Decision times · East of England
How long planning decisions take in Castle Point
55 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Castle Point took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 275 decisions where the council published both dates.
This council carries a figure but no rank
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 Castle Point compares
Year to December 2026
Castle Point 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 57%.
The average here is 65 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 87 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 156 57%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 94 34%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 25 9%
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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Amendments 18 decided 34 days
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Prior approval 11 decided 40 days
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Outline 11 decided 43 days
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Conditions 15 decided 48 days
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Lawful development 39 decided 49 days
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Trees 12 decided 50 days
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Full applications 155 decided 57 days
What Castle Point decides
Year to December 2026
Castle Point issued 275 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 88% were approvals: 226 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 Castle Point?
The median planning application decided by Castle Point in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 275 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Castle Point meet the eight week target?
57% of the 275 decisions Castle Point made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 91% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 87 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Castle Point faster or slower than average?
Castle Point is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Castle Point approve?
88% of the clear-cut outcomes Castle Point issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 226 granted against 31 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Castle Point planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 275 decisions with both dates published. 57% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 91% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 87 days. 88% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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