Planning decisions in Kingston Upon Thames

How long Kingston Upon Thames takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 2,597 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.

55 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 63 from receipt
78%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 93% within thirteen
84%approved (UK 90%): 2,084 approved, 388 refused, 82 withdrawn
215 of 388UK rank for speed, up 16 places on last year; 334 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 64 days, 195 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 60 days, 192 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 59 days, 220 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 71 days, 219 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 72 days, 201 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 63 days, 193 decisionsMarApril 2026: 65 days, 262 decisionsAprMay 2026: 67 days, 208 decisionsMayJune 2026: 62 days, 217 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 60 days, 199 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 57 days, 212 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 63 days, 279 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 applications5589%85%80776 of 200
Tree works4784%98%411243 of 324
Discharge of conditions5669%84%380214 of 310
Lawful development certificates5681%82%374270 of 348
Full applications5659%72%305118 of 359
Amendments5571%83%144272 of 356
Advertisement consent5666%87%65208 of 320
Prior approvals5693%57%53336 of 340
Listed building consent *9743%71%15287 of 307
Section 106 and planning obligations *5738%92%1513 of 29

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officersover 99%5584%2,539
Planning committeeunder 1%14791%12

Where the register states how the decision was made. 46 decisions did not say.

Appeals

76 appeals against Kingston Upon Thames decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 20 for every 100 refusals; 42% were allowed. Every appeal in Kingston Upon Thames.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
20255947%81%872
2026 so far6442%85%1,990

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

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

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.