Planning decisions in Wychavon

How long Wychavon takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,059 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.

49 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 50 from receipt
78%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 92% within thirteen
85%approved (UK 89%): 673 approved, 120 refused, 55 withdrawn
94 of 321UK rank for speed, up 99 places on last year; 263 of 321 for approvals
056 September 2025: 49 days, 181 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 41 days, 180 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 55 days, 162 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 52 days, 194 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 3 days, 16 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 30 days, 82 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 43 days, 158 decisionsMarApril 2026: 46 days, 158 decisionsAprMay 2026: 51 days, 136 decisionsMayJune 2026: 53 days, 155 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 53 days, 217 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 54 days, 137 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)5277%89%39547 of 302
Tree works3093%93%18664 of 259
Discharge of conditions3177%95%1849 of 175
Lawful development certificates *5385%23%64155 of 253
Listed building consent5750%95%50127 of 200
Prior approvals5496%54%47152 of 168
Amendments2388%74%4527 of 263
Outline applications3576%24%412 of 39
Advertisement consent *5673%100%15134 of 190

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%4985%1,046
Planning committee1%9278%9

Where the register states how the decision was made. 4 decisions did not say.

Appeals

92 appeals against Wychavon decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 77 for every 100 refusals; 41% were allowed. Every appeal in Wychavon.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *6238%100%29
2017 *7530%79%135
2018 *5264%98%54
2019 *6144%94%33
2020 *7320%96%166
2021 *5555%82%115
2022 *4171%94%70
2023 *4587%87%74
2024 *4764%97%170
2025 *5263%69%224
2026 so far5070%85%1,059

* 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

Built nightly from Wychavon's planning register. Ranks are among the 321 published councils. See planning applications in Wychavon, appeals, or get alerts for Wychavon.

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.