | 65% | 51% |
| Teignbridge | 790 | 719 | 9% | 20% | 38% | 67% | 63% | 80% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 766 | 649 | 53% | 30% | 80% | 75% | 95% | 96% |
| Tendring | 959 | 889 | 45% | 35% | 59% | 48% | 86% | 80% |
| Test Valley | 1,144 | 1,174 | 37% | 38% | 49% | 30% | 83% | 76% |
| Tewkesbury | 746 | 736 | 17% | 3% | 15% | 18% | 49% | 57% |
| Thanet | 822 | 726 | 11% | 13% | 38% | 30% | 57% | 62% |
| The Broads Authority | 160 | 135 | 75% | 33% | 51% | 36% | 70% | 67% |
| Three Rivers | 921 | 911 | 36% | 41% | 54% | 45% | 85% | 82% |
| Thurrock | 726 | 692 | 8% | 19% | 35% | 32% | 79% | 84% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 995 | 911 | 20% | 26% | 29% | 21% | 47% | 49% |
| Torbay | 730 | 693 | 19% | 33% | 44% | 30% | 37% | 37% |
| Torridge | 712 | 634 | 28% | 35% | 59% | 45% | 79% | 78% |
| Tower Hamlets | 996 | 1,047 | 0% | 6% | 55% | 35% | 67% | 56% |
| Trafford | 1,546 | 1,435 | 15% | 19% | 46% | 34% | 76% | 71% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1,324 | 1,208 | 44% | 55% | 59% | 52% | 82% | 84% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Uttlesford | 1,264 | 1,269 | 16% | 28% | 29% | 45% | 68% | 82% |
| Vale of White Horse | 1,160 | 1,062 | 20% | 16% | 46% | 19% | 64% | 57% |
| Wakefield | 1,173 | 1,129 | 11% | 4% | 20% | 8% | 49% | 53% |
| Walsall | 913 | 842 | 17% | 10% | 28% | 12% | 53% | 52% |
| Waltham Forest | 1,458 | 1,479 | 31% | 22% | 56% | 32% | 79% | 75% |
| Wandsworth | 2,636 | 2,309 | 16% | 16% | 52% | 49% | 58% | 62% |
| Warrington | 869 | 910 | 21% | 28% | 40% | 32% | 77% | 76% |
| Warwick | 959 | 915 | 18% | 14% | 34% | 19% | 42% | 47% |
| Watford | 548 | 526 | 0% | 0% | 64% | 46% | 77% | 80% |
| Waverley | 1,543 | 1,443 | 16% | 19% | 43% | 34% | 66% | 66% |
| Wealden | 1,613 | 1,404 | 19% | 30% | 41% | 37% | 65% | 69% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 784 | 721 | 20% | 10% | 34% | 24% | 60% | 53% |
| West Berkshire | 1,171 | 1,267 | 13% | 15% | 18% | 28% | 27% | 57% |
| West Devon | 381 | 389 | 37% | 40% | 46% | 43% | 61% | 62% |
| West Lancashire | 701 | 567 | 39% | 0% | 26% | 13% | 42% | 41% |
| West Lindsey | 566 | 629 | 34% | 33% | 35% | 31% | 67% | 72% |
| West Northamptonshire | 2,102 | 2,016 | 7% | 13% | 21% | 8% | 31% | 18% |
| West Oxfordshire | 1,330 | 1,105 | 17% | 19% | 41% | 27% | 78% | 75% |
| West Suffolk | 967 | 1,058 | 13% | 21% | 24% | 18% | 55% | 56% |
| Local Planning Authority Excluding extensions of time |
no. planning applications received, yr to March 2025 | no. planning applications received, yr to March 2026 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2025 | major devt: % decided in 13 weeks, year to Mar2026 | Non-major (excl hseholder): % in <8 weeks yr to Mar2025 | non-major resi (excl hh): % in <8wks, yr to Mar2026 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2025 | householder: % decided <8 wks, year to Mar2026 |
| Westminster | 5,421 | 5,458 | 14% | 8% | 45% | 25% | 43% | 44% |
| Westmorland and Furness | 1,369 | 1,454 | 24% | 26% | 32% | 28% | 57% | 51% |
| Wigan | 738 | 716 | 22% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 41% | 54% |
| Wiltshire | 4,372 | 4,191 | 10% | 16% | 31% | 17% | 57% | 53% |
| Winchester | 1,055 | 961 | 15% | 19% | 25% | 16% | 63% | 55% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 1,635 | 1,625 | 12% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 60% | 75% |
| Wirral | 1,089 | 928 | 7% | 17% | 27% | 26% | 39% | 57% |
| Woking | 712 | 750 | 19% | 0% | 33% | 35% | 37% | 54% |
| Wokingham | 1,286 | 1,201 | 22% | 20% | 46% | 37% | 80% | 72% |
| Wolverhampton | 862 | 802 | 46% | 55% | 63% | 41% | 74% | 73% |
| Worcester | 411 | 412 | 0% | 20% | 39% | 44% | 70% | 76% |
| Worthing | 562 | 584 | 13% | 0% | 51% | 36% | 54% | 53% |
| Wychavon | 1,154 | 1,145 | 19% | 11% | 34% | 41% | 66% | 88% |
| Wyre | 606 | 526 | 10% | 8% | 17% | 20% | 41% | 38% |
| Wyre Forest | 565 | 481 | 25% | 29% | 39% | 39% | 63% | 68% |
| York | 1,615 | 1,657 | 11% | 18% | 29% | 28% | 58% | 64% |
Source: 'Planning Performance Dashboard Year ending March 2026' on the .GOV website here
NB. The above table is for district matters only. It does not include county matters (minerals & waste applications, etc)
A more detailed breakdown for each local authority by type of development can be found on the MHCLG planning application statistics dashboard for PS2 returns here.
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