Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Isle of Wight
57 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Isle of Wight took 57 days from submission to decision — 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,099 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Isle of Wight compares
Year to December 2026
Isle of Wight sits exactly on the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 49%.
The average here is 71 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 108 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 539 49%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 407 37%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 153 14%
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 267 decided 51 days
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Amendments 63 decided 56 days
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Conditions 119 decided 56 days
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Lawful development 12 decided 56 days
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Outline 56 decided 56 days
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Householder 225 decided 59 days
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Advertising 16 decided 62 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 40 decided 64 days
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Full applications 174 decided 71 days
What Isle of Wight decides
Year to December 2026
Isle of Wight issued 1,099 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 967 granted against 60 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 Isle of Wight?
The median planning application decided by Isle of Wight in the year to December 2026 took 57 days from submission to decision, 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,099 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Isle of Wight meet the eight week target?
49% of the 1,099 decisions Isle of Wight made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 108 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Isle of Wight faster or slower than average?
Isle of Wight sits exactly on the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Isle of Wight approve?
94% of the clear-cut outcomes Isle of Wight issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 967 granted against 60 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Isle of Wight planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 57 days from application to decision (1 day beyond the eight week target), across 1,099 decisions with both dates published. 49% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 86% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 108 days. 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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