Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Telford and Wrekin
56 days. Ranked 168 of 343.
In the year to September 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 208 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Telford and Wrekin compares
Year to September 2026
Telford and Wrekin sits exactly on the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 50%.
The average here is 71 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 102 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 105 50%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 78 38%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 25 12%
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.
| Twelve months to | Median days | UK rank |
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| September 2026 | 56 | 168 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 53 | 95 of 328 |
| September 2025 | 56 | 185 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 56 | 145 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 56 | 146 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 56 | 148 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 56 days, Telford and Wrekin has moved up 17 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.
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Outline 14 decided 40 days
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Trees 21 decided 40 days
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Advertising 19 decided 57 days
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Full applications 124 decided 59 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 14 decided 62 days
What Telford and Wrekin decides
Year to September 2026
Telford and Wrekin issued 208 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 94% were approvals: 180 granted against 11 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 September 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 208 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 168 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Telford and Wrekin meet the eight week target?
50% of the 208 decisions Telford and Wrekin made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 88% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 102 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 sits exactly on the national median of 56 days.
Is Telford and Wrekin getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 56 days, Telford and Wrekin has moved up 17 places in the table. Its median has not changed.
What proportion of applications does Telford and Wrekin approve?
94% of the clear-cut outcomes Telford and Wrekin issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 180 granted against 11 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Telford and Wrekin planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 208 decisions with both dates published. 50% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 88% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 102 days. Ranked 168 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 94% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.