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Decision times · East of England

How long planning decisions take in Huntingdonshire

63 days. Ranked 29 of 45.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Huntingdonshire took 63 days from submission to decision — 7 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,607 decisions where the council published both dates.

63 days
Median decision 7 days beyond the eight week target
29 of 45
UK rank First measured window
40%
Within eight weeks 71% within thirteen
161 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Huntingdonshire compares

Year to December 2026

Huntingdonshire takes longer than the country as a whole: 6 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 40%.

The average here is 96 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 161 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 637 40%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 504 31%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 466 29%

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.

Huntingdonshire: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
December 2026 63 29 of 45
September 2026 58 38 of 56
June 2025 63 22 of 31
March 2025 63 25 of 30

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.

  1. Amendments 60 decided 32 days
  2. Conditions 240 decided 56 days
  3. Advertising 21 decided 57 days
  4. Householder 29 decided 69 days
  5. Heritage and listed buildings 115 decided 89 days
  6. Trees 79 decided 94 days
  7. Full applications 210 decided 107 days
  8. Outline 12 decided 180 days
  9. Reserved matters 11 decided 224 days

How these types compare nationally

What Huntingdonshire decides

Year to December 2026

Huntingdonshire issued 1,607 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 1,290 granted against 150 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 Huntingdonshire?

The median planning application decided by Huntingdonshire in the year to December 2026 took 63 days from submission to decision, 7 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,607 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 29 of 45 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Huntingdonshire meet the eight week target?

40% of the 1,607 decisions Huntingdonshire 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 161 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Huntingdonshire faster or slower than average?

Huntingdonshire is slower than average: its median of 63 days is 6 days above the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Huntingdonshire approve?

90% of the clear-cut outcomes Huntingdonshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,290 granted against 150 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Huntingdonshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 63 days from application to decision (7 days beyond the eight week target), across 1,607 decisions with both dates published. 40% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 71% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 161 days. Ranked 29 of 45 UK councils on decision speed (national median 57 days). 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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