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How long planning decisions take in Haringey

54 days. Ranked 78 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Haringey took 54 days from submission to decision — 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,913 decisions where the council published both dates.

54 days
Median decision 2 days inside the eight week target
78 of 343
UK rank up 42 places in a year
70%
Within eight weeks 87% within thirteen
106 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Haringey compares

Year to September 2026

Haringey decides faster than the country as a whole: 2 days below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 70%.

The average here is 59 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 106 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 2,051 70%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 488 17%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 374 13%

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.

Haringey: 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 54 78 of 343
June 2026 52 65 of 328
March 2026 49 52 of 243
December 2025 44 49 of 236
September 2025 54 120 of 324
June 2025 56 130 of 313
March 2025 56 129 of 315
December 2024 56 132 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 54 days, Haringey has moved up 42 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. Telecoms 32 decided 0 days
  2. Trees 684 decided 24 days
  3. Amendments 142 decided 41 days
  4. Outline 16 decided 42 days
  5. Prior approval 99 decided 42 days
  6. Lawful development 336 decided 46 days
  7. Advertising 47 decided 56 days
  8. Conditions 440 decided 56 days
  9. Full applications 518 decided 56 days
  10. Householder 571 decided 56 days
  11. Heritage and listed buildings 28 decided 82 days

How these types compare nationally

What Haringey decides

Year to September 2026

Haringey issued 2,914 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 92% were approvals: 2,566 granted against 229 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 Haringey?

The median planning application decided by Haringey in the year to September 2026 took 54 days from submission to decision, 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,913 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 78 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Haringey meet the eight week target?

70% of the 2,913 decisions Haringey made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 87% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 106 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Haringey faster or slower than average?

Haringey is faster than average: its median of 54 days is 2 days below the national median of 56 days.

Is Haringey getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 54 days, Haringey has moved up 42 places in the table. Its median has not changed.

What proportion of applications does Haringey approve?

92% of the clear-cut outcomes Haringey issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 2,566 granted against 229 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Haringey planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 54 days from application to decision (2 days inside the eight week target), across 2,913 decisions with both dates published. 70% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 87% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 106 days. Ranked 78 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 92% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.