How long planning decisions take in Stratford-on-Avon

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.

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 56 days, Stratford-on-Avon has moved down 79 places in the table.

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. Telecoms 16 decided 22 days
2. Other 16 decided 26 days
3. Amendments 30 decided 29 days
4. Trees 223 decided 40 days
5. Prior approval 18 decided 42 days
6. Lawful development 87 decided 54 days
7. Outline 36 decided 75 days
8. Reserved matters 13 decided 80 days
9. Conditions 58 decided 83 days
10. Full applications 348 decided 94 days
11. Heritage and listed buildings 57 decided 110 days

How these types compare nationally

Stratford-on-Avon issued 917 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 91% were approvals: 485 granted against 49 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.