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How long planning decisions take in Yorkshire Dales National Park

64 days.

In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Yorkshire Dales National Park took 64 days from submission to decision — 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 4,651 decisions where the council published both dates.

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64 days
Median decision 8 days beyond the eight week target
43%
Within eight weeks 71% within thirteen
162 days
Nine in ten decided by The wait to budget for

How Yorkshire Dales National Park compares

Year to December 2026

Yorkshire Dales National Park takes longer than the country as a whole: 7 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 43%.

The average here is 84 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 162 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.

  1. Within eight weeks the statutory target 1,987 43%
  2. Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 1,297 28%
  3. Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 1,367 29%

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.

  1. Telecoms 23 decided 25 days
  2. Prior approval 177 decided 39 days
  3. Trees 686 decided 42 days
  4. Amendments 225 decided 48 days
  5. Other 42 decided 49 days
  6. Lawful development 182 decided 56 days
  7. Outline 77 decided 63 days
  8. Conditions 697 decided 64 days
  9. Householder 337 decided 68 days
  10. Advertising 67 decided 80 days
  11. Full applications 1,721 decided 80 days
  12. Heritage and listed buildings 334 decided 94 days

How these types compare nationally

What Yorkshire Dales National Park decides

Year to December 2026

Yorkshire Dales National Park issued 4,651 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 91% were approvals: 3,820 granted against 389 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 Yorkshire Dales National Park?

The median planning application decided by Yorkshire Dales National Park in the year to December 2026 took 64 days from submission to decision, 8 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 4,651 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.

Does Yorkshire Dales National Park meet the eight week target?

43% of the 4,651 decisions Yorkshire Dales National Park made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 71% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 162 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.

Is Yorkshire Dales National Park faster or slower than average?

Yorkshire Dales National Park is slower than average: its median of 64 days is 7 days above the national median of 57 days.

What proportion of applications does Yorkshire Dales National Park approve?

91% of the clear-cut outcomes Yorkshire Dales National Park issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 3,820 granted against 389 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.

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Yorkshire Dales National Park planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 64 days from application to decision (8 days beyond the eight week target), across 4,651 decisions with both dates published. 43% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 71% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 162 days. 91% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.

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