Planning decisions in Tandridge

How long Tandridge takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 504 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.

52 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 52 from receipt

68%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 90% within thirteen

86%approved (UK 89%): 353 approved, 58 refused, 15 withdrawn

169 of 322UK rank for speed, down 48 places on last year; 248 of 322 for approvals

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

Kind	Median days	Within 8 weeks	Approved	Decisions	UK rank
Tree works	47	94%	97%	71	201 of 261
Lawful development certificates *	55	75%	88%	59	186 of 256
Discharge of conditions	40	65%	94%	55	42 of 178
Amendments	43	68%	76%	40	162 of 271

Appeals

72 appeals against Tandridge decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 124 for every 100 refusals; 44% were allowed. Every appeal in Tandridge.

By year

Year decided	Median days	Within 8 weeks	Approved	Decisions
2016 *	56	54%	100%	28
2017 *	41	85%	82%	121
2018 *	78	18%	97%	42
2019 *	89	19%	92%	32
2020 *	85	19%	100%	30
2021 *	97	15%	96%	33
2022 *	110	7%	100%	28
2023 *	112	25%	96%	233
2024 *	41	84%	66%	100
2025 *	64	30%	93%	29
2026 so far	52	68%	86%	504

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Decided in the last three weeks

Larch Cottage, 10 Church Walk, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4PD
T1) - Group of Sycamore trees in the St Mary's Church garden - overhanging the residents parking area of Church Walk - Shorten the lateral b
Approved28 Aug 2026
The Pilgrims, 24a High Street, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8AG
Erection of rear dormer in association with conversion of loft to habitable accommodation (Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed))
Approved25 Aug 2026

Built nightly from Tandridge's planning register. Ranks are among the 322 published councils. See planning applications in Tandridge, appeals, or get alerts for Tandridge.

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.