Planning decisions in Glasgow

How long Glasgow takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 2,174 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.

69 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 87 from receipt
30%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 72% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 90%): 1,822 approved, 213 refused, 131 withdrawn
366 of 388UK rank for speed, down 163 places on last year; 243 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 84 days, 151 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 80 days, 211 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 88 days, 203 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 96 days, 133 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 90 days, 169 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 92 days, 191 decisionsMarApril 2026: 85 days, 196 decisionsAprMay 2026: 88 days, 177 decisionsMayJune 2026: 86 days, 198 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 89 days, 183 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 88 days, 175 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 91 days, 187 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 applications7320%88%1,152284 of 359
Listed building consent7221%94%444234 of 307
Advertisement consent6632%83%186293 of 320
Discharge of conditions3368%100%14914 of 310
Lawful development certificates5259%81%119183 of 348
Prior approvals3573%95%63147 of 340
Amendments3083%98%4758 of 356

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officersover 99%6990%2,120
Planning committeeunder 1%8529%7

Where the register states how the decision was made. 47 decisions did not say.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *7123%92%357
2017 *5942%83%365
2018 *4668%90%107
2019 *7231%93%30
2020 *6038%98%149
2021 *5458%99%69
2022 *5176%96%55
2023 *5830%57%47
2024 *6543%99%111
2025 *6344%89%172
2026 so far8916%88%1,609

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

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.