Planning decisions in Tendring

How long Tendring takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,744 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); 54 from receipt
81%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 93% within thirteen
90%approved (UK 90%): 1,467 approved, 161 refused, 33 withdrawn
68 of 388UK rank for speed, down 44 places on last year; 225 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 56 days, 131 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 52 days, 133 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 54 days, 131 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 56 days, 134 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 43 days, 135 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 55 days, 144 decisionsMarApril 2026: 56 days, 176 decisionsAprMay 2026: 56 days, 151 decisionsMayJune 2026: 56 days, 140 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 51 days, 157 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 48 days, 161 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 56 days, 151 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 applications5485%90%40064 of 200
Tree works29over 99%98%28561 of 324
Full applications5656%78%282136 of 359
Discharge of conditions4778%98%22978 of 310
Prior approvals2196%96%18525 of 340
Amendments4976%95%121197 of 356
Lawful development certificates5490%80%74201 of 348
Listed building consent5663%69%5084 of 307
Advertisement consent5683%94%36193 of 320
Outline applications *7836%64%1472 of 110

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers98%4990%1,562
Planning committee2%9892%26

Where the register states how the decision was made. 156 decisions did not say.

Appeals

63 appeals against Tendring decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 39 for every 100 refusals; 35% were allowed. Every appeal in Tendring.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5652%100%44
2017 *5662%100%29
2018 *21100%98%56
2019 *2493%90%43
2020 *2193%98%45
2021 *24100%100%31
2022 *3083%90%33
2023 *5265%80%125
2024 *1598%98%51
2025 *5653%88%34
2026 so far5558%89%1,349

* 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 Tendring's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Tendring, appeals, or get alerts for Tendring.

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.