Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Crawley
63 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Crawley took 63 days from submission to decision — 7 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 514 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 Crawley compares
Year to December 2026
Crawley takes longer than the country as a whole: 6 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 47%.
The average here is 90 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 182 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 240 47%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 106 21%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 168 33%
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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Advertising 21 decided 61 days
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Full applications 139 decided 83 days
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Trees 118 decided 118 days
What Crawley decides
Year to December 2026
Crawley issued 514 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 92% were approvals: 431 granted against 39 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 Crawley?
The median planning application decided by Crawley in the year to December 2026 took 63 days from submission to decision, 7 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 514 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Crawley meet the eight week target?
47% of the 514 decisions Crawley made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 67% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 182 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Crawley faster or slower than average?
Crawley is slower than average: its median of 63 days is 6 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Crawley approve?
92% of the clear-cut outcomes Crawley issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 431 granted against 39 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Crawley planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 63 days from application to decision (7 days beyond the eight week target), across 514 decisions with both dates published. 47% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 67% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 182 days. 92% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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