Decision times · West Midlands
How long planning decisions take in Wyre Forest
55 days. Ranked 113 of 343.
In the year to September 2026, the median planning application decided by Wyre Forest took 55 days from submission to decision — 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 333 decisions where the council published both dates.
How Wyre Forest compares
Year to September 2026
Wyre Forest decides faster than the country as a whole: 1 day below the national median of 56 days. Nationally 55% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 54%.
The average here is 78 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 179 54%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 84 25%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 70 21%
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.
| Twelve months to | Median days | UK rank |
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| September 2026 | 55 | 113 of 343 |
| June 2026 | 56 | 183 of 328 |
| September 2025 | 51 | 89 of 324 |
| June 2025 | 54 | 79 of 313 |
| March 2025 | 54 | 82 of 315 |
| December 2024 | 56 | 140 of 319 |
Against the same twelve months a year earlier, when the median was 51 days, Wyre Forest has moved down 24 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.
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Prior approval 15 decided 33 days
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Trees 35 decided 39 days
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Lawful development 29 decided 48 days
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Outline 12 decided 49 days
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Householder 81 decided 56 days
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Conditions 53 decided 69 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 31 decided 72 days
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Amendments 19 decided 79 days
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Full applications 39 decided 85 days
What Wyre Forest decides
Year to September 2026
Wyre Forest issued 333 decisions in the year to September 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 97% were approvals: 307 granted against 10 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 September 2026 took 55 days from submission to decision, 1 day inside the eight week target. That is measured across 333 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date. It ranks 113 of 343 UK councils on decision speed.
Does Wyre Forest meet the eight week target?
54% of the 333 decisions Wyre Forest made in the year to September 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 79% 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 55 days is 1 day below the national median of 56 days.
Is Wyre Forest getting faster or slower?
Against the same twelve month window a year earlier, when its median was 51 days, Wyre Forest has moved down 24 places in the table. Its median has risen by 4 days.
What proportion of applications does Wyre Forest approve?
97% of the clear-cut outcomes Wyre Forest issued in the year to September 2026 were approvals: 307 granted against 10 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Wyre Forest planning decision times, year to September 2026: median 55 days from application to decision (1 day inside the eight week target), across 333 decisions with both dates published. 54% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 79% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 141 days. Ranked 113 of 343 UK councils on decision speed (national median 56 days). 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.