Decision times · Scotland
How long planning decisions take in Glasgow City
81 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Glasgow City took 81 days from submission to decision — 25 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,014 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 Glasgow City compares
Year to December 2026
Glasgow City takes longer than the country as a whole: 24 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 20%.
The average here is 97 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 162 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 201 20%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 387 38%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 426 42%
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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Telecoms 13 decided 37 days
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Conditions 85 decided 56 days
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Lawful development 59 decided 62 days
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Advertising 90 decided 76 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 178 decided 86 days
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Full applications 519 decided 93 days
What Glasgow City decides
Year to December 2026
Glasgow City issued 1,014 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 850 granted against 98 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 Glasgow City?
The median planning application decided by Glasgow City in the year to December 2026 took 81 days from submission to decision, 25 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,014 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Glasgow City meet the eight week target?
20% of the 1,014 decisions Glasgow City made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 58% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 162 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Glasgow City faster or slower than average?
Glasgow City is slower than average: its median of 81 days is 24 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Glasgow City approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Glasgow City issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 850 granted against 98 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Glasgow City planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 81 days from application to decision (25 days beyond the eight week target), across 1,014 decisions with both dates published. 20% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 58% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 162 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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