Decision times · South West
How long planning decisions take in Mid Devon
55 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Mid Devon took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 871 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 Devon compares
Year to December 2026
Mid Devon decides faster than the country as a whole: 2 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 71%.
The average here is 70 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 126 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 616 71%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 113 13%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 142 16%
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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Prior approval 84 decided 27 days
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Amendments 25 decided 28 days
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Trees 128 decided 41 days
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Advertising 22 decided 54 days
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Lawful development 47 decided 55 days
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Full applications 275 decided 56 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 101 decided 56 days
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Householder 154 decided 56 days
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Outline 19 decided 56 days
What Mid Devon decides
Year to December 2026
Mid Devon issued 871 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 93% were approvals: 686 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 Devon?
The median planning application decided by Mid Devon in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 871 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Mid Devon meet the eight week target?
71% of the 871 decisions Mid Devon made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 84% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 126 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 Devon faster or slower than average?
Mid Devon is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Mid Devon approve?
93% of the clear-cut outcomes Mid Devon issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 686 granted against 52 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Mid Devon planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 871 decisions with both dates published. 71% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 84% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 126 days. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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