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How long planning decisions take in Havant

77 days. Ranked 293 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Havant took 77 days from submission to decision — 21 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 644 decisions where the council published both dates.

77 days
Median decision 21 days beyond the eight week target
293 of 343
UK rank up 1 place in a year
29%
Within eight weeks 62% within thirteen
178 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Havant compares

Year to September 2026

Havant takes longer than the country as a whole: 21 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 29%.

The average here is 103 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 178 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 188 29%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 214 33%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 242 38%

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.

Havant: 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 77 293 of 343
June 2026 77 296 of 328
March 2026 78 221 of 243
December 2025 75 215 of 236
September 2025 82 294 of 324
June 2025 79 276 of 313
March 2025 79 284 of 315
December 2024 79 290 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 82 days, Havant has moved up 1 place 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. Prior approval 29 decided 41 days
  2. Trees 194 decided 62 days
  3. Lawful development 32 decided 64 days
  4. Amendments 52 decided 77 days
  5. Householder 192 decided 88 days
  6. Conditions 59 decided 91 days
  7. Advertising 17 decided 109 days
  8. Full applications 56 decided 162 days

How these types compare nationally

What Havant decides

Year to September 2026

Havant issued 644 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 572 granted against 38 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 Havant?

The median planning application decided by Havant in the year to September 2026 took 77 days from submission to decision, 21 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 644 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 293 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Havant meet the eight week target?

29% of the 644 decisions Havant made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 62% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 178 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Havant faster or slower than average?

Havant is slower than average: its median of 77 days is 21 days above the national median of 56 days.

Is Havant getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 82 days, Havant has moved up 1 place in the table. Its median has fallen by 5 days.

What proportion of applications does Havant approve?

94% of the clear-cut outcomes Havant issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 572 granted against 38 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Havant planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 77 days from application to decision (21 days beyond the eight week target), across 644 decisions with both dates published. 29% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 62% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 178 days. Ranked 293 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.