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How long planning decisions take in Mansfield

69 days. Ranked 36 of 45.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Mansfield took 69 days from submission to decision — 13 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 306 decisions where the council published both dates.

69 days
Median decision 13 days beyond the eight week target
36 of 45
UK rank First measured window
37%
Within eight weeks 62% within thirteen
355 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Mansfield compares

Year to December 2026

Mansfield takes longer than the country as a whole: 12 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 37%.

The average here is 136 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 355 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 112 37%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 78 25%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 116 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.

Mansfield: 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 69 36 of 45
September 2026 84 53 of 56
December 2024 58 34 of 57

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. Trees 31 decided 52 days
  2. Householder 15 decided 64 days
  3. Amendments 16 decided 76 days
  4. Advertising 12 decided 130 days
  5. Conditions 51 decided 149 days
  6. Full applications 62 decided 155 days

How these types compare nationally

What Mansfield decides

Year to December 2026

Mansfield issued 306 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 163 granted against 10 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 Mansfield?

The median planning application decided by Mansfield in the year to December 2026 took 69 days from submission to decision, 13 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 306 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 36 of 45 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Mansfield meet the eight week target?

37% of the 306 decisions Mansfield made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 62% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 355 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Mansfield faster or slower than average?

Mansfield is slower than average: its median of 69 days is 12 days above the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Mansfield approve?

94% of the clear-cut outcomes Mansfield issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 163 granted against 10 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Mansfield planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 69 days from application to decision (13 days beyond the eight week target), across 306 decisions with both dates published. 37% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 62% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 355 days. Ranked 36 of 45 UK councils on decision speed (national median 57 days). 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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