Planning decisions in Barking And Dagenham

How long Barking And Dagenham takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,704 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

47 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 49 from receipt
81%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 94% within thirteen
81%approved (UK 90%): 1,305 approved, 316 refused, 29 withdrawn
48 of 388UK rank for speed, up 124 places on last year; 372 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 41 days, 158 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 47 days, 143 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 44 days, 156 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 53 days, 124 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 53 days, 118 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 43 days, 143 decisionsMarApril 2026: 49 days, 133 decisionsAprMay 2026: 52 days, 121 decisionsMayJune 2026: 49 days, 144 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 50 days, 174 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 54 days, 138 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 55 days, 152 decisionsSept
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (54 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Prior approvals3399%90%403132 of 340
Householder applications5380%70%38150 of 200
Lawful development certificates4196%83%35454 of 348
Full applications5655%63%247139 of 359
Discharge of conditions6444%99%186268 of 310
Amendments4774%83%50177 of 356
Tree works4087%93%31174 of 324
Advertisement consent5472%90%30136 of 320

Appeals

72 appeals against Barking And Dagenham decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 23 for every 100 refusals; 25% were allowed. Every appeal in Barking And Dagenham.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5737%98%51
2017 *3767%77%65
2018 *5710%90%32
2019 *6710%97%33
2020 *5945%95%47
2021 *5597%76%37
2022 *15100%100%37
2023 *3786%84%53
20254775%80%841
2026 so far5067%80%1,247

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Barking And Dagenham's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Barking And Dagenham, appeals, or get alerts for Barking And Dagenham.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.