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How long planning decisions take in Broadland

55 days.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Broadland took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,342 decisions where the council published both dates.

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55 days
Median decision 1 day inside the eight week target
56%
Within eight weeks 77% within thirteen
151 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Broadland compares

Year to December 2026

Broadland decides faster than the country as a whole: 2 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 56%.

The average here is 75 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 151 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 1,300 56%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 511 22%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 531 23%

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.

  1. Trees 587 decided 29 days
  2. Other 43 decided 33 days
  3. Prior approval 23 decided 39 days
  4. Amendments 208 decided 51 days
  5. Conditions 320 decided 51 days
  6. Lawful development 76 decided 55 days
  7. Householder 568 decided 62 days
  8. Advertising 14 decided 67 days
  9. Heritage and listed buildings 154 decided 72 days
  10. Full applications 274 decided 122 days
  11. Outline 58 decided 145 days
  12. Reserved matters 11 decided 272 days

How these types compare nationally

What Broadland decides

Year to December 2026

Broadland issued 2,342 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 1,971 granted against 116 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 Broadland?

The median planning application decided by Broadland in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,342 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.

Does Broadland meet the eight week target?

56% of the 2,342 decisions Broadland made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 77% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 151 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Broadland faster or slower than average?

Broadland is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Broadland approve?

94% of the clear-cut outcomes Broadland issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,971 granted against 116 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Broadland planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 2,342 decisions with both dates published. 56% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 77% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 151 days. 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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