Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Wyre Forest
56 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Wyre Forest took 56 days from submission to decision — exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 422 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 Wyre Forest compares
Year to December 2026
Wyre Forest decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 54%.
The average here is 76 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 141 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 226 54%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 104 25%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 92 22%
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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Prior approval 16 decided 33 days
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Trees 48 decided 38 days
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Lawful development 37 decided 45 days
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Outline 14 decided 51 days
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Advertising 10 decided 54 days
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Householder 100 decided 56 days
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Conditions 62 decided 64 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 41 decided 71 days
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Amendments 25 decided 80 days
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Full applications 56 decided 80 days
What Wyre Forest decides
Year to December 2026
Wyre Forest issued 422 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 97% were approvals: 389 granted against 14 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 Forest?
The median planning application decided by Wyre Forest in the year to December 2026 took 56 days from submission to decision, exactly the eight week target. That is measured across 422 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Wyre Forest meet the eight week target?
54% of the 422 decisions Wyre Forest made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 78% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 141 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 Forest faster or slower than average?
Wyre Forest is faster than average: its median of 56 days is 1 day below the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Wyre Forest approve?
97% of the clear-cut outcomes Wyre Forest issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 389 granted against 14 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Wyre Forest planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 56 days from application to decision (exactly the eight week target), across 422 decisions with both dates published. 54% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 78% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 141 days. 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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