Decision times · Wales
How long planning decisions take in Vale of Glamorgan
68 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Vale of Glamorgan took 68 days from submission to decision — 12 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 878 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 Vale of Glamorgan compares
Year to December 2026
Vale of Glamorgan takes longer than the country as a whole: 11 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 40%.
The average here is 88 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 167 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 347 40%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 236 27%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 295 34%
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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Amendments 45 decided 26 days
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Outline 15 decided 28 days
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Trees 96 decided 42 days
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Conditions 108 decided 50 days
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Lawful development 69 decided 61 days
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Advertising 14 decided 68 days
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Full applications 495 decided 81 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 19 decided 94 days
What Vale of Glamorgan decides
Year to December 2026
Vale of Glamorgan issued 878 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 91% were approvals: 741 granted against 72 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 Vale of Glamorgan?
The median planning application decided by Vale of Glamorgan in the year to December 2026 took 68 days from submission to decision, 12 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 878 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Vale of Glamorgan meet the eight week target?
40% of the 878 decisions Vale of Glamorgan made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 66% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 167 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Vale of Glamorgan faster or slower than average?
Vale of Glamorgan is slower than average: its median of 68 days is 11 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Vale of Glamorgan approve?
91% of the clear-cut outcomes Vale of Glamorgan issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 741 granted against 72 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Vale of Glamorgan planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 68 days from application to decision (12 days beyond the eight week target), across 878 decisions with both dates published. 40% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 66% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 167 days. 91% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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