Planning decisions in Basingstoke

How long Basingstoke takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,586 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.

52 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 54 from receipt
71%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 85% within thirteen
94%approved (UK 90%): 1,386 approved, 82 refused, 87 withdrawn
147 of 388UK rank for speed, down 110 places on last year; 105 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 49 days, 150 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 53 days, 123 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 52 days, 130 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 54 days, 116 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 49 days, 121 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 49 days, 145 decisionsMarApril 2026: 55 days, 121 decisionsAprMay 2026: 54 days, 145 decisionsMayJune 2026: 56 days, 126 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 56 days, 129 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 55 days, 124 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 56 days, 156 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
Householder applications5469%98%50570 of 200
Tree works2697%96%48842 of 324
Full applications8731%87%188326 of 359
Amendments5654%96%141306 of 356
Lawful development certificates5478%91%90216 of 348
Listed building consent8043%97%64257 of 307
Prior approvals2895%89%4288 of 340
Advertisement consent5473%96%27135 of 320
Outline applications *11618%36%1399 of 110

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5395%1,343
Planning committee1%14164%11

Where the register states how the decision was made. 232 decisions did not say.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *7030%94%51
2017 *5265%93%174
2018 *5846%96%52
2019 *6145%84%55
2020 *6242%97%34
2021 *6631%97%29
2022 *7226%82%106
2023 *7733%94%103
2024 *12222%94%132
2025 *6245%90%29
2026 so far5459%95%1,183

* 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 Basingstoke's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Basingstoke, appeals, or get alerts for Basingstoke.

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.