Decision times · London
How long planning decisions take in Bexley
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Bexley took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,334 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 Bexley compares
Year to December 2026
Bexley decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 58%.
The average here is 64 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 91 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 774 58%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 430 32%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 130 10%
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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Outline 13 decided 21 days
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Amendments 25 decided 28 days
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Telecoms 23 decided 28 days
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Prior approval 59 decided 42 days
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Trees 90 decided 54 days
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Conditions 75 decided 56 days
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Lawful development 153 decided 56 days
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Full applications 774 decided 57 days
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Advertising 13 decided 58 days
What Bexley decides
Year to December 2026
Bexley issued 1,334 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 1,106 granted against 127 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 Bexley?
The median planning application decided by Bexley in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,334 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Bexley meet the eight week target?
58% of the 1,334 decisions Bexley made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 90% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 91 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Bexley faster or slower than average?
Bexley is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Bexley approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Bexley issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,106 granted against 127 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Bexley planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 1,334 decisions with both dates published. 58% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 90% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 91 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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