Planning decisions in East Hampshire

How long East Hampshire takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,289 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.

77 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 89 from receipt
33%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 59% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 90%): 1,012 approved, 108 refused, 57 withdrawn
377 of 388UK rank for speed, down 130 places on last year; 218 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 86 days, 137 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 101 days, 91 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 68 days, 82 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 85 days, 141 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 104 days, 102 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 110 days, 93 decisionsMarApril 2026: 71 days, 115 decisionsAprMay 2026: 74 days, 82 decisionsMayJune 2026: 96 days, 96 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 121 days, 96 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 92 days, 98 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 83 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 applications8225%93%354196 of 200
Tree works6045%94%327309 of 324
Discharge of conditions7139%89%174288 of 310
Full applications15010%83%159357 of 359
Amendments8830%95%86353 of 356
Lawful development certificates5562%86%72253 of 348
Listed building consent9420%90%44285 of 307
Prior approvals4281%69%34278 of 340
Advertisement consent *8425%92%12309 of 320

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%7690%1,274
Planning committee1%251100%11

Where the register states how the decision was made. 4 decisions did not say.

Appeals

37 appeals against East Hampshire decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 34 for every 100 refusals; 30% were allowed. Every appeal in East Hampshire.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5942%98%45
2017 *6327%96%77
2018 *5656%84%153
2019 *6539%100%30
2020 *6333%97%42
2021 *7226%84%64
2022 *1042%98%54
2023 *8821%93%58
2024 *6740%86%80
20258332%88%455
2026 so far8925%91%979

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

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.