Decision times · Northern Ireland
How long planning decisions take in Mid and East Antrim
76 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Mid and East Antrim took 76 days from submission to decision — 20 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 549 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 Mid and East Antrim compares
Year to December 2026
Mid and East Antrim takes longer than the country as a whole: 19 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 32%.
The average here is 102 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 195 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 174 32%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 182 33%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 193 35%
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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Amendments 30 decided 15 days
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Conditions 35 decided 39 days
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Reserved matters 35 decided 71 days
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Outline 53 decided 75 days
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Full applications 331 decided 83 days
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Advertising 42 decided 103 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 11 decided 103 days
What Mid and East Antrim decides
Year to December 2026
Mid and East Antrim issued 549 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 479 granted against 52 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 Mid and East Antrim?
The median planning application decided by Mid and East Antrim in the year to December 2026 took 76 days from submission to decision, 20 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 549 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Mid and East Antrim meet the eight week target?
32% of the 549 decisions Mid and East Antrim made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 65% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 195 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Mid and East Antrim faster or slower than average?
Mid and East Antrim is slower than average: its median of 76 days is 19 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Mid and East Antrim approve?
90% of the clear-cut outcomes Mid and East Antrim issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 479 granted against 52 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Mid and East Antrim planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 76 days from application to decision (20 days beyond the eight week target), across 549 decisions with both dates published. 32% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 65% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 195 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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