Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Eastbourne
5 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Eastbourne took 5 days from submission to decision — 51 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 416 decisions where the council published both dates.
This council carries a figure but no rank
Not ranked: this council publishes a start date that behaves like a register entry date, not a receipt date — 93% of its decisions land within a week of it. 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 Eastbourne compares
Year to December 2026
Eastbourne decides faster than the country as a whole: 52 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 100%.
The average here is 5 days. For planning around, 7 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 416 100%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 0 0%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 0 0%
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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Trees 74 decided 4 days
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Conditions 29 decided 5 days
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Householder 100 decided 5 days
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Outline 39 decided 5 days
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Telecoms 12 decided 5 days
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Amendments 20 decided 6 days
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Full applications 89 decided 6 days
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Advertising 34 decided 7 days
What Eastbourne decides
Year to December 2026
Eastbourne issued 416 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 100% were approvals: 405 granted against 0 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 Eastbourne?
The median planning application decided by Eastbourne in the year to December 2026 took 5 days from submission to decision, 51 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 416 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Eastbourne meet the eight week target?
100% of the 416 decisions Eastbourne made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 100% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 7 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Eastbourne faster or slower than average?
Eastbourne is faster than average: its median of 5 days is 52 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Eastbourne approve?
100% of the clear-cut outcomes Eastbourne issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 405 granted against 0 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Eastbourne planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 5 days from application to decision (51 days inside the eight week target), across 416 decisions with both dates published. 100% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 100% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 7 days. 100% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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