Decision times · London
How long planning decisions take in Hammersmith and Fulham
93 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Hammersmith and Fulham took 93 days from submission to decision — 37 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,378 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Hammersmith and Fulham compares
Year to December 2026
Hammersmith and Fulham takes longer than the country as a whole: 36 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 11%.
The average here is 126 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 234 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 151 11%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 526 38%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 701 51%
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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Trees 56 decided 57 days
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Amendments 111 decided 61 days
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Lawful development 62 decided 78 days
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Householder 125 decided 86 days
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Advertising 59 decided 89 days
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Prior approval 17 decided 98 days
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Conditions 363 decided 102 days
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Full applications 535 decided 105 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 35 decided 164 days
What Hammersmith and Fulham decides
Year to December 2026
Hammersmith and Fulham issued 1,378 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 97% were approvals: 1,302 granted against 47 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 Hammersmith and Fulham?
The median planning application decided by Hammersmith and Fulham in the year to December 2026 took 93 days from submission to decision, 37 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,378 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Hammersmith and Fulham meet the eight week target?
11% of the 1,378 decisions Hammersmith and Fulham made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 49% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 234 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Hammersmith and Fulham faster or slower than average?
Hammersmith and Fulham is slower than average: its median of 93 days is 36 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Hammersmith and Fulham approve?
97% of the clear-cut outcomes Hammersmith and Fulham issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,302 granted against 47 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Hammersmith and Fulham planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 93 days from application to decision (37 days beyond the eight week target), across 1,378 decisions with both dates published. 11% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 49% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 234 days. 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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