Decision times · East Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Peak District National Park
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Peak District National Park took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 678 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 Peak District National Park compares
Year to December 2026
Peak District National Park 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 52%.
The average here is 81 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 162 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 350 52%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 152 22%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 176 26%
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.
| Twelve months to | Median days | UK rank |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 56 | 22 of 57 |
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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Other 36 decided 29 days
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Trees 138 decided 33 days
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Lawful development 21 decided 51 days
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Amendments 56 decided 63 days
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Full applications 225 decided 64 days
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Conditions 112 decided 68 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 64 decided 74 days
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Outline 10 decided 94 days
What Peak District National Park decides
Year to December 2026
Peak District National Park issued 678 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 92% were approvals: 600 granted against 53 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 Peak District National Park?
The median planning application decided by Peak District National Park in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 678 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Peak District National Park meet the eight week target?
52% of the 678 decisions Peak District National Park made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 74% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 162 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Peak District National Park faster or slower than average?
Peak District National Park is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Peak District National Park approve?
92% of the clear-cut outcomes Peak District National Park issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 600 granted against 53 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Peak District National Park planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 678 decisions with both dates published. 52% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 74% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 162 days. 92% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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