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Decision times · Yorkshire and The Humber

How long planning decisions take in Calderdale

79 days. Ranked 301 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Calderdale took 79 days from submission to decision — 23 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 316 decisions where the council published both dates.

79 days
Median decision 23 days beyond the eight week target
301 of 343
UK rank down 207 places in a year
29%
Within eight weeks 62% within thirteen
170 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Calderdale compares

Year to September 2026

Calderdale takes longer than the country as a whole: 23 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 29%.

The average here is 119 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 170 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 93 29%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 104 33%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 119 38%

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.

Calderdale: 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 79 301 of 343
June 2026 79 304 of 328
March 2026 59 190 of 243
December 2025 43 47 of 236
September 2025 51 94 of 324
June 2025 62 209 of 313
March 2025 64 231 of 315
December 2024 66 247 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 51 days, Calderdale has moved down 207 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. Amendments 12 decided 28 days
  2. Outline 12 decided 56 days
  3. Conditions 51 decided 60 days
  4. Trees 68 decided 70 days
  5. Householder 75 decided 86 days
  6. Heritage and listed buildings 18 decided 88 days
  7. Lawful development 20 decided 97 days
  8. Full applications 42 decided 113 days

How these types compare nationally

What Calderdale decides

Year to September 2026

Calderdale issued 316 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 88% were approvals: 228 granted against 31 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 Calderdale?

The median planning application decided by Calderdale in the year to September 2026 took 79 days from submission to decision, 23 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 316 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 301 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Calderdale meet the eight week target?

29% of the 316 decisions Calderdale made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 62% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 170 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Calderdale faster or slower than average?

Calderdale is slower than average: its median of 79 days is 23 days above the national median of 56 days.

Is Calderdale getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 51 days, Calderdale has moved down 207 places in the table. Its median has risen by 28 days.

What proportion of applications does Calderdale approve?

88% of the clear-cut outcomes Calderdale issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 228 granted against 31 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Calderdale planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 79 days from application to decision (23 days beyond the eight week target), across 316 decisions with both dates published. 29% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 62% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 170 days. Ranked 301 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 88% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.