Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Broxtowe
55 days. Ranked 120 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Broxtowe took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 105 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Broxtowe compares
Year to September 2026
Broxtowe decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 57%.
The average here is 57 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 90 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 60 57%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 35 33%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 10 10%
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 | 55 | 120 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 56 | 187 of 328 |
| September 2025 | 58 | 213 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 57 | 163 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 57 | 166 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 57 | 172 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 58 days, Broxtowe has moved up 93 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 12 decided 39 days
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Conditions 16 decided 43 days
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Amendments 11 decided 50 days
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Full applications 45 decided 68 days
What Broxtowe decides
Year to September 2026
Broxtowe issued 105 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 85% were approvals: 22 granted against 4 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 Broxtowe?
The median planning application decided by Broxtowe in the year to September 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 105 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 120 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Broxtowe meet the eight week target?
57% of the 105 decisions Broxtowe made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 90% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 90 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Broxtowe faster or slower than average?
Broxtowe is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 1 day below the national median of 56 days.
Is Broxtowe getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 58 days, Broxtowe has moved up 93 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 3 days.
What proportion of applications does Broxtowe approve?
85% of the clear-cut outcomes Broxtowe issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 22 granted against 4 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Broxtowe planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 105 decisions with both dates published. 57% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 90% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 90 days. Ranked 120 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 85% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.