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How long planning decisions take in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

55 days. Ranked 92 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 3,945 decisions where the council published both dates.

55 days
Median decision 1 day inside the eight week target
92 of 343
UK rank down 14 places in a year
62%
Within eight weeks 86% within thirteen
106 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation compares

Year to September 2026

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 62%.

The average here is 62 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 106 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 2,462 62%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 921 23%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 562 14%

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.

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
September 2026 55 92 of 343
June 2026 54 96 of 328
March 2026 54 108 of 243
December 2025 54 143 of 236
September 2025 50 78 of 324
June 2025 53 61 of 313
March 2025 53 63 of 315
December 2024 53 65 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 50 days, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation has moved down 14 places in the table.

By type of application

Year to September 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. Outline 116 decided 22 days
  2. Trees 437 decided 23 days
  3. Prior approval 265 decided 40 days
  4. Amendments 179 decided 43 days
  5. Lawful development 785 decided 54 days
  6. Advertising 60 decided 55 days
  7. Conditions 667 decided 56 days
  8. Householder 694 decided 59 days
  9. Heritage and listed buildings 26 decided 70 days
  10. Full applications 662 decided 71 days

How these types compare nationally

What Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation decides

Year to September 2026

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation issued 3,946 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 87% were approvals: 3,239 granted against 490 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 September 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 3,945 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 92 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation meet the eight week target?

62% of the 3,945 decisions Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 106 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 55 days is 1 day below the national median of 56 days.

Is Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 50 days, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation has moved down 14 places in the table. Its median has risen by 5 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 September 2026 were approvals: 3,239 granted against 490 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 September 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 3,945 decisions with both dates published. 62% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 86% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 106 days. Ranked 92 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 87% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.