Planning decisions in Stroud

How long Stroud takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 919 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.

47 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 47 from receipt
80%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 93% within thirteen
88%approved (UK 89%): 736 approved, 98 refused, 80 withdrawn
62 of 321UK rank for speed, up 52 places on last year; 210 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 56 days, 178 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 52 days, 187 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 53 days, 148 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 54 days, 179 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 11 days, 10 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 29 days, 61 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 41 days, 115 decisionsMarApril 2026: 48 days, 122 decisionsAprMay 2026: 49 days, 144 decisionsMayJune 2026: 53 days, 158 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 45 days, 169 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 53 days, 140 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)5472%86%35092 of 302
Tree works2899%97%21550 of 259
Discharge of conditions4280%91%8149 of 175
Amendments3578%88%77137 of 263
Listed building consent5652%92%55122 of 200
Lawful development certificates5282%82%53144 of 253
Prior approvals *2296%65%3013 of 168
Outline applications *6042%42%1727 of 39
Other *2486%93%1527 of 41

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officersover 99%4788%914
Planning committeeunder 1%12450%2

Where the register states how the decision was made. 3 decisions did not say.

Appeals

63 appeals against Stroud decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 64 for every 100 refusals; 32% were allowed. Every appeal in Stroud.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5659%88%207
2017 *5061%95%310
2018 *5846%95%187
2019 *6145%96%289
2020 *2592%100%26
2021 *2394%100%36
2022 *2879%82%125
2023 *2680%75%126
2024 *4967%77%127
2025 *19100%68%41
2026 so far4780%88%919

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

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.