East Midlands

Derbyshire Dales planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

70.8%

109th of 297

8.1 points faster than England

Granted

90.1%

190th of 297

In line with England

Extension of time

16.1%

39th of 297

16.2 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

192

Derbyshire Dales decided 192 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 90.1%.

70.8% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (109th of 297 for speed).

A further 16.1% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 73.8% a year earlier.

Of 5 householder appeals decided in the same period, 20.0% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Derbyshire Dales against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	94.0%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	95.5%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	92.1%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	83.9%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	88.0%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	92.4%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	93.8%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	91.7%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	96.5%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	88.9%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	90.9%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	94.4%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	89.7%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	95.1%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	96.5%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	93.5%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	90.7%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	95.1%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	89.1%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	87.3%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	91.7%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	91.5%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	96.3%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	93.9%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	87.8%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	91.8%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	93.1%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	95.2%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	90.3%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	94.8%	0.0%	79.2%
2015 Q4	98.3%	1.7%	80.0%
2016 Q1	93.0%	5.3%	78.3%
2016 Q2	94.1%	2.9%	79.8%
2016 Q3	95.7%	2.9%	77.7%
2016 Q4	92.9%	5.7%	78.0%
2017 Q1	91.7%	5.0%	77.3%
2017 Q2	84.6%	11.5%	78.5%
2017 Q3	91.9%	3.0%	76.1%
2017 Q4	92.5%	3.0%	77.1%
2018 Q1	87.3%	1.6%	73.7%
2018 Q2	90.4%	2.7%	74.0%
2018 Q3	93.8%	4.9%	72.7%
2018 Q4	92.2%	6.3%	72.7%
2019 Q1	91.9%	3.2%	69.9%
2019 Q2	70.2%	9.5%	72.1%
2019 Q3	84.0%	6.2%	69.6%
2019 Q4	93.8%	6.3%	71.5%
2020 Q1	94.5%	3.6%	68.4%
2020 Q2	83.9%	14.3%	63.9%
2020 Q3	77.1%	8.3%	63.8%
2020 Q4	79.1%	6.0%	65.3%
2021 Q1	78.3%	7.6%	59.4%
2021 Q2	86.3%	4.2%	58.4%
2021 Q3	89.6%	7.3%	53.1%
2021 Q4	75.3%	16.4%	53.0%
2022 Q1	75.3%	19.5%	51.6%
2022 Q2	88.3%	6.5%	56.0%
2022 Q3	82.1%	9.5%	53.3%
2022 Q4	85.9%	10.9%	54.1%
2023 Q1	80.0%	7.3%	53.5%
2023 Q2	80.0%	18.5%	58.5%
2023 Q3	91.8%	6.6%	59.0%
2023 Q4	85.5%	9.7%	59.8%
2024 Q1	86.5%	3.8%	58.8%
2024 Q2	64.4%	11.1%	64.4%
2024 Q3	67.1%	19.7%	64.2%
2024 Q4	84.1%	11.4%	65.6%
2025 Q1	74.5%	17.6%	62.1%
2025 Q2	74.2%	24.2%	65.0%
2025 Q3	77.8%	8.9%	62.5%
2025 Q4	61.9%	21.4%	64.7%
2026 Q1	62.5%	22.5%	60.6%
2026 Q2	76.9%	13.8%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Derbyshire Dales against England

Derbyshire Dales
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Derbyshire Dales	England
2008 Q1	89.3%	85.1%
2008 Q2	93.6%	86.1%
2008 Q3	88.2%	86.3%
2008 Q4	87.1%	85.3%
2009 Q1	86.0%	85.9%
2009 Q2	84.8%	86.8%
2009 Q3	92.5%	87.4%
2009 Q4	88.3%	86.9%
2010 Q1	91.2%	87.0%
2010 Q2	93.7%	88.0%
2010 Q3	85.7%	87.7%
2010 Q4	85.9%	87.5%
2011 Q1	91.4%	87.9%
2011 Q2	89.0%	88.5%
2011 Q3	85.9%	88.3%
2011 Q4	84.4%	88.3%
2012 Q1	86.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	96.7%	89.2%
2012 Q3	93.8%	89.0%
2012 Q4	90.5%	88.9%
2013 Q1	85.4%	89.8%
2013 Q2	91.5%	90.6%
2013 Q3	93.8%	90.3%
2013 Q4	94.3%	89.6%
2014 Q1	93.9%	89.8%
2014 Q2	90.2%	90.5%
2014 Q3	91.8%	90.0%
2014 Q4	88.9%	89.2%
2015 Q1	92.9%	89.3%
2015 Q2	90.3%	90.2%
2015 Q3	96.6%	90.0%
2015 Q4	89.8%	89.2%
2016 Q1	96.5%	90.0%
2016 Q2	89.7%	90.3%
2016 Q3	90.0%	90.2%
2016 Q4	92.9%	89.7%
2017 Q1	93.3%	89.9%
2017 Q2	87.5%	90.5%
2017 Q3	89.9%	90.0%
2017 Q4	91.0%	90.1%
2018 Q1	82.5%	90.5%
2018 Q2	93.2%	91.0%
2018 Q3	86.4%	91.2%
2018 Q4	78.1%	90.5%
2019 Q1	87.1%	90.3%
2019 Q2	89.3%	91.0%
2019 Q3	88.9%	90.6%
2019 Q4	91.7%	89.8%
2020 Q1	94.5%	89.9%
2020 Q2	85.7%	90.2%
2020 Q3	79.2%	90.6%
2020 Q4	83.6%	90.3%
2021 Q1	83.7%	90.9%
2021 Q2	91.6%	91.2%
2021 Q3	89.6%	91.0%
2021 Q4	91.8%	90.1%
2022 Q1	90.9%	90.0%
2022 Q2	94.8%	90.4%
2022 Q3	88.1%	89.8%
2022 Q4	89.1%	89.4%
2023 Q1	85.5%	89.3%
2023 Q2	93.8%	89.2%
2023 Q3	83.6%	88.6%
2023 Q4	87.1%	88.2%
2024 Q1	82.7%	88.2%
2024 Q2	93.3%	89.1%
2024 Q3	90.8%	89.4%
2024 Q4	81.8%	88.6%
2025 Q1	86.3%	89.3%
2025 Q2	98.4%	90.4%
2025 Q3	93.3%	90.1%
2025 Q4	85.7%	90.1%
2026 Q1	90.0%	90.6%
2026 Q2	90.8%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks70.8%
8 to 13 weeks8.3%
13 to 26 weeks4.2%
Over 26 weeks0.5%
Extension of time agreed16.1%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	136
8 to 13 weeks	16
13 to 26 weeks	8
Over 26 weeks	1
Extension of time agreed	31

Appeals

Decided: 5
Allowed: 20.0%
Median wait: 10 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Derbyshire Dales has published 31 conservation areas.
Derbyshire Dales has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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