Planning Application Speed
Barking and Dagenham Council leads nationally in the speed of planning application processing, with its committee meeting in October 2026.
Barking and Dagenham Council has been recognised as the top-performing local authority in England for the speed of processing planning applications, which refers to the efficiency and timeliness with which local authorities determine applications. The council achieved a 100% success rate in determining major and non-major applications within statutory timescales for the fifth consecutive year.
This achievement, placing the borough joint first nationally among 330 local planning authorities, follows a meeting of the council's Planning Committee in October 2026. At this meeting, the committee discussed several planning applications and reports. No further meetings are currently scheduled on this topic.
Key facts
- Barking and Dagenham Council achieved a 100% success rate in determining planning applications within statutory timescales for the fifth consecutive year. Source
- Barking and Dagenham Council is joint first nationally among 330 local planning authorities for planning application speed. Source
- The Planning Committee of Barking and Dagenham Council met on 14 October 2026. Source
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