Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Melton
92 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Melton took 92 days from submission to decision — 36 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 297 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 Melton compares
Year to December 2026
Melton takes longer than the country as a whole: 35 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 31%.
The average here is 151 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 372 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 91 31%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 56 19%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 150 51%
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 74 decided 42 days
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Conditions 13 decided 76 days
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Amendments 11 decided 92 days
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Householder 31 decided 96 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 13 decided 139 days
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Full applications 49 decided 214 days
What Melton decides
Year to December 2026
Melton issued 297 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 235 granted against 25 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 Melton?
The median planning application decided by Melton in the year to December 2026 took 92 days from submission to decision, 36 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 297 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Melton meet the eight week target?
31% of the 297 decisions Melton made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 49% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 372 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Melton faster or slower than average?
Melton is slower than average: its median of 92 days is 35 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Melton approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Melton issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 235 granted against 25 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Melton planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 92 days from application to decision (36 days beyond the eight week target), across 297 decisions with both dates published. 31% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 49% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 372 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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