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Decision times · East Midlands

How long planning decisions take in Gedling

79 days. Ranked 302 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Gedling took 79 days from submission to decision — 23 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 168 decisions where the council published both dates.

79 days
Median decision 23 days beyond the eight week target
302 of 343
UK rank down 90 places in a year
28%
Within eight weeks 57% within thirteen
181 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Gedling compares

Year to September 2026

Gedling takes longer than the country as a whole: 23 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 28%.

The average here is 111 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 181 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 47 28%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 48 29%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 73 43%

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.

Gedling: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
September 2026 79 302 of 343
June 2026 63 260 of 328
September 2025 58 212 of 324
June 2025 58 175 of 313
March 2025 57 164 of 315
December 2024 56 143 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 58 days, Gedling has moved down 90 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.

  1. Trees 18 decided 54 days
  2. Conditions 25 decided 64 days
  3. Householder 62 decided 72 days
  4. Lawful development 14 decided 91 days
  5. Full applications 30 decided 107 days

How these types compare nationally

What Gedling decides

Year to September 2026

Gedling issued 168 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 68% were approvals: 21 granted against 10 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 Gedling?

The median planning application decided by Gedling in the year to September 2026 took 79 days from submission to decision, 23 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 168 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 302 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Gedling meet the eight week target?

28% of the 168 decisions Gedling made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 57% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 181 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Gedling faster or slower than average?

Gedling is slower than average: its median of 79 days is 23 days above the national median of 56 days.

Is Gedling getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 58 days, Gedling has moved down 90 places in the table. Its median has risen by 21 days.

What proportion of applications does Gedling approve?

68% of the clear-cut outcomes Gedling issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 21 granted against 10 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Gedling planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 79 days from application to decision (23 days beyond the eight week target), across 168 decisions with both dates published. 28% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 57% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 181 days. Ranked 302 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 68% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.