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How long planning decisions take in Tendring

56 days.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Tendring took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 931 decisions where the council published both dates.

This council carries a figure but no rank

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.

56 days
Median decision exactly the eight week target
54%
Within eight weeks 86% within thirteen
114 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Tendring compares

Year to December 2026

Tendring 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 63 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 114 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 504 54%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 297 32%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 130 14%

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.

Tendring: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
June 2026 56 25 of 39
March 2026 56 20 of 38

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. Telecoms 24 decided 16 days
  2. Trees 97 decided 30 days
  3. Prior approval 10 decided 52 days
  4. Amendments 69 decided 56 days
  5. Conditions 62 decided 56 days
  6. Outline 25 decided 61 days
  7. Full applications 287 decided 64 days
  8. Heritage and listed buildings 37 decided 66 days
  9. Advertising 21 decided 74 days

How these types compare nationally

What Tendring decides

Year to December 2026

Tendring issued 931 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 88% were approvals: 749 granted against 99 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 Tendring?

The median planning application decided by Tendring in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 931 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.

Does Tendring meet the eight week target?

54% of the 931 decisions Tendring made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 114 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Tendring faster or slower than average?

Tendring is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Tendring approve?

88% of the clear-cut outcomes Tendring issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 749 granted against 99 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Tendring planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 931 decisions with both dates published. 54% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 86% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 114 days. 88% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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