Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Hinckley and Bosworth
89 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Hinckley and Bosworth took 89 days from submission to decision — 33 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 240 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Hinckley and Bosworth compares
Year to December 2026
Hinckley and Bosworth takes longer than the country as a whole: 32 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 21%.
The average here is 134 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 292 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 50 21%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 74 31%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 116 48%
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 27 decided 42 days
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Householder 73 decided 77 days
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Amendments 17 decided 95 days
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Full applications 51 decided 132 days
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Conditions 43 decided 158 days
What Hinckley and Bosworth decides
Year to December 2026
Hinckley and Bosworth issued 240 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 96% were approvals: 218 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 Hinckley and Bosworth?
The median planning application decided by Hinckley and Bosworth in the year to December 2026 took 89 days from submission to decision, 33 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 240 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Hinckley and Bosworth meet the eight week target?
21% of the 240 decisions Hinckley and Bosworth made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 52% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 292 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Hinckley and Bosworth faster or slower than average?
Hinckley and Bosworth is slower than average: its median of 89 days is 32 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Hinckley and Bosworth approve?
96% of the clear-cut outcomes Hinckley and Bosworth issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 218 granted against 9 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Hinckley and Bosworth planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 89 days from application to decision (33 days beyond the eight week target), across 240 decisions with both dates published. 21% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 52% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 292 days. 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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