South East

Runnymede 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

64.5%

146th of 297

1.8 points faster than England

Granted

88.4%

220th of 297

2.1 points lower than England

Extension of time

33.8%

172nd of 297

1.5 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

361

Runnymede decided 361 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 88.4%.

64.5% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (146th of 297 for speed).

A further 33.8% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

Of 12 householder appeals decided in the same period, 8.3% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Runnymede 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	99.3%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	94.6%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	97.4%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	94.2%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	97.3%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	98.4%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	97.6%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	96.5%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	98.8%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	98.4%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	93.9%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	96.3%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	94.4%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	92.2%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	90.0%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	88.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	86.9%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	87.1%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	88.4%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	79.2%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	87.3%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	95.4%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	92.2%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	97.5%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	93.1%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	85.9%	0.7%	84.9%
2014 Q3	85.2%	9.7%	82.5%
2014 Q4	83.1%	9.2%	82.1%
2015 Q1	70.2%	14.5%	80.4%
2015 Q2	73.5%	16.3%	80.6%
2015 Q3	74.5%	12.8%	79.2%
2015 Q4	85.5%	7.6%	80.0%
2016 Q1	81.1%	15.2%	78.3%
2016 Q2	83.8%	10.8%	79.8%
2016 Q3	78.1%	12.3%	77.7%
2016 Q4	82.9%	15.5%	78.0%
2017 Q1	83.1%	16.2%	77.3%
2017 Q2	81.5%	16.6%	78.5%
2017 Q3	75.3%	22.1%	76.1%
2017 Q4	81.0%	16.5%	77.1%
2018 Q1	59.7%	31.5%	73.7%
2018 Q2	69.0%	26.9%	74.0%
2018 Q3	62.1%	31.7%	72.7%
2018 Q4	72.6%	24.4%	72.7%
2019 Q1	61.0%	35.2%	69.9%
2019 Q2	41.5%	40.8%	72.1%
2019 Q3	53.8%	41.2%	69.6%
2019 Q4	69.6%	30.4%	71.5%
2020 Q1	62.0%	32.4%	68.4%
2020 Q2	61.2%	30.1%	63.9%
2020 Q3	63.2%	27.4%	63.8%
2020 Q4	56.1%	34.8%	65.3%
2021 Q1	43.3%	37.8%	59.4%
2021 Q2	59.9%	32.2%	58.4%
2021 Q3	48.5%	44.3%	53.1%
2021 Q4	55.2%	35.0%	53.0%
2022 Q1	59.9%	34.3%	51.6%
2022 Q2	60.8%	31.5%	56.0%
2022 Q3	68.6%	22.2%	53.3%
2022 Q4	62.7%	24.6%	54.1%
2023 Q1	57.1%	33.3%	53.5%
2023 Q2	54.5%	37.4%	58.5%
2023 Q3	50.6%	32.9%	59.0%
2023 Q4	42.7%	37.8%	59.8%
2024 Q1	36.6%	48.4%	58.8%
2024 Q2	52.5%	32.8%	64.4%
2024 Q3	60.8%	32.0%	64.2%
2024 Q4	40.0%	50.5%	65.6%
2025 Q1	62.1%	36.9%	62.1%
2025 Q2	85.2%	14.8%	65.0%
2025 Q3	67.0%	31.9%	62.5%
2025 Q4	63.5%	35.4%	64.7%
2026 Q1	67.1%	29.4%	60.6%
2026 Q2	60.7%	38.2%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Runnymede against England

Runnymede
England

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

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Quarter	Runnymede	England
2008 Q1	80.5%	85.1%
2008 Q2	79.5%	86.1%
2008 Q3	82.8%	86.3%
2008 Q4	71.2%	85.3%
2009 Q1	79.1%	85.9%
2009 Q2	84.9%	86.8%
2009 Q3	82.4%	87.4%
2009 Q4	89.6%	86.9%
2010 Q1	83.3%	87.0%
2010 Q2	78.7%	88.0%
2010 Q3	89.4%	87.7%
2010 Q4	83.2%	87.5%
2011 Q1	80.6%	87.9%
2011 Q2	87.6%	88.5%
2011 Q3	87.5%	88.3%
2011 Q4	88.9%	88.3%
2012 Q1	83.2%	88.2%
2012 Q2	84.9%	89.2%
2012 Q3	91.5%	89.0%
2012 Q4	81.1%	88.9%
2013 Q1	90.7%	89.8%
2013 Q2	89.2%	90.6%
2013 Q3	89.1%	90.3%
2013 Q4	89.9%	89.6%
2014 Q1	92.2%	89.8%
2014 Q2	90.4%	90.5%
2014 Q3	92.3%	90.0%
2014 Q4	90.8%	89.2%
2015 Q1	95.2%	89.3%
2015 Q2	93.2%	90.2%
2015 Q3	90.6%	90.0%
2015 Q4	93.1%	89.2%
2016 Q1	95.7%	90.0%
2016 Q2	97.6%	90.3%
2016 Q3	93.8%	90.2%
2016 Q4	96.1%	89.7%
2017 Q1	94.2%	89.9%
2017 Q2	96.0%	90.5%
2017 Q3	91.6%	90.0%
2017 Q4	96.2%	90.1%
2018 Q1	92.7%	90.5%
2018 Q2	97.2%	91.0%
2018 Q3	93.1%	91.2%
2018 Q4	92.6%	90.5%
2019 Q1	92.4%	90.3%
2019 Q2	95.1%	91.0%
2019 Q3	93.3%	90.6%
2019 Q4	90.4%	89.8%
2020 Q1	95.4%	89.9%
2020 Q2	94.2%	90.2%
2020 Q3	95.7%	90.6%
2020 Q4	93.2%	90.3%
2021 Q1	91.3%	90.9%
2021 Q2	90.1%	91.2%
2021 Q3	95.2%	91.0%
2021 Q4	94.5%	90.1%
2022 Q1	92.0%	90.0%
2022 Q2	91.6%	90.4%
2022 Q3	92.8%	89.8%
2022 Q4	92.9%	89.4%
2023 Q1	91.3%	89.3%
2023 Q2	88.9%	89.2%
2023 Q3	87.3%	88.6%
2023 Q4	89.0%	88.2%
2024 Q1	91.4%	88.2%
2024 Q2	91.8%	89.1%
2024 Q3	94.8%	89.4%
2024 Q4	84.2%	88.6%
2025 Q1	87.4%	89.3%
2025 Q2	92.6%	90.4%
2025 Q3	86.8%	90.1%
2025 Q4	88.5%	90.1%
2026 Q1	85.9%	90.6%
2026 Q2	92.1%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks64.5%
8 to 13 weeks1.4%
13 to 26 weeks0.3%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed33.8%

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

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	233
8 to 13 weeks	5
13 to 26 weeks	1
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	122

Appeals

Decided: 12
Allowed: 8.3%
Median wait: 11 weeks

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

Local constraints

Runnymede has published 8 conservation areas.
Runnymede 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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