Planning decisions in North Tyneside

How long North Tyneside takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,120 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.

49 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 51 from receipt
88%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 96% within thirteen
91%approved (UK 90%): 989 approved, 96 refused, 14 withdrawn
66 of 388UK rank for speed, up 17 places on last year; 201 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 18 days, 21 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 29 days, 53 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 47 days, 95 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 53 days, 71 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 27 days, 90 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 50 days, 124 decisionsMarApril 2026: 55 days, 130 decisionsAprMay 2026: 54 days, 90 decisionsMayJune 2026: 51 days, 112 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 52 days, 142 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 56 days, 98 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 60 days, 94 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 applications5583%98%32679 of 200
Prior approvals17100%82%25815 of 340
Full applications5669%90%13293 of 359
Tree works3888%87%113155 of 324
Discharge of conditions4780%95%8270 of 310
Lawful development certificates51100%89%81146 of 348
Amendments2893%97%7031 of 356
Advertisement consent52100%100%3280 of 320
Listed building consent *5588%94%1753 of 307

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%4991%1,112
Planning committee1%82100%6

Where the register states how the decision was made. 2 decisions did not say.

Appeals

18 appeals against North Tyneside decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 19 for every 100 refusals; 39% were allowed. Every appeal in North Tyneside.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5673%97%60
2017 *5660%98%60
2018 *2886%90%50
2019 *2796%85%50
2020 *4178%100%93
2021 *5673%85%27
2022 *5678%98%50
2023 *5481%89%107
2024 *6444%100%29
2025 *2796%84%50
2026 so far5369%91%951

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

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.