Planning decisions in Huntingdonshire

How long Huntingdonshire takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,538 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); 57 from receipt
61%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 84% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 90%): 1,280 approved, 140 refused, 91 withdrawn
288 of 388UK rank for speed, down 50 places on last year; 224 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 35 days, 8 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 17 days, 31 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 25 days, 94 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 55 days, 128 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 54 days, 161 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 56 days, 187 decisionsMarApril 2026: 58 days, 175 decisionsAprMay 2026: 65 days, 163 decisionsMayJune 2026: 65 days, 146 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 66 days, 149 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 69 days, 157 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 71 days, 139 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 applications5653%95%369148 of 200
Tree works1987%98%31922 of 324
Discharge of conditions5562%85%222194 of 310
Full applications7033%85%161261 of 359
Amendments5564%94%115277 of 356
Lawful development certificates5663%80%94294 of 348
Listed building consent7332%91%92236 of 307
Prior approvals4386%85%71290 of 340
Outline applications5655%57%5035 of 110
Advertisement consent *5676%94%18198 of 320

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5690%1,457
Planning committee1%112100%9

Where the register states how the decision was made. 72 decisions did not say.

Appeals

48 appeals against Huntingdonshire decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 34 for every 100 refusals; 38% were allowed. Every appeal in Huntingdonshire.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5576%98%50
2017 *2792%100%27
2018 *2298%91%46
2019 *9610%93%30
2020 *2795%100%43
2021 *2780%100%32
2022 *3086%100%30
2023 *7133%72%188
2024 *7322%100%42
2025 *6829%93%28
2026 so far5944%90%1,405

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

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.