Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Erewash
50 days. Ranked 41 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Erewash took 50 days from submission to decision — 6 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 121 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Erewash compares
Year to September 2026
Erewash decides faster than the country as a whole: 6 days below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 83%.
The average here is 50 days. For planning around, 72 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 101 83%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 11 9%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 9 7%
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 | 50 | 41 of 343 |
| September 2025 | 52 | 107 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 52 | 55 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 52 | 58 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 51 | 50 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 52 days, Erewash has moved up 66 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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Lawful development 21 decided 2 days
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Trees 24 decided 38 days
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Householder 40 decided 53 days
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Full applications 17 decided 70 days
What Erewash decides
Year to September 2026
Erewash issued 121 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 99 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 Erewash?
The median planning application decided by Erewash in the year to September 2026 took 50 days from submission to decision, 6 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 121 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 41 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Erewash meet the eight week target?
83% of the 121 decisions Erewash made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 93% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 72 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Erewash faster or slower than average?
Erewash is faster than average: its median of 50 days is 6 days below the national median of 56 days.
Is Erewash getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 52 days, Erewash has moved up 66 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 2 days.
What proportion of applications does Erewash approve?
94% of the clear-cut outcomes Erewash issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 99 granted against 6 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Erewash planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 50 days from application to decision (6 days inside the eight week target), across 121 decisions with both dates published. 83% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 93% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 72 days. Ranked 41 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.