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How long planning decisions take in Reigate and Banstead

56 days. Ranked 131 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Reigate and Banstead took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,742 decisions where the council published both dates.

56 days
Median decision exactly the eight week target
131 of 343
UK rank up 29 places in a year
74%
Within eight weeks 89% within thirteen
96 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Reigate and Banstead compares

Year to September 2026

Reigate and Banstead sits exactly on the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 74%.

The average here is 60 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 96 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 1,285 74%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 271 16%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 186 11%

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.

Reigate and Banstead: 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 56 131 of 343
June 2026 56 152 of 328
March 2026 55 132 of 243
December 2025 54 147 of 236
September 2025 56 160 of 324
June 2025 56 125 of 313
March 2025 56 118 of 315
December 2024 56 114 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 56 days, Reigate and Banstead has moved up 29 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 38 decided 25 days
  2. Prior approval 66 decided 35 days
  3. Heritage and listed buildings 143 decided 37 days
  4. Conditions 389 decided 53 days
  5. Advertising 27 decided 56 days
  6. Amendments 110 decided 56 days
  7. Full applications 163 decided 56 days
  8. Householder 406 decided 56 days
  9. Lawful development 146 decided 56 days
  10. Trees 237 decided 56 days

How these types compare nationally

What Reigate and Banstead decides

Year to September 2026

Reigate and Banstead issued 1,742 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 1,485 granted against 159 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 Reigate and Banstead?

The median planning application decided by Reigate and Banstead in the year to September 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 1,742 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 131 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Reigate and Banstead meet the eight week target?

74% of the 1,742 decisions Reigate and Banstead made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 89% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 96 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Reigate and Banstead faster or slower than average?

Reigate and Banstead sits exactly on the national median of 56 days.

Is Reigate and Banstead getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 56 days, Reigate and Banstead has moved up 29 places in the table. Its median has not changed.

What proportion of applications does Reigate and Banstead approve?

90% of the clear-cut outcomes Reigate and Banstead issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 1,485 granted against 159 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Reigate and Banstead planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 1,742 decisions with both dates published. 74% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 89% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 96 days. Ranked 131 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.