Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Warwick
68 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Warwick took 68 days from submission to decision — 12 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 692 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 Warwick compares
Year to December 2026
Warwick 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 41%.
The average here is 93 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 172 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 285 41%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 189 27%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 218 32%
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 122 decided 38 days
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Lawful development 15 decided 69 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 54 decided 98 days
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Full applications 95 decided 116 days
What Warwick decides
Year to December 2026
Warwick issued 693 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 93% were approvals: 460 granted against 33 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 Warwick?
The median planning application decided by Warwick in the year to December 2026 took 68 days from submission to decision, 12 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 692 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Warwick meet the eight week target?
41% of the 692 decisions Warwick made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 68% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 172 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Warwick faster or slower than average?
Warwick is slower than average: its median of 68 days is 11 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Warwick approve?
93% of the clear-cut outcomes Warwick issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 460 granted against 33 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Warwick planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 68 days from application to decision (12 days beyond the eight week target), across 692 decisions with both dates published. 41% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 68% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 172 days. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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