Planning decisions in Haringey

How long Haringey takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,489 decisions it made in the twelve months to August 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.

47 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 47 from receipt
76%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 91% within thirteen
93%approved (UK 89%): 1,317 approved, 102 refused, 26 withdrawn
65 of 321UK rank for speed, up 60 places on last year; 132 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 56 days, 261 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 56 days, 330 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 56 days, 293 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 54 days, 302 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 17 days, 36 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 25 days, 108 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 37 days, 263 decisionsMarApril 2026: 54 days, 197 decisionsAprMay 2026: 53 days, 274 decisionsMayJune 2026: 54 days, 236 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 52 days, 189 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 55 days, 186 decisionsAug
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (52 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Full applications (including householder)5660%89%519197 of 302
Tree works2295%99%41423 of 259
Discharge of conditions5366%99%210123 of 175
Lawful development certificates3586%86%15639 of 253
Prior approvals2989%77%7550 of 168
Amendments2878%94%6997 of 263
Advertisement consent5672%92%25138 of 190
Listed building consent *5658%100%12108 of 200

Appeals

100 appeals against Haringey decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 98 for every 100 refusals; 26% were allowed. Every appeal in Haringey.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5674%94%32
2017 *5671%97%40
2018 *5651%100%44
2019 *2897%80%71
2020 *5660%99%138
2021 *2798%85%55
2022 *10314%100%43
2023 *7140%90%63
2024 *5661%94%31
2025 *5664%68%56
2026 so far4773%93%1,489

* 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 Haringey's planning register. Ranks are among the 321 published councils. See planning applications in Haringey, appeals, or get alerts for Haringey.

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.