Decision times · Wales
How long planning decisions take in Pembrokeshire
55 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Pembrokeshire took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 670 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 Pembrokeshire compares
Year to December 2026
Pembrokeshire 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 66%.
The average here is 76 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 149 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 442 66%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 97 14%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 131 20%
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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Trees 18 decided 49 days
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Advertising 12 decided 51 days
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Amendments 115 decided 53 days
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Conditions 84 decided 54 days
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Full applications 356 decided 55 days
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Outline 13 decided 55 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 13 decided 80 days
What Pembrokeshire decides
Year to December 2026
Pembrokeshire issued 670 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 82% were approvals: 490 granted against 105 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 Pembrokeshire?
The median planning application decided by Pembrokeshire in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 670 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Pembrokeshire meet the eight week target?
66% of the 670 decisions Pembrokeshire made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 80% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 149 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Pembrokeshire faster or slower than average?
Pembrokeshire is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Pembrokeshire approve?
82% of the clear-cut outcomes Pembrokeshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 490 granted against 105 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Pembrokeshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 670 decisions with both dates published. 66% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 80% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 149 days. 82% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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