Planning decisions in Charnwood

How long Charnwood takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,822 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.

50 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 54 from receipt
79%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 92% within thirteen
93%approved (UK 90%): 1,570 approved, 125 refused, 9 withdrawn
97 of 388UK rank for speed; 162 of 388 for approvals
056 February 2026: 42 days, 113 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 55 days, 162 decisionsMarApril 2026: 56 days, 157 decisionsAprMay 2026: 56 days, 167 decisionsMayJune 2026: 53 days, 180 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 51 days, 181 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 54 days, 143 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 55 days, 163 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
Tree works2091%97%34824 of 324
Householder applications *5084%90%27222 of 200
Discharge of conditions5369%98%202150 of 310
Prior approvals *3792%73%103187 of 340
Amendments5372%92%100249 of 356
Lawful development certificates5282%85%95176 of 348
Reserved matters5162%98%424 of 44
Advertisement consent *5476%97%34133 of 320
Other *15100%100%103 of 35

Appeals

28 appeals against Charnwood decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 22 for every 100 refusals; 46% were allowed. Every appeal in Charnwood.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *6047%98%62
2017 *5659%98%53
2018 *7124%89%62
2019 *6525%83%49
2020 *7417%91%65
2021 *8520%89%52
2022 *9015%97%106
2023 *6437%100%38
2024 *5662%96%28
202590%558
2026 so far5462%93%1,420

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

Decided in the last three weeks

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

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.