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How long planning decisions take in Peterborough

55 days.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Peterborough took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,022 decisions where the council published both dates.

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55 days
Median decision 1 day inside the eight week target
58%
Within eight weeks 86% within thirteen
105 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Peterborough compares

Year to December 2026

Peterborough 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 58%.

The average here is 63 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 105 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 592 58%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 291 28%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 139 14%

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.

  1. Amendments 33 decided 21 days
  2. Prior approval 62 decided 32 days
  3. Trees 168 decided 38 days
  4. Lawful development 60 decided 50 days
  5. Advertising 41 decided 55 days
  6. Householder 218 decided 57 days
  7. Conditions 176 decided 59 days
  8. Heritage and listed buildings 56 decided 66 days
  9. Full applications 174 decided 73 days

How these types compare nationally

What Peterborough decides

Year to December 2026

Peterborough issued 1,022 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 88% were approvals: 627 granted against 87 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 Peterborough?

The median planning application decided by Peterborough in the year to December 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 1,022 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.

Does Peterborough meet the eight week target?

58% of the 1,022 decisions Peterborough made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 105 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Peterborough faster or slower than average?

Peterborough is faster than average: its median of 55 days is 2 days below the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Peterborough approve?

88% of the clear-cut outcomes Peterborough issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 627 granted against 87 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Peterborough planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 1,022 decisions with both dates published. 58% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 86% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 105 days. 88% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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