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Decision times · East of England

How long planning decisions take in Broxbourne

56 days. Ranked 166 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Broxbourne took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 248 decisions where the council published both dates.

56 days
Median decision exactly the eight week target
166 of 343
UK rank up 14 places in a year
58%
Within eight weeks 82% within thirteen
125 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Broxbourne compares

Year to September 2026

Broxbourne sits exactly on the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 58%.

The average here is 71 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 125 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 143 58%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 60 24%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 45 18%

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.

Broxbourne: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
September 2026 56 166 of 343
June 2026 56 185 of 328
September 2025 56 180 of 324
June 2025 61 200 of 313
March 2025 61 205 of 315
December 2024 61 213 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 56 days, Broxbourne has moved up 14 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.

  1. Trees 25 decided 13 days
  2. Prior approval 11 decided 39 days
  3. Lawful development 41 decided 56 days
  4. Householder 87 decided 57 days
  5. Heritage and listed buildings 14 decided 62 days
  6. Full applications 36 decided 110 days

How these types compare nationally

What Broxbourne decides

Year to September 2026

Broxbourne issued 248 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 89% were approvals: 178 granted against 22 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 Broxbourne?

The median planning application decided by Broxbourne in the year to September 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 248 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 166 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Broxbourne meet the eight week target?

58% of the 248 decisions Broxbourne made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 82% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 125 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Broxbourne faster or slower than average?

Broxbourne sits exactly on the national median of 56 days.

Is Broxbourne getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 56 days, Broxbourne has moved up 14 places in the table. Its median has not changed.

What proportion of applications does Broxbourne approve?

89% of the clear-cut outcomes Broxbourne issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 178 granted against 22 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Broxbourne planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 248 decisions with both dates published. 58% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 82% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 125 days. Ranked 166 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 89% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.