Decision times · London
How long planning decisions take in Redbridge
41 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Redbridge took 41 days from submission to decision — 15 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,548 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 Redbridge compares
Year to December 2026
Redbridge decides faster than the country as a whole: 16 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 70%.
The average here is 52 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 98 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 1,788 70%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 464 18%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 296 12%
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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Lawful development 592 decided 19 days
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Trees 266 decided 29 days
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Prior approval 368 decided 30 days
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Amendments 87 decided 46 days
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Conditions 184 decided 50 days
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Householder 623 decided 55 days
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Advertising 32 decided 61 days
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Full applications 386 decided 77 days
What Redbridge decides
Year to December 2026
Redbridge issued 2,548 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 81% were approvals: 2,017 granted against 482 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 Redbridge?
The median planning application decided by Redbridge in the year to December 2026 took 41 days from submission to decision, 15 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 2,548 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Redbridge meet the eight week target?
70% of the 2,548 decisions Redbridge made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 88% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 98 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Redbridge faster or slower than average?
Redbridge is faster than average: its median of 41 days is 16 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Redbridge approve?
81% of the clear-cut outcomes Redbridge issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 2,017 granted against 482 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Redbridge planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 41 days from application to decision (15 days inside the eight week target), across 2,548 decisions with both dates published. 70% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 88% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 98 days. 81% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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