Decision times · North West
How long planning decisions take in Tameside
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Tameside took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 447 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 Tameside compares
Year to December 2026
Tameside decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 54%.
The average here is 76 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 129 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 242 54%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 128 29%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 77 17%
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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Trees 46 decided 8 days
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Outline 17 decided 51 days
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Full applications 229 decided 62 days
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Advertising 18 decided 64 days
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Conditions 12 decided 64 days
What Tameside decides
Year to December 2026
Tameside issued 447 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 89% were approvals: 382 granted against 46 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 Tameside?
The median planning application decided by Tameside in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 447 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Tameside meet the eight week target?
54% of the 447 decisions Tameside made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 83% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 129 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Tameside faster or slower than average?
Tameside is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Tameside approve?
89% of the clear-cut outcomes Tameside issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 382 granted against 46 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Tameside planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 447 decisions with both dates published. 54% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 83% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 129 days. 89% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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