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Decision times · West Midlands

How long planning decisions take in Shropshire

41 days.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Shropshire took 41 days from submission to decision — 15 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 214 decisions where the council published both dates.

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41 days
Median decision 15 days inside the eight week target
87%
Within eight weeks 100% within thirteen
59 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Shropshire compares

Year to December 2026

Shropshire 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 87%.

The average here is 38 days. For planning around, 59 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 187 87%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 27 13%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 0 0%

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. Prior approval 11 decided 16 days
  2. Amendments 18 decided 18 days
  3. Conditions 43 decided 27 days
  4. Trees 39 decided 42 days
  5. Lawful development 21 decided 44 days
  6. Full applications 46 decided 50 days

How these types compare nationally

What Shropshire decides

Year to December 2026

Shropshire issued 214 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 186 granted against 20 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 Shropshire?

The median planning application decided by Shropshire in the year to December 2026 took 41 days from submission to decision, 15 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 214 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.

Does Shropshire meet the eight week target?

87% of the 214 decisions Shropshire made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 100% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 59 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Shropshire faster or slower than average?

Shropshire is faster than average: its median of 41 days is 16 days below the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Shropshire approve?

90% of the clear-cut outcomes Shropshire issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 186 granted against 20 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Shropshire planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 41 days from application to decision (15 days inside the eight week target), across 214 decisions with both dates published. 87% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 100% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 59 days. 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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