Planning decisions in Redbridge

How long Redbridge takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 3,492 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.

32 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 35 from receipt
85%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 95% within thirteen
80%approved (UK 90%): 2,739 approved, 691 refused, 48 withdrawn
3 of 388UK rank for speed, up 16 places on last year; 378 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 34 days, 381 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 34 days, 273 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 41 days, 265 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 40 days, 308 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 34 days, 256 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 32 days, 290 decisionsMarApril 2026: 34 days, 307 decisionsAprMay 2026: 35 days, 276 decisionsMayJune 2026: 37 days, 278 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 37 days, 318 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 38 days, 287 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 38 days, 253 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 applications4279%86%8698 of 200
Lawful development certificates1397%85%8026 of 348
Full applications5460%52%54847 of 359
Prior approvals2799%82%51065 of 340
Tree works23100%89%34332 of 324
Discharge of conditions3984%89%25733 of 310
Amendments4271%78%110136 of 356
Advertisement consent5163%74%3675 of 320

Appeals

142 appeals against Redbridge decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 21 for every 100 refusals; 25% 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 far3582%80%2,573

* 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 388 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.