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How long planning decisions take in Mansfield

150 days. Ranked 339 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Mansfield took 150 days from submission to decision — 94 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 174 decisions where the council published both dates.

150 days
Median decision 94 days beyond the eight week target
339 of 343
UK rank down 68 places in a year
17%
Within eight weeks 34% within thirteen
418 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Mansfield compares

Year to September 2026

Mansfield takes longer than the country as a whole: 94 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 17%.

The average here is 188 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 418 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 30 17%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 30 17%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 114 66%

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
September 2026 150 339 of 343
June 2026 153 325 of 328
March 2026 236 240 of 243
December 2025 229 231 of 236
September 2025 69 271 of 324
June 2025 58 173 of 313
March 2025 57 159 of 315
December 2024 57 162 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 69 days, Mansfield has moved down 68 places in the table.

By type of application

Year to September 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. Householder 16 decided 66 days
  2. Amendments 13 decided 91 days
  3. Conditions 58 decided 180 days
  4. Full applications 49 decided 215 days

How these types compare nationally

What Mansfield decides

Year to September 2026

Mansfield issued 174 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 152 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 Mansfield?

The median planning application decided by Mansfield in the year to September 2026 took 150 days from submission to decision, 94 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 174 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 339 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Mansfield meet the eight week target?

17% of the 174 decisions Mansfield made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 34% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 418 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 150 days is 94 days above the national median of 56 days.

Is Mansfield getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 69 days, Mansfield has moved down 68 places in the table. Its median has risen by 81 days.

What proportion of applications does Mansfield approve?

94% of the clear-cut outcomes Mansfield issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 152 granted against 9 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Mansfield planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 150 days from application to decision (94 days beyond the eight week target), across 174 decisions with both dates published. 17% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 34% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 418 days. Ranked 339 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.