Peterborough Planning Objection: Deadline & Contact
Where to send your comments on a Peterborough planning application, how long you have, and what counts as a valid objection.
At a glance
- Time to comment
- At least 21 days from the neighbour letter or site notice (14 from a newspaper or website notice, 30 with an Environmental Statement). Your letter, the site notice or the portal gives the exact date.
- How to submit
- Online, via Peterborough’s planning portal, quoting the application reference.
Council directory last updated October 2026.
Peterborough planning department contact
Peterborough City Council is a local planning authority in England. Its planning applications are published on Agile Applications, at planning.agileapplications.co.uk.
How to submit this
Published contact, from our council directoryFind the application on planning.agileapplications.co.uk and comment there.
Peterborough planning objection deadline
In England the statutory minimum is 21 days from when a site notice is first displayed or a neighbour notice is served, 14 days from a newspaper or website notice, and 30 days where the application comes with an Environmental Statement. (Development Management Procedure (England) Order 2015, articles 15 and 33). That’s a minimum: Peterborough can allow longer.
Getting the Peterborough application details
Enter the reference from your notification letter and Planning Defender fetches the application and its key documents from Peterborough’s planning website. It usually takes under a minute.
Peterborough planning decisions in numbers
In the 12 months to June 2026, Peterborough decided 626 planning applications and granted 85%.
- Applications decided
- 626
- Granted
- 85%
- Householder applications granted
- 90%
- Decided on time
- 85%
Peterborough decided 286 householder applications (extensions and other changes to a single house) in the same period and granted 90%. Overall, 85% of applications were decided within the statutory time limit or an agreed extension.
How Peterborough compares
Peterborough granted 85% of applications, below the England figure of 87%. For householder applications it granted 90%, the same as the England figure of 90%. 85% of applications were decided within the statutory time limit or an agreed extension, below the England figure of 90% - joint 253rd of 310 on this measure. See how every England council ranks in our council planning league table.
These figures describe Peterborough’s past decisions overall, not how any one application will go.
Source: MHCLG live tables on planning application statistics (table PS2), 12 months to June 2026, published 24 September 2026. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0. England figures: all English planning authorities.
What counts as a valid objection
Peterborough’s case officers can only weigh material planning considerations, not personal preferences. Our guide to objecting to a planning application explains what counts. These guides cover the grounds that come up most often:
Frequently asked questions
- How do I submit a planning objection to Peterborough?
- Peterborough City Council planning objections can be sent via the council's online comment form, quoting the application reference with your full name and address.
- What's the deadline to object to a Peterborough planning application?
- At least 21 days from the neighbour letter or site notice (14 from a newspaper or website notice, 30 with an Environmental Statement); the date on your notification letter, the site notice or Peterborough's planning portal is the one that applies.
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