Decision times · Wales
How long planning decisions take in Flintshire
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Flintshire took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 692 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 Flintshire compares
Year to December 2026
Flintshire decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 52%.
The average here is 77 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 139 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 357 52%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 186 27%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 149 22%
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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Amendments 35 decided 24 days
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Prior approval 23 decided 25 days
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Trees 25 decided 42 days
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Lawful development 49 decided 53 days
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Advertising 40 decided 55 days
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Conditions 107 decided 57 days
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Full applications 381 decided 62 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 18 decided 73 days
What Flintshire decides
Year to December 2026
Flintshire issued 692 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 557 granted against 64 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 Flintshire?
The median planning application decided by Flintshire in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 692 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Flintshire meet the eight week target?
52% of the 692 decisions Flintshire made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 78% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 139 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Flintshire faster or slower than average?
Flintshire is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Flintshire approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Flintshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 557 granted against 64 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Flintshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 692 decisions with both dates published. 52% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 78% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 139 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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