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How long planning decisions take in Wyre

64 days. Ranked 254 of 343.

In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Wyre took 64 days from submission to decision — 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 199 decisions where the council published both dates.

64 days
Median decision 8 days beyond the eight week target
254 of 343
UK rank up 41 places in a year
40%
Within eight weeks 71% within thirteen
175 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Wyre compares

Year to September 2026

Wyre takes longer than the country as a whole: 8 days above the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 40%.

The average here is 92 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 175 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 80 40%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 61 31%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 58 29%

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.

Wyre: median days from application to decision, by rolling twelve month window. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
Twelve months to Median days UK rank
September 2026 64 254 of 343
June 2026 54 112 of 328
September 2025 83 295 of 324
June 2025 83 282 of 313
March 2025 83 290 of 315
December 2024 83 294 of 319

Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 83 days, Wyre has moved up 41 places in the table.

By type of application

Year to September 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 11 decided 12 days
  2. Lawful development 21 decided 62 days
  3. Full applications 104 decided 74 days
  4. Conditions 27 decided 76 days

How these types compare nationally

What Wyre decides

Year to September 2026

Wyre issued 199 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 90% were approvals: 118 granted against 13 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 Wyre?

The median planning application decided by Wyre in the year to September 2026 took 64 days from submission to decision, 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 199 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 254 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.

Does Wyre meet the eight week target?

40% of the 199 decisions Wyre made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 71% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 175 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Wyre faster or slower than average?

Wyre is slower than average: its median of 64 days is 8 days above the national median of 56 days.

Is Wyre getting faster or slower?

Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 83 days, Wyre has moved up 41 places in the table. Its median has fallen by 19 days.

What proportion of applications does Wyre approve?

90% of the clear-cut outcomes Wyre issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 118 granted against 13 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Wyre planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 64 days from application to decision (8 days beyond the eight week target), across 199 decisions with both dates published. 40% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 71% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 175 days. Ranked 254 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 90% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.