Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Basingstoke and Deane
54 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Basingstoke and Deane took 54 days from submission to decision — 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,204 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Basingstoke and Deane compares
Year to December 2026
Basingstoke and Deane decides faster than the country as a whole: 3 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 60%.
The average here is 77 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 153 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 717 60%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 234 19%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 253 21%
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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Other 22 decided 26 days
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Trees 355 decided 29 days
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Outline 34 decided 40 days
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Lawful development 62 decided 55 days
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Householder 378 decided 57 days
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Advertising 18 decided 59 days
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Amendments 99 decided 77 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 54 decided 90 days
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Full applications 160 decided 105 days
What Basingstoke and Deane decides
Year to December 2026
Basingstoke and Deane issued 1,204 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 1,057 granted against 62 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 December 2026 took 54 days from submission to decision, 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,204 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Basingstoke and Deane meet the eight week target?
60% of the 1,204 decisions Basingstoke and Deane made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 79% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 153 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 54 days is 3 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Basingstoke and Deane approve?
94% of the clear-cut outcomes Basingstoke and Deane issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,057 granted against 62 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Basingstoke and Deane planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 54 days from application to decision (2 days inside the eight week target), across 1,204 decisions with both dates published. 60% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 79% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 153 days. 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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