Planning decisions by authority

How long Wales's 25 planning authorities take to decide planning applications, and how often they approve them, worked out from each authority's register. Every authority is listed in alphabetical order. Where the figures can't be worked out fairly, the table says why.

Each authority's figures cover applications received from the day Local Record began collecting its register up to 28 July 2026, so every one has had at least three months to be decided. Applications for discharge of conditions, tree works, amendments and Developments of National Significance are left out.

This is Local Record's own measure, worked out from the dates in each register. The usual legal time limit is eight weeks, or sixteen weeks for developments that need an environmental impact assessment, and applicants can agree more time. The Welsh Government's official figures count agreed extensions as on time, so they are higher than these. Authorities differ in size and in the kinds of application they get, so a difference between two authorities doesn't on its own show that one is doing better. Data collected by UK PlanIt from each authority's register. Official planning performance figures from the Welsh Government

All planning authorities

22 authorities

Planning authority	Decided within 8 weeks	Typical time to a decision	Approved	Applications	Still waiting	No decision date recorded	Collected since	Notes
Blaenau Gwent	–	–	–	23	–	–	27 Apr 2026	No new applications collected since 2 July 2026, so figures would be out of date.
Bridgend	12%	14 weeks	95%	146	69	0	27 Apr 2026
Caerphilly	47%	8 weeks	78%	115	17	0	27 Apr 2026
Cardiff	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	No applications are available from this authority's register, so no figures can be given.
Carmarthenshire	45%	9 weeks	78%	255	89	0	27 Apr 2026
Ceredigion	–	–	–	85	–	–	27 Apr 2026	No new applications collected since 23 June 2026, so figures would be out of date.
Conwy

Decided within 8 weeks:: Of applications with a recorded decision, the share decided within eight weeks of being received.
Typical time to a decision:: Of applications with a recorded decision, half were decided faster than this and half slower.
Approved:: Of new proposals (full and outline applications) approved or refused, the share approved. Withdrawn applications are left out.
Still waiting:: Applications received in the period that the register still shows as undecided.
No decision date recorded:: Applications that should have an outcome by now, but whose register shows no decision date.
Notes:: Why some figures are shown as a dash. The table sorts alphabetically; select a column heading to sort by it.