Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
56 days. Ranked 144 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,019 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Ebbsfleet Development Corporation compares
Year to September 2026
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation sits exactly on the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 57%.
The average here is 69 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 96 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 584 57%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 320 31%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 115 11%
The last few years
Each row is a full twelve months of decisions, ending in the quarter shown
Rolling twelve month windows overlap by nine months, so this reads as a trend rather than as four separate quarters. Only windows our records reach far enough back to measure in full are listed.
| Twelve months to | Median days | UK rank |
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| September 2026 | 56 | 144 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 56 | 166 of 328 |
| March 2026 | 56 | 168 of 243 |
| December 2025 | 56 | 175 of 236 |
| September 2025 | 59 | 215 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 63 | 219 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 63 | 225 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 63 | 230 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 59 days, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation has moved up 71 places in the table.
By type of application
Year to September 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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Outline 43 decided 21 days
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Trees 92 decided 44 days
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Advertising 30 decided 54 days
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Amendments 56 decided 55 days
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Lawful development 122 decided 55 days
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Full applications 426 decided 57 days
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Conditions 175 decided 62 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 13 decided 95 days
What Ebbsfleet Development Corporation decides
Year to September 2026
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation issued 1,019 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 77% were approvals: 670 granted against 196 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 Ebbsfleet Development Corporation?
The median planning application decided by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation in the year to September 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,019 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 144 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Ebbsfleet Development Corporation meet the eight week target?
57% of the 1,019 decisions Ebbsfleet Development Corporation made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 89% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 96 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Ebbsfleet Development Corporation faster or slower than average?
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation sits exactly on the national median of 56 days.
Is Ebbsfleet Development Corporation getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 59 days, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation has moved up 71 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 3 days.
What proportion of applications does Ebbsfleet Development Corporation approve?
77% of the clear-cut outcomes Ebbsfleet Development Corporation issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 670 granted against 196 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 1,019 decisions with both dates published. 57% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 89% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 96 days. Ranked 144 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 77% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.