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How long planning decisions take in Gosport

51 days. Ranked 48 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Gosport took 51 days from submission to decision — 5 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 223 decisions where the council published both dates.

51 days
Median decision 5 days inside the eight week target
48 of 343
UK rank up 6 places in a year
67%
Within eight weeks 82% within thirteen
114 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Gosport compares

Year to September 2026

Gosport decides faster than the country as a whole: 5 days below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 67%.

The average here is 67 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 114 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 149 67%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 33 15%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 41 18%

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.

Gosport: 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 51 48 of 343
June 2026 49 46 of 328
March 2026 47 42 of 243
December 2025 45 61 of 236
September 2025 47 54 of 324
June 2025 53 71 of 313
March 2025 53 72 of 315
December 2024 52 60 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 47 days, Gosport has moved up 6 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 41 decided 36 days
  2. Amendments 11 decided 55 days
  3. Full applications 126 decided 55 days
  4. Heritage and listed buildings 12 decided 71 days

How these types compare nationally

What Gosport decides

Year to September 2026

Gosport issued 223 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 96% were approvals: 205 granted against 9 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 Gosport?

The median planning application decided by Gosport in the year to September 2026 took 51 days from submission to decision, 5 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 223 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 48 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Gosport meet the eight week target?

67% of the 223 decisions Gosport made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 82% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 114 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Gosport faster or slower than average?

Gosport is faster than average: its median of 51 days is 5 days below the national median of 56 days.

Is Gosport getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 47 days, Gosport has moved up 6 places in the table. Its median has risen by 4 days.

What proportion of applications does Gosport approve?

96% of the clear-cut outcomes Gosport issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 205 granted against 9 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Gosport planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 51 days from application to decision (5 days inside the eight week target), across 223 decisions with both dates published. 67% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 82% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 114 days. Ranked 48 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.