Decision times · Scotland
How long planning decisions take in Clackmannanshire
53 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Clackmannanshire took 53 days from submission to decision — 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 158 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 Clackmannanshire compares
Year to December 2026
Clackmannanshire decides faster than the country as a whole: 4 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 59%.
The average here is 59 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 102 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 93 59%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 45 28%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 20 13%
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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Lawful development 14 decided 34 days
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Trees 11 decided 36 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 20 decided 55 days
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Full applications 96 decided 58 days
What Clackmannanshire decides
Year to December 2026
Clackmannanshire issued 158 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 96% were approvals: 146 granted against 6 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 Clackmannanshire?
The median planning application decided by Clackmannanshire in the year to December 2026 took 53 days from submission to decision, 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 158 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Clackmannanshire meet the eight week target?
59% of the 158 decisions Clackmannanshire made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 87% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 102 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Clackmannanshire faster or slower than average?
Clackmannanshire is faster than average: its median of 53 days is 4 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Clackmannanshire approve?
96% of the clear-cut outcomes Clackmannanshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 146 granted against 6 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Clackmannanshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 53 days from application to decision (3 days inside the eight week target), across 158 decisions with both dates published. 59% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 87% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 102 days. 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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