Planning decisions in Stratford On Avon

How long Stratford On Avon takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 734 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.

45 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 51 from receipt
80%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 95% within thirteen
94%approved (UK 89%): 581 approved, 35 refused, 38 withdrawn
49 of 321UK rank for speed, up 89 places on last year; 95 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 56 days, 229 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 54 days, 192 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 54 days, 262 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 54 days, 198 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 18 days, 5 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 38 days, 79 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 48 days, 162 decisionsMarApril 2026: 54 days, 148 decisionsAprMay 2026: 58 days, 61 decisionsMayJune 2026: 43 days, 116 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 62 days, 132 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 77 days, 31 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
Tree works3898%over 99%221122 of 259
Full applications (including householder)5565%94%202143 of 302
Lawful development certificates4890%91%9492 of 253
Amendments4187%98%62162 of 263
Listed building consent6045%90%37148 of 200
Advertisement consent *5655%91%12156 of 190

Appeals

92 appeals against Stratford On Avon decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 263 for every 100 refusals; 41% were allowed. Every appeal in Stratford On Avon.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *2785%85%58
2017 *15100%97%61
2018 *11100%98%43
2019 *23100%95%41
2020 *8030%89%47
2021 *21100%98%52
2022 *2299%99%76
2023 *9724%92%161
2024 *8433%89%158
2025 *6438%94%34
2026 so far5165%94%734

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

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.