Planning decisions in Stroud

How long Stroud takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,843 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.

49 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 56 from receipt
72%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 89% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 90%): 1,486 approved, 168 refused, 162 withdrawn
80 of 388UK rank for speed, down 28 places on last year; 229 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 50 days, 168 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 52 days, 141 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 54 days, 174 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 55 days, 127 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 61 days, 135 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 50 days, 139 decisionsMarApril 2026: 59 days, 141 decisionsAprMay 2026: 56 days, 149 decisionsMayJune 2026: 64 days, 159 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 52 days, 166 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 58 days, 143 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 57 days, 201 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 applications5371%92%48856 of 200
Tree works2899%97%39754 of 324
Full applications6442%83%261227 of 359
Discharge of conditions4469%93%19160 of 310
Listed building consent6442%91%138186 of 307
Amendments4672%90%129172 of 356
Lawful development certificates5279%80%92178 of 348
Prior approvals2988%64%74110 of 340
Outline applications *6141%29%2348 of 110
Other *3981%81%1715 of 35
Advertisement consent *5186%100%1465 of 320

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officersover 99%4990%1,829
Planning committeeunder 1%12778%9

Where the register states how the decision was made. 5 decisions did not say.

Appeals

63 appeals against Stroud decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 38 for every 100 refusals; 37% 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 far5650%89%1,360

* 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 388 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.