Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Telford and Wrekin
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Telford and Wrekin took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 355 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 Telford and Wrekin compares
Year to December 2026
Telford and Wrekin 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 52%.
The average here is 67 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 184 52%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 130 37%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 41 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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Trees 43 decided 39 days
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Outline 24 decided 40 days
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Prior approval 11 decided 42 days
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Advertising 28 decided 57 days
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Full applications 210 decided 58 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 25 decided 62 days
What Telford and Wrekin decides
Year to December 2026
Telford and Wrekin issued 355 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 309 granted against 19 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 Telford and Wrekin?
The median planning application decided by Telford and Wrekin in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 355 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Telford and Wrekin meet the eight week target?
52% of the 355 decisions Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin faster or slower than average?
Telford and Wrekin is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Telford and Wrekin approve?
94% of the clear-cut outcomes Telford and Wrekin issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 309 granted against 19 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Telford and Wrekin planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 355 decisions with both dates published. 52% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 88% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 98 days. 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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