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Guidance: Appeals: how long they take

Planning Inspectorate

August 18
09:00 2022

July 2022 - Decisions summary

S78 & Householder appeals

Mean (weeks) Median (weeks) Decisions (cases)
s78 planning appeals Written Reps 28 31 654
s78 planning appeals Hearings 56 81 46
Inquiry appeals submitted after 1 April 2019
s78 planning appeals Inquiries 24 29 15
Householder appeals Written Reps 17 20 384

Enforcement appeals

Includes s174 enforcement appeals, s39 enforcement listed building appeals and lawful development certificate appeals

Mean (weeks) Median (weeks) Decisions (cases)
Written Reps 39 53 154
Hearings 75 107 10
Inquiries 53 82 3

Mean Average - The total time taken divided by the number of cases. Also referred to as the average. A measure of how long each case would take, if the total time taken was spread evenly across all cases.

Median - The middle value, if the times are sorted. This means that half the cases take less then this time; and half the cases take more.

Decisions number of decisions made.

Please note that the times given here are measured from the time an appeal which we are able to progress (valid) to the time a decision is issued.

The smaller the number of decisions, the less helpful the mean and median are as measures for summarising performance. Particular care should be taken when there are fewer than twenty decisions. These are represented with an * in the table, but have been provided for completeness and transparency.

Each of the measures give a slightly different view of the average time taken to make a decision, both are provided because neither gives a perfect indication of the average. The mean is potentially affected by a small number of cases taking a long time and this gives an over-estimate. The median is less affected by these few longer cases so may give a more helpful indication of the average.

The mean was published previously so we are publishing it to allow users to compare current with previous data.

In making use of the data provided, users are reminded that some decisions made in the latest month were on cases submitted a years or more before as such, while they are the most recent snapshot available, they should not be relied on to give a reliable indication of what will happen to a case submitted recently or in the future.

We are reviewing our published information in order to make it more useful and accessible to users please get in touch with us at statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk if you have suggestions on how we could improve the information we provide to you.

Published 1 January 2014
Last updated 18 August 2022 +show all updates
  1. Data updated with July 2022 - Decisions summary

  2. June 2022 information on number and length of decisions made

  3. May 2022 data added

  4. Decisions summary updated with April 2022 data

  5. Decisions summary updated with March 2022 data

  6. Updated with number and length of decisions made in February 2022

  7. January 2022 data on timeliness

  8. How long appeals take based on December 2021 data

  9. November 2021 figures added

  10. October decisions summary data added

  11. September 2021 data added

  12. August 2021 data added

  13. Tables updated with July data.

  14. Updated appeal timeliness data for June 2021

  15. May 2021 data on how long decisions are taking.

  16. April 2021 data added to show how long an appeal has taken.

  17. March data added to chart

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