Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Fareham
29 days. Ranked 1 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Fareham took 29 days from submission to decision — 27 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 961 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Fareham compares
Year to September 2026
Fareham decides faster than the country as a whole: 27 days below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 84%.
The average here is 40 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 78 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 804 84%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 90 9%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 67 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 | 29 | 1 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 29 | 3 of 328 |
| March 2026 | 28 | 1 of 243 |
| December 2025 | 28 | 4 of 236 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 16 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 32 | 3 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 32 | 2 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 32 | 2 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 30 days, Fareham has moved up 15 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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Amendments 107 decided 13 days
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Trees 173 decided 17 days
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Outline 26 decided 23 days
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Other 11 decided 25 days
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Advertising 12 decided 28 days
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Full applications 391 decided 34 days
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Conditions 160 decided 40 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 39 decided 52 days
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Fareham?
The median planning application decided by Fareham in the year to September 2026 took 29 days from submission to decision, 27 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 961 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 1 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Fareham meet the eight week target?
84% of the 961 decisions Fareham 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 78 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Fareham faster or slower than average?
Fareham is faster than average: its median of 29 days is 27 days below the national median of 56 days.
Is Fareham getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 30 days, Fareham has moved up 15 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 1 day.
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Fareham planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 29 days from application to decision (27 days inside the eight week target), across 961 decisions with both dates published. 84% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 93% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 78 days. Ranked 1 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.