Thanks for sharing @Charmer. The timeline really helps
I’m in a similar situation with my daughters renewal which was submitted on the 1st Sept (docs received 7th – even though they actually received a few days earlier) and now I’m waiting. Had I known about the 10 weeks (this was NOT stated on the child renewal web page!) I would have done the 1 week service like so many others. Anyhow from your timeline it looks like at least a 3 week wait from docs received to approval, which takes us to the end of the month, and we need to know by the 7th October. Its going to be close!
Chinstroker / welshclairy, really wish you both the best of luck with your passports. Please can you share when your application updates are received. Really hope its good news! Thanks