Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Basingstoke and Deane
52 days. Ranked 58 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Basingstoke and Deane took 52 days from submission to decision — 4 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,381 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Basingstoke and Deane compares
Year to September 2026
Basingstoke and Deane decides faster than the country as a whole: 4 days below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 65%.
The average here is 67 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 121 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 891 65%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 268 19%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 222 16%
The last few years
Each row is a full twelve months of decisions, ending in the quarter shown
Rolling twelve month windows overlap by nine months, so this reads as a trend rather than as four separate quarters. Only windows our records reach far enough back to measure in full are listed.
| Twelve months to | Median days | UK rank |
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| September 2026 | 52 | 58 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 50 | 53 of 328 |
| March 2026 | 43 | 30 of 243 |
| December 2025 | 40 | 29 of 236 |
| September 2025 | 54 | 121 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 56 | 127 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 56 | 126 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 56 | 129 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 54 days, Basingstoke and Deane has moved up 63 places in the table.
By type of application
Year to September 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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Other 23 decided 27 days
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Trees 447 decided 28 days
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Outline 38 decided 51 days
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Householder 420 decided 56 days
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Lawful development 78 decided 56 days
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Advertising 20 decided 58 days
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Amendments 110 decided 64 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 56 decided 79 days
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Full applications 163 decided 90 days
What Basingstoke and Deane decides
Year to September 2026
Basingstoke and Deane issued 1,381 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 95% were approvals: 1,215 granted against 67 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 Basingstoke and Deane?
The median planning application decided by Basingstoke and Deane in the year to September 2026 took 52 days from submission to decision, 4 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,381 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 58 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Basingstoke and Deane meet the eight week target?
65% of the 1,381 decisions Basingstoke and Deane made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 84% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 121 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Basingstoke and Deane faster or slower than average?
Basingstoke and Deane is faster than average: its median of 52 days is 4 days below the national median of 56 days.
Is Basingstoke and Deane getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 54 days, Basingstoke and Deane has moved up 63 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 2 days.
What proportion of applications does Basingstoke and Deane approve?
95% of the clear-cut outcomes Basingstoke and Deane issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 1,215 granted against 67 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Basingstoke and Deane planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 52 days from application to decision (4 days inside the eight week target), across 1,381 decisions with both dates published. 65% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 84% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 121 days. Ranked 58 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.