Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Herefordshire, County of
57 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Herefordshire, County of took 57 days from submission to decision — 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,020 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Herefordshire, County of compares
Year to December 2026
Herefordshire, County of sits exactly on the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 48%.
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, 181 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 494 48%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 226 22%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 300 29%
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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Prior approval 146 decided 12 days
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Amendments 30 decided 16 days
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Trees 136 decided 37 days
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Conditions 133 decided 43 days
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Lawful development 32 decided 53 days
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Advertising 17 decided 68 days
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Householder 179 decided 76 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 102 decided 79 days
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Outline 15 decided 112 days
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Full applications 198 decided 126 days
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Reserved matters 12 decided 167 days
What Herefordshire, County of decides
Year to December 2026
Herefordshire, County of issued 1,020 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 95% were approvals: 754 granted against 40 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 Herefordshire, County of?
The median planning application decided by Herefordshire, County of in the year to December 2026 took 57 days from submission to decision, 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,020 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Herefordshire, County of meet the eight week target?
48% of the 1,020 decisions Herefordshire, County of made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 71% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 181 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Herefordshire, County of faster or slower than average?
Herefordshire, County of sits exactly on the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Herefordshire, County of approve?
95% of the clear-cut outcomes Herefordshire, County of issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 754 granted against 40 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Herefordshire, County of planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 57 days from application to decision (1 day beyond the eight week target), across 1,020 decisions with both dates published. 48% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 71% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 181 days. 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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