Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Blaby
81 days. Ranked 309 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Blaby took 81 days from submission to decision — 25 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 226 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Blaby compares
Year to September 2026
Blaby takes longer than the country as a whole: 25 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 26%.
The average here is 112 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 200 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 59 26%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 72 32%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 95 42%
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 | 81 | 309 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 73 | 288 of 328 |
| September 2025 | 56 | 178 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 59 | 180 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 60 | 195 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 59 | 188 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 56 days, Blaby has moved down 131 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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Trees 24 decided 46 days
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Amendments 12 decided 51 days
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Householder 90 decided 75 days
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Conditions 28 decided 95 days
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Full applications 32 decided 131 days
What Blaby decides
Year to September 2026
Blaby issued 226 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 95% were approvals: 204 granted against 11 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 Blaby?
The median planning application decided by Blaby in the year to September 2026 took 81 days from submission to decision, 25 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 226 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 309 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Blaby meet the eight week target?
26% of the 226 decisions Blaby made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 58% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 200 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Blaby faster or slower than average?
Blaby is slower than average: its median of 81 days is 25 days above the national median of 56 days.
Is Blaby getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 56 days, Blaby has moved down 131 places in the table. Its median has risen by 25 days.
What proportion of applications does Blaby approve?
95% of the clear-cut outcomes Blaby issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 204 granted against 11 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Blaby planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 81 days from application to decision (25 days beyond the eight week target), across 226 decisions with both dates published. 26% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 58% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 200 days. Ranked 309 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.