Planning decisions in Calderdale

How long Calderdale takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,285 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.

56 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 79 from receipt
64%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 81% within thirteen
86%approved (UK 90%): 957 approved, 160 refused, 35 withdrawn
281 of 388UK rank for speed, down 49 places on last year; 324 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 67 days, 101 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 74 days, 112 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 73 days, 117 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 80 days, 102 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 89 days, 101 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 78 days, 97 decisionsMarApril 2026: 79 days, 93 decisionsAprMay 2026: 91 days, 79 decisionsMayJune 2026: 88 days, 132 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 85 days, 147 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 73 days, 106 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 73 days, 98 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 applications5660%82%317130 of 200
Tree works5084%96%236261 of 324
Full applications7142%82%233264 of 359
Discharge of conditions6044%91%146250 of 310
Listed building consent5849%89%102146 of 307
Lawful development certificates5582%80%90238 of 348
Amendments2866%90%5350 of 356
Prior approvals4979%86%47311 of 340
Advertisement consent *5571%76%18162 of 320
Section 106 and planning obligations *13100%75%121 of 29

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5685%1,194
Planning committee1%11286%14

Where the register states how the decision was made. 77 decisions did not say.

Appeals

77 appeals against Calderdale decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 48 for every 100 refusals; 13% were allowed. Every appeal in Calderdale.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *6044%97%40
2017 *6636%95%40
2018 *6340%96%48
2019 *7439%97%179
2020 *5750%82%100
2021 *6729%75%29
2022 *12432%80%70
2023 *9337%71%78
2024 *7138%99%275
2025 *3165%79%54
2026 so far8226%85%955

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

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.