Decision times · East of England
How long planning decisions take in Mid Suffolk
54 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Mid Suffolk took 54 days from submission to decision — 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,699 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Mid Suffolk compares
Year to December 2026
Mid Suffolk decides faster than the country as a whole: 3 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 57%.
The average here is 59 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 105 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 1,539 57%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 803 30%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 357 13%
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 125 decided 25 days
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Other 52 decided 26 days
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Trees 360 decided 30 days
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Conditions 817 decided 49 days
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Prior approval 65 decided 54 days
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Advertising 26 decided 56 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 269 decided 57 days
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Lawful development 87 decided 57 days
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Outline 27 decided 57 days
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Reserved matters 18 decided 61 days
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Householder 475 decided 63 days
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Full applications 261 decided 78 days
What Mid Suffolk decides
Year to December 2026
Mid Suffolk issued 2,699 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 93% were approvals: 2,275 granted against 175 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 Suffolk?
The median planning application decided by Mid Suffolk in the year to December 2026 took 54 days from submission to decision, 2 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,699 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Mid Suffolk meet the eight week target?
57% of the 2,699 decisions Mid Suffolk made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 87% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 105 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 Suffolk faster or slower than average?
Mid Suffolk is faster than average: its median of 54 days is 3 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Mid Suffolk approve?
93% of the clear-cut outcomes Mid Suffolk issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 2,275 granted against 175 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Mid Suffolk planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 54 days from application to decision (2 days inside the eight week target), across 2,699 decisions with both dates published. 57% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 87% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 105 days. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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