My sister just received her daughters renewal (abroad) 4 weeks after submitting.
I sent to Bootle and still in “documents received” 3 weeks on.
@Dt1901 – extra frustrating for you guys to have two very different experiences.
I read on twitter that there are actually two systems. the new one will take an application from approved to printed etc within a few hours and the applications that go through the old system can be stuck in processing for weeks.
I also saw someone who sent their adult renewal to bootle this month and received it a couple of days later.
Feels like a lottery right now.