Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Wealden
57 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Wealden took 57 days from submission to decision — 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 2,005 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 Wealden compares
Year to December 2026
Wealden sits exactly on the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 49%.
The average here is 77 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 147 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 978 49%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 611 30%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 416 21%
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 64 decided 22 days
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Other 97 decided 28 days
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Prior approval 21 decided 42 days
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Outline 47 decided 48 days
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Lawful development 143 decided 49 days
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Trees 192 decided 50 days
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Conditions 512 decided 55 days
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Advertising 24 decided 57 days
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Full applications 769 decided 67 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 99 decided 84 days
What Wealden decides
Year to December 2026
Wealden issued 2,005 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 86% were approvals: 1,530 granted against 259 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 Wealden?
The median planning application decided by Wealden in the year to December 2026 took 57 days from submission to decision, 1 day beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 2,005 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Wealden meet the eight week target?
49% of the 2,005 decisions Wealden made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 79% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 147 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Wealden faster or slower than average?
Wealden sits exactly on the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Wealden approve?
86% of the clear-cut outcomes Wealden issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 1,530 granted against 259 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Wealden planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 57 days from application to decision (1 day beyond the eight week target), across 2,005 decisions with both dates published. 49% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 79% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 147 days. 86% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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