Decision times · Northern Ireland
How long planning decisions take in Causeway Coast and Glens
107 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Causeway Coast and Glens took 107 days from submission to decision — 51 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 583 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 Causeway Coast and Glens compares
Year to December 2026
Causeway Coast and Glens takes longer than the country as a whole: 50 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 21%.
The average here is 152 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 332 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 123 21%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 119 20%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 341 58%
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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Conditions 95 decided 82 days
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Reserved matters 23 decided 91 days
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Amendments 18 decided 99 days
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Full applications 352 decided 120 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 19 decided 121 days
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Advertising 16 decided 144 days
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Outline 35 decided 144 days
What Causeway Coast and Glens decides
Year to December 2026
Causeway Coast and Glens issued 583 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 97% were approvals: 547 granted against 18 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 Causeway Coast and Glens?
The median planning application decided by Causeway Coast and Glens in the year to December 2026 took 107 days from submission to decision, 51 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 583 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Causeway Coast and Glens meet the eight week target?
21% of the 583 decisions Causeway Coast and Glens made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 42% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 332 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Causeway Coast and Glens faster or slower than average?
Causeway Coast and Glens is slower than average: its median of 107 days is 50 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Causeway Coast and Glens approve?
97% of the clear-cut outcomes Causeway Coast and Glens issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 547 granted against 18 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Causeway Coast and Glens planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 107 days from application to decision (51 days beyond the eight week target), across 583 decisions with both dates published. 21% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 42% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 332 days. 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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