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How long planning decisions take in Monmouthshire

56 days. Ranked 19 of 45.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Monmouthshire took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 771 decisions where the council published both dates.

56 days
Median decision exactly the eight week target
19 of 45
UK rank down 18 places in a year
51%
Within eight weeks 71% within thirteen
185 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Monmouthshire compares

Year to December 2026

Monmouthshire decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 51%.

The average here is 101 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 185 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 390 51%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 157 20%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 224 29%

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.

Monmouthshire: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
December 2026 56 19 of 45
September 2026 51 7 of 56
June 2026 43 1 of 39
March 2026 40 1 of 38
December 2025 39 1 of 24
September 2025 51 4 of 27
June 2025 66 25 of 31

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 39 days, Monmouthshire has moved down 18 places in the table.

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.

  1. Other 24 decided 20 days
  2. Trees 54 decided 23 days
  3. Amendments 40 decided 38 days
  4. Lawful development 41 decided 45 days
  5. Householder 141 decided 69 days
  6. Conditions 66 decided 73 days
  7. Full applications 100 decided 118 days
  8. Heritage and listed buildings 25 decided 176 days

How these types compare nationally

What Monmouthshire decides

Year to December 2026

Monmouthshire issued 771 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 96% were approvals: 696 granted against 29 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 Monmouthshire?

The median planning application decided by Monmouthshire in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 771 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 19 of 45 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Monmouthshire meet the eight week target?

51% of the 771 decisions Monmouthshire made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 71% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 185 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Monmouthshire faster or slower than average?

Monmouthshire is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.

Is Monmouthshire getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 39 days, Monmouthshire has moved down 18 places in the table. Its median has risen by 17 days.

What proportion of applications does Monmouthshire approve?

96% of the clear-cut outcomes Monmouthshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 696 granted against 29 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Monmouthshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 771 decisions with both dates published. 51% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 71% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 185 days. Ranked 19 of 45 UK councils on decision speed (national median 57 days). 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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