Planning decisions in Blaenau Gwent

How long Blaenau Gwent takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 290 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.

58 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 93 from receipt
49%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 67% within thirteen
95%approved (UK 90%): 249 approved, 14 refused, 23 withdrawn
334 of 388UK rank for speed, down 190 places on last year; 96 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 97 days, 37 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 64 days, 26 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 180 days, 13 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 66 days, 26 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 68 days, 25 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 172 days, 25 decisionsMarApril 2026: 116 days, 28 decisionsAprMay 2026: 112 days, 17 decisionsMayJune 2026: 84 days, 19 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 109 days, 25 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 97 days, 24 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 117 days, 25 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
Full applications9427%93%93332 of 359
Householder applications5844%98%69160 of 200
Discharge of conditions4765%98%5684 of 310
Amendments2864%97%3351 of 356

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers94%5695%272
Planning committee6%14289%18

Where the register states how the decision was made.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
20257036%96%120
2026 so far9422%94%214

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Blaenau Gwent's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Blaenau Gwent, or get alerts for Blaenau Gwent.

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 Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.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.