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How long planning decisions take in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 3,474 decisions where the council published both dates.
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How Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation compares
Year to December 2026
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 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 58%.
The average here is 69 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 121 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 2,015 58%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 841 24%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 618 18%
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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Outline 107 decided 23 days
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Trees 329 decided 26 days
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Prior approval 221 decided 40 days
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Amendments 156 decided 51 days
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Lawful development 664 decided 53 days
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Conditions 631 decided 56 days
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Advertising 58 decided 57 days
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Householder 642 decided 62 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 26 decided 64 days
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Full applications 597 decided 78 days
What Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation decides
Year to December 2026
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation issued 3,474 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 87% were approvals: 2,845 granted against 438 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 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation?
The median planning application decided by Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 3,474 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation meet the eight week target?
58% of the 3,474 decisions Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 82% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 121 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation faster or slower than average?
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation approve?
87% of the clear-cut outcomes Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 2,845 granted against 438 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 3,474 decisions with both dates published. 58% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 82% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 121 days. 87% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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