Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Bromsgrove
64 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Bromsgrove took 64 days from submission to decision — 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 437 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 Bromsgrove compares
Year to December 2026
Bromsgrove takes longer than the country as a whole: 7 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 43%.
The average here is 101 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 211 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 188 43%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 92 21%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 157 36%
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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Trees 58 decided 50 days
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Outline 28 decided 52 days
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Prior approval 20 decided 52 days
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Lawful development 29 decided 56 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 18 decided 64 days
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Amendments 11 decided 68 days
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Full applications 225 decided 87 days
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Conditions 13 decided 88 days
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Advertising 13 decided 211 days
What Bromsgrove decides
Year to December 2026
Bromsgrove issued 437 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 91% were approvals: 384 granted against 37 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 Bromsgrove?
The median planning application decided by Bromsgrove in the year to December 2026 took 64 days from submission to decision, 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 437 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Bromsgrove meet the eight week target?
43% of the 437 decisions Bromsgrove made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 64% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 211 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Bromsgrove faster or slower than average?
Bromsgrove is slower than average: its median of 64 days is 7 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Bromsgrove approve?
91% of the clear-cut outcomes Bromsgrove issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 384 granted against 37 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Bromsgrove planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 64 days from application to decision (8 days beyond the eight week target), across 437 decisions with both dates published. 43% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 64% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 211 days. 91% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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