Decision times · East of England
How long planning decisions take in The Broads Authority
53 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by The Broads Authority took 53 days from submission to decision — 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 162 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 The Broads Authority compares
Year to December 2026
The Broads Authority decides faster than the country as a whole: 4 days below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 54%.
The average here is 84 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 156 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 87 54%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 33 20%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 42 26%
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 38 decided 36 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 10 decided 63 days
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Conditions 27 decided 66 days
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Householder 31 decided 68 days
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Full applications 34 decided 107 days
What The Broads Authority decides
Year to December 2026
The Broads Authority issued 162 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 98% were approvals: 147 granted against 3 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 The Broads Authority?
The median planning application decided by The Broads Authority in the year to December 2026 took 53 days from submission to decision, 3 days inside the eight week target. That is measured across 162 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does The Broads Authority meet the eight week target?
54% of the 162 decisions The Broads Authority made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 74% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 156 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is The Broads Authority faster or slower than average?
The Broads Authority is faster than average: its median of 53 days is 4 days below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does The Broads Authority approve?
98% of the clear-cut outcomes The Broads Authority issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 147 granted against 3 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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The Broads Authority planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 53 days from application to decision (3 days inside the eight week target), across 162 decisions with both dates published. 54% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 74% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 156 days. 98% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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