I applied for GE (Initial) a few weeks ago:
UKBF Paid: 21st Jan 2022
UKBF Code issued: 22nd Jan 2022
Application submitted via TTP: 25th Jan 2022
Conditional Approval: Pending
I don't have a particularly extensive travel history, but have been to the US and a few other countries in the last few years so I'm not expecting too many issues. Assuming my conditional approval comes before then, I'm hoping to EoA at LAX in August.
Not sure how much value it'll give me, but as I want to do a back-to-back run next year for my BA Gold card, Global Entry will at least give some re-assurance of avoiding the queues on arrival.