Planning decisions in North West Leicestershire

How long North West Leicestershire takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,106 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); 63 from receipt
50%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 78% within thirteen
94%approved (UK 90%): 845 approved, 56 refused, 33 withdrawn
326 of 388UK rank for speed, down 166 places on last year; 126 of 388 for approvals
05691 October 2025: 44 days, 116 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 53 days, 83 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 52 days, 88 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 63 days, 101 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 63 days, 60 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 67 days, 85 decisionsMarApril 2026: 68 days, 90 decisionsAprMay 2026: 66 days, 88 decisionsMayJune 2026: 75 days, 100 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 64 days, 91 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 75 days, 119 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 88 days, 85 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 applications6640%97%346239 of 359
Prior approvals3789%92%186190 of 340
Discharge of conditions6346%99%180266 of 310
Tree works5262%92%138275 of 324
Lawful development certificates5079%88%76141 of 348
Amendments6344%96%72335 of 356
Outline applications5651%56%4339 of 110
Listed building consent5652%96%28118 of 307
Advertisement consent *5850%100%16259 of 320
Reserved matters *13914%93%1438 of 44

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers98%5694%932
Planning committee2%11381%17

Where the register states how the decision was made. 157 decisions did not say.

Appeals

21 appeals against North West Leicestershire decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 38 for every 100 refusals; 29% were allowed. Every appeal in North West Leicestershire.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5376%100%26
2017 *6246%100%40
2018 *2181%100%29
2019 *5653%100%37
2020 *7041%98%161
2021 *10322%89%41
2022 *194%94%33
2023 *199%100%98
2024 *7921%100%33
2025 *5653%100%33
2026 so far6835%93%819

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

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.