Planning performance statistics: annual and quarterly reports, 2016-2017
Statistics on planning decision-making and timescales between the periods 2012 to 2013 and 2016 to 2017.
12. Local Developments by Planning Authority, 2016/17
Since a few legacy cases can skew results, particularly at planning authority level, results in this section are only given for post 3rd August applications. Results for all applications can be found in the detailed excel tables at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Planning
12.1 Local Developments - by development type, 2016/17
Chart 59: Local Developments by planning authority and development type, 2016/17 1
1. The number in brackets gives the total number of local development decisions by planning authority (excluding processing agreements). See Section 2 for further details of processing agreements.
The chart shows information on the case mix for each planning authority, ordered by the most frequent (householder) applications. For the sixteen planning authorities from East Dunbartonshire down to West Lothian over half of decisions made on local developments were for householder applications. At the other end of the scale, in the Cairngorms National Park there were no decisions for householder applications. The case mix may have an influence on overall average decision times within a particular authority. For example, given that householder applications are on average decided more quickly than other types, it might be expected that overall average decision times will be lower for those planning authorities that have a higher proportion of householder applications in their case mix.
12.2 Local Developments - average decision times, 2016/17
The chart below shows the average decision times for local developments ordered by the number of decisions made for local developments in each planning authority. In total there were 26,986 decisions made on local developments in 2016/17 with an overall average decision time of 9.2 weeks.
Chart 60: Local Developments by planning authority, 2016/17: Average decision time (weeks)
1. The number in brackets gives the total number of local development decisions by planning authority (excluding processing agreements). See Section 2 for further details of processing agreements.
The average decision time for the Cairngorms National Park (70.8 weeks for 2 applications) has not been shown in the above chart. It should be expected that Cairngorms has a longer average decision time as they do not receive planning applications directly but are notified of applications which have been made to those planning authorities within the National Park boundaries. Cairngorms National Park may then decide to call applications in for their determination. Planning applications are likely to have already been in the system for a number of weeks before being transferred to Cairngorms National Park. In addition, Cairngorms National Park have no householder applications in their case mix for 2016/17. For these reasons average times for Cairngorms National Park applications can be expected to be higher than those of the other planning authorities. In 2016/17 Cairngorms National Park made decisions for a further 17 local applications using processing agreements with 16 (94%) of these meeting agreed timescales.
12.3 Local Developments - percentages under two months, 2016/17
The following chart shows the percentages of decisions made in less than two months ordered by the total number of decisions made by each planning authority.
Chart 61: Local Developments by planning authority, 2016/17: Percentage under 2 months
At Scotland level the percentage of decisions made in less than two months was 75.4%. Highland made the most decisions on local developments (2,392) and 65.1% of these were made in less than 2 months.
The following table is an extract from Annual, 2016/17 - Table 4 and allows comparison with results from previous years.
Table 7: Local Applications: Average Time & Percentage under 2 months
| Planning Authority | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | 2014/15 | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | |
| Aberdeen City | 883 | 52.4% | 10.5 | 1,140 | 46.7% | 12.2 | 1,170 | 36.3% | 14.4 | 1,227 | 52.2% | 12.5 | 1,189 | 52.6% | 11.9 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,905 | 89.6% | 8.6 | 2,685 | 76.1% | 10.7 | 2,982 | 65.5% | 11.9 | 2,913 | 69.9% | 12.2 | 3,075 | 62.7% | 15.4 |
| Angus | 642 | 88.3% | 7.8 | 727 | 77.4% | 9.2 | 737 | 80.6% | 9.1 | 798 | 75.3% | 8.2 | 763 | 80.3% | 9.2 |
| Argyll & Bute | 1,053 | 64.7% | 10.6 | 996 | 73.4% | 9.2 | 1,097 | 77.8% | 9.5 | 1,083 | 76.3% | 10.3 | 1,061 | 69.2% | 11.6 |
| Cairngorms NP | 2 | 0.0% | 70.8 | 7 | 14.3% | 14.6 | 37 | 13.5% | 21.3 | 46 | 19.6% | 17.7 | 48 | 8.3% | 18.3 |
| Clackmannanshire | 199 | 89.9% | 7.1 | 195 | 87.2% | 6.5 | 184 | 94.0% | 6.4 | 197 | 92.4% | 6.8 | 192 | 84.9% | 7.8 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 957 | 58.6% | 10.5 | 1,110 | 66.9% | 9.8 | 1,860 | 69.4% | 9.5 | 1,485 | 50.3% | 11.9 | 1,264 | 46.8% | 12.9 |
| Dundee City | 421 | 84.8% | 7.4 | 462 | 77.1% | 8.1 | 401 | 81.8% | 7.8 | 438 | 81.7% | 7.6 | 377 | 84.1% | 7.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 507 | 73.6% | 10.0 | 432 | 69.2% | 11.8 | 429 | 62.0% | 12.7 | 430 | 68.6% | 13.0 | 492 | 60.4% | 11.7 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 629 | 84.4% | 9.5 | 646 | 86.5% | 9.4 | 623 | 92.5% | 8.6 | 618 | 90.3% | 8.7 | 662 | 84.1% | 10.1 |
| East Lothian | 769 | 82.7% | 10.4 | 785 | 85.4% | 9.0 | 749 | 87.0% | 9.7 | 840 | 86.5% | 10.7 | 738 | 83.3% | 11.6 |
| East Renfrewshire | 616 | 82.1% | 7.2 | 600 | 91.8% | 6.9 | 606 | 87.5% | 7.0 | 581 | 85.0% | 7.3 | 546 | 84.2% | 8.3 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,979 | 77.2% | 9.8 | 2,253 | 79.0% | 9.4 | 2,219 | 78.2% | 9.1 | 2,148 | 80.6% | 8.6 | 2,069 | 82.4% | 8.3 |
| Falkirk | 510 | 83.3% | 8.6 | 493 | 80.3% | 9.4 | 512 | 78.1% | 8.9 | 514 | 79.6% | 8.8 | 507 | 65.9% | 11.7 |
| Fife | 1,833 | 58.9% | 11.7 | 1,767 | 59.0% | 11.2 | 1,899 | 55.8% | 11.9 | 1,756 | 60.3% | 12.7 | 1,751 | 64.2% | 12.8 |
| Glasgow City | 1,712 | 73.7% | 9.7 | 1,565 | 63.9% | 10.6 | 1,503 | 69.3% | 10.7 | 1,584 | 67.5% | 11.0 | 1,403 | 69.6% | 11.3 |
| Highland | 2,392 | 65.1% | 11.0 | 2,487 | 68.6% | 10.6 | 2,383 | 70.9% | 10.7 | 2,597 | 70.7% | 10.6 | 2,436 | 67.3% | 11.4 |
| Inverclyde | 301 | 88.7% | 7.5 | 279 | 91.0% | 6.7 | 270 | 91.9% | 7.0 | 303 | 86.8% | 7.1 | 306 | 82.4% | 7.7 |
| Loch Lomond & The Trossachs NP | 238 | 33.6% | 12.1 | 223 | 39.0% | 12.3 | 193 | 56.5% | 12.2 | 201 | 63.7% | 12.0 | 237 | 59.9% | 12.3 |
| Midlothian | 403 | 83.1% | 8.4 | 488 | 83.0% | 8.7 | 423 | 87.0% | 8.4 | 424 | 85.1% | 10.0 | 444 | 74.8% | 10.8 |
| Moray | 596 | 95.8% | 6.7 | 718 | 94.6% | 7.2 | 789 | 92.6% | 7.2 | 856 | 83.3% | 10.1 | 817 | 67.2% | 14.9 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 360 | 69.4% | 7.6 | 317 | 65.9% | 8.6 | 353 | 64.3% | 11.1 | 400 | 60.5% | 9.8 | 413 | 59.1% | 10.7 |
| North Ayrshire | 512 | 99.2% | 5.2 | 454 | 98.7% | 5.3 | 471 | 97.7% | 5.7 | 495 | 96.0% | 6.2 | 457 | 90.8% | 7.7 |
| North Lanarkshire | 858 | 76.3% | 8.1 | 858 | 68.9% | 9.6 | 838 | 73.3% | 9.2 | 917 | 87.5% | 8.4 | 875 | 73.7% | 11.3 |
| Orkney Islands | 386 | 72.0% | 8.5 | 435 | 64.4% | 8.6 | 365 | 67.4% | 9.0 | 381 | 62.7% | 10.6 | 609 | 46.1% | 10.7 |
| Perth & Kinross | 1,331 | 87.2% | 7.4 | 1,407 | 81.8% | 9.1 | 1,412 | 72.1% | 9.5 | 1,495 | 73.5% | 10.3 | 1,449 | 69.4% | 10.2 |
| Renfrewshire | 547 | 67.3% | 8.5 | 554 | 72.0% | 8.6 | 532 | 80.8% | 7.7 | 566 | 80.7% | 7.8 | 556 | 78.8% | 9.2 |
| Scottish Borders | 635 | 86.0% | 7.2 | 884 | 73.6% | 12.1 | 912 | 68.0% | 15.0 | 907 | 69.7% | 16.6 | 947 | 64.2% | 13.9 |
| Shetland Islands | 305 | 46.6% | 11.9 | 313 | 47.0% | 12.3 | 294 | 57.1% | 9.6 | 356 | 57.0% | 11.0 | 286 | 68.2% | 11.0 |
| South Ayrshire | 640 | 89.8% | 6.8 | 687 | 90.4% | 6.4 | 736 | 79.5% | 7.9 | 693 | 90.8% | 7.1 | 722 | 86.7% | 7.6 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,470 | 76.6% | 7.8 | 1,375 | 72.8% | 10.3 | 1,431 | 71.1% | 10.9 | 1,327 | 67.3% | 13.1 | 1,274 | 68.8% | 11.9 |
| Stirling | 621 | 68.6% | 9.6 | 596 | 68.1% | 10.2 | 579 | 73.7% | 9.5 | 630 | 77.6% | 9.5 | 580 | 78.4% | 9.7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 194 | 81.4% | 8.3 | 208 | 69.2% | 8.8 | 180 | 75.0% | 8.5 | 208 | 75.5% | 9.8 | 213 | 83.1% | 9.3 |
| West Lothian | 580 | 82.6% | 8.4 | 618 | 82.4% | 8.7 | 570 | 83.9% | 8.0 | 612 | 77.8% | 9.2 | 574 | 73.2% | 12.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 26,986 | 75.4% | 9.2 | 28,764 | 73.4% | 9.7 | 29,739 | 72.1% | 10.1 | 30,026 | 72.7% | 10.6 | 29,332 | 69.4% | 11.4 |
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Scottish Borders and West Dunbartonshire saw the biggest improvements in the percentage of decisions made in less than two months between 2015/16 and 2016/17.
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