Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Newark and Sherwood
55 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Newark and Sherwood took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 767 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 Newark and Sherwood compares
Year to December 2026
Newark and Sherwood 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 55%.
The average here is 75 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 156 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 422 55%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 166 22%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 179 23%
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 44 decided 28 days
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Trees 91 decided 37 days
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Conditions 52 decided 56 days
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Lawful development 15 decided 64 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 33 decided 78 days
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Full applications 175 decided 94 days
What Newark and Sherwood decides
Year to December 2026
Newark and Sherwood issued 767 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 95% were approvals: 679 granted against 32 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 Newark and Sherwood?
The median planning application decided by Newark and Sherwood in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 767 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Newark and Sherwood meet the eight week target?
55% of the 767 decisions Newark and Sherwood made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 77% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 156 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Newark and Sherwood faster or slower than average?
Newark and Sherwood is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Newark and Sherwood approve?
95% of the clear-cut outcomes Newark and Sherwood issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 679 granted against 32 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Newark and Sherwood planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 767 decisions with both dates published. 55% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 77% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 156 days. 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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