Planning decisions in Redbridge

How long Redbridge takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,921 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.

31 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 34 from receipt
86%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 95% within thirteen
81%approved (UK 89%): 1,346 approved, 311 refused, 21 withdrawn
5 of 321UK rank for speed, up 15 places on last year; 288 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 50 days, 355 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 40 days, 403 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 44 days, 283 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 48 days, 268 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 13 days, 65 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 29 days, 176 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 31 days, 271 decisionsMarApril 2026: 35 days, 291 decisionsAprMay 2026: 36 days, 259 decisionsMayJune 2026: 42 days, 272 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 39 days, 309 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 41 days, 278 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)4675%76%69115 of 302
Lawful development certificates998%88%4843 of 253
Prior approvals3197%58%30452 of 168
Tree works23100%88%21725 of 259
Discharge of conditions3589%86%13320 of 175
Amendments4274%79%61170 of 263
Advertisement consent5168%76%2556 of 190

Appeals

124 appeals against Redbridge decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 40 for every 100 refusals; 23% were allowed. Every appeal in Redbridge.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *8121%71%75
2017 *5747%88%71
2018 *5553%90%339
2019 *7635%80%52
2020 *4479%82%443
2021 *5663%88%40
2022 *5652%93%29
2023 *4970%65%209
2024 *5653%85%34
2025 *6443%71%57
2026 so far3485%81%1,921

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

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.