Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Ashfield
52 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Ashfield took 52 days from submission to decision — 4 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 228 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Ashfield compares
Year to December 2026
Ashfield decides faster than the country as a whole: 5 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 71%.
The average here is 62 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 110 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 161 71%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 34 15%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 33 14%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Trees 10 decided 38 days
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Full applications 125 decided 54 days
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Lawful development 15 decided 54 days
What Ashfield decides
Year to December 2026
Ashfield issued 228 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 77% were approvals: 122 granted against 37 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Ashfield?
The median planning application decided by Ashfield in the year to December 2026 took 52 days from submission to decision, 4 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 228 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Ashfield meet the eight week target?
71% of the 228 decisions Ashfield made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 110 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Ashfield faster or slower than average?
Ashfield is faster than average: its median of 52 days is 5 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Ashfield approve?
77% of the clear-cut outcomes Ashfield issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 122 granted against 37 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Ashfield planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 52 days from application to decision (4 days inside the eight week target), across 228 decisions with both dates published. 71% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 86% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 110 days. 77% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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