Planning decisions in Tandridge

How long Tandridge takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,391 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.

53 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 53 from receipt
61%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 82% within thirteen
84%approved (UK 90%): 1,107 approved, 206 refused, 41 withdrawn
178 of 388UK rank for speed, down 142 places on last year; 333 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 53 days, 98 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 54 days, 115 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 48 days, 123 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 54 days, 109 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 64 days, 89 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 55 days, 104 decisionsMarApril 2026: 54 days, 135 decisionsAprMay 2026: 56 days, 123 decisionsMayJune 2026: 54 days, 123 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 54 days, 144 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 51 days, 117 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 50 days, 111 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
Tree works4594%97%206233 of 324
Discharge of conditions5452%87%145182 of 310
Lawful development certificates4777%86%13098 of 348
Amendments4961%78%96200 of 356
Prior approvals *22100%84%1931 of 340

Appeals

84 appeals against Tandridge decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 41 for every 100 refusals; 39% were allowed. Every appeal in Tandridge.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5654%100%28
2017 *4185%82%121
2018 *7818%97%42
2019 *8919%92%32
2020 *8519%100%30
2021 *9715%96%33
2022 *1107%100%28
2023 *11225%96%233
2024 *4184%66%100
2025 *6430%93%29
2026 so far5460%84%1,055

* 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 Tandridge's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 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.