Planning and Environmental Appeals Division: annual review 2021 to 2022

Planning and Environmental Appeals Division's (DPEA) annual review of its performance for 2021 to 2022.


Appendix A

Statistics On Workload And Performance Against Targets

Table 1: Volume Of Cases* Handled By DPEA
Business year In hand at start of the year Received Delegated appeals decided Reports submitted Withdrawn In hand at end of the year
2021-22 199 577 468 53 45 210
2020-21 191 437 365 38 28 197
2019-20 214 601 470 69 84 192
2018-19 217 710 586 40 87 214
2017-18 224 585 500 46 45 217

*Includes appeal and non-appeal cases

The total number of cases sisted/suspended as at 31 March 2022 was 45.

Table 2: Types Of Cases Received
Type Of Case 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Planning permission appeals 238 291 227 229 258
Planning enforcement appeals 76 89 94 37 76
Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement appeals 91 80 69 48 51
Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement appeals 55 73 51 33 23
High Hedge appeal 22 33 17 8 20
All other types of appeal 37 46 45 46 66
Subtotal: all types of appeals 519 612 503 401 494
Called-in application 3 2 1 1 3
Called-in listed building consent - demolition 0 1 0 0 0
Completion Notice 0 0 1 0 0
Compulsory Purchase Order 4 8 10 5 5
Core Paths Plan 0 0 2 1 1
Extinguishment of Public Right of Way 1 3 2 0 0
Flood Prevention Scheme 2 1 0 0 1
Listed Building Notified Application 0 0 0 1 0
Local Development Plan 4 6 6 4 3
Notification Direction 1 0 2 0 0
Notified application 0 5 6 6 8
Power Station 0 0 1 0 0
Public path creation/diversion/extinguishment order 1 1 0 0 1
Purchase Notice 2 0 1 0 0
Revocation order 0 0 0 0 1
Roads order 2 16 5 2 0
Section 36 Wind Farm 7 4 5 8 5
Section 37 Transmission line 1 0 0 0 5
Stopping up order 0 3 2 1 5
Strategic Development Plan 1 0 1 0 0
Traffic Regulation Order 1 5 1 0 1
Wayleave 35 43 52 8 44
Subtotal: all types of non-appeal cases 65 98 98 37 83
All Cases Received 584 710 601 438 577
Table 3: Breakdown Of Cases Received By Their Characteristics
Characteristics 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
Advertisement 61 78 57 33 24
Agricultural 12 8 7 9 7
Animal (cattery, kennel, stable etc.) 6 7 5 3 4
Building Alterations (householder) 59 94 86 72 72
Building Alterations (non-householder) 49 28 20 12 20
Business 15 37 28 22 9
Car park 11 24 23 12 17
Caravan and Campsites 10 13 9 4 13
Cemetery/Religious Building 1 2 2 1 1
Chimney/Flue 4 4 4 1 0
Community Asset Transfer 0 2 4 3 4
Compulsory Purchase Order 3 6 7 4 5
Demolition 21 14 15 12 13
Designation of Building/Monument 5 2 3 2 6
Development Plan (Local) 4 6 6 4 4
Development Plan (Strategic) 1 0 1 0 0
Dock/Harbour 0 0 1 1 1
Environmental Appeal 7 5 3 4 6
Fencing/Wall 21 29 30 21 31
Fish Farm 1 1 6 1 3
Flood Prevention Scheme 2 1 0 0 1
Hazardous Substance 1 0 1 0 0
Hedge 22 32 17 8 20
Holiday/Leisure 6 18 19 10 22
Hospital/Medical Centre 0 0 0 2 1
Hot Food Takeaway 10 9 8 5 9
Hotels 5 25 46 20 23
House in Multiple Occupation 4 1 8 1 4
Housing (10 or more houses) 44 59 55 50 54
Housing (more than one house) 28 21 22 22 23
Housing (single dwelling) 54 58 46 47 43
Hydro/Solar Power 0 0 2 1 0
Industrial 3 1 3 1 4
Landscaping 22 37 37 15 37
Leisure Facility/Ground 2 9 4 7 10
Meteorological/Anemometrical Mast 3 1 0 0 1
Mineral Extraction 5 3 0 3 3
Nursing/Care/Retirement Home 2 4 2 3 3
Other 29 23 5 4 22
Path 5 6 9 5 8
Petrol Station 0 3 4 0 1
Power Station/Energy from Waste 1 5 3 0 2
Recycling 0 1 1 0 1
Restaurant/Cafe/Licensed Premises 5 16 7 13 9
Retail (food) 3 5 10 13 6
Retail (non-food) 4 5 14 9 2
Road/Bridge 11 43 23 14 9
Scheduled Monument 0 0 0 0 1
School/Educational 2 2 6 4 2
Shed/Garage 20 26 20 24 27
Short stay accommodation 0 0 0 0 9
Storage (non-warehousing) 13 8 19 12 10
Substation/Transmission Line/Pipeline 1 1 1 0 6
Telecommunication 6 26 1 15 13
Traffic Regulation Order 1 5 1 1 1
Transport 1 3 2 0 1
Travelling Persons Site 2 0 1 1 2
Tree 8 16 10 4 22
Warehouse/Distribution 2 0 0 0 3
Waste Disposal 1 6 4 0 0
Water/Sewage 3 6 0 1 8
Wayleave 35 43 51 8 44
Wind Farm (offshore) 1 0 0 0 0
Wind Farm (two or more turbines) 21 17 12 23 24
Wind turbine (single) 5 2 1 3 0
Windows - Timber 7 4 6 1 7
Windows - UPVC 25 26 21 6 12
Table 4a: Appeal Cases Success Rates By Method Of Determination
Number decided Considered by oral process Considered by site visit/review of written submissions All cases allowed
Total Allowed Percentage Total Allowed Percentage Allowed Percentage
Delegate appeals
Planning permission 172 3 1 33% 169 93 55% 94 55%
Planning enforcement 58 0 - - 58 12 21% 12 21%
Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement 47 0 - - 47 16 34% 16 34%
Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement 27 0 - - 27 16 59% 16 59%
High hedge 11 0 - - 11 7 64% 7 64%
All others 52 1 0 0% 51 19 37% 19 37%
All Delegated Appeals 367 4 1 25% 363 163 45% 164 45%
Non-delegated Appeals 7 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 3 43%
All Appeals 374* 5 2 40% 369 165 45% 167 45%

*In addition a further 102 appeals were turned away as we had no powers to determine them

Table 4b: Non-Appeal Cases Success Rates By Method Of Determination
Case types Number decided Considered by oral process Considered by site visit/review of written submissions All cases allowed
Total Allowed Percentage Total Allowed Percentage Allowed Percentage
Called-in application 2 0 - - 2 2 100% 2 100%
Completion Notice 1 1 0 0% 0 - - 0 0%
Compulsory Purchase Order 6 5 5 100% 1 1 100% 6 100%
Extinguishment of Public Right of Way 2 2 2 100% 0 - - 2 100%
Flood Prevention Scheme 1 1 1 100% 0 - - 1 100%
Listed Building Notified Application 1 0 - - 1 1 100% 1 100%
Notified application 3 0 - - 3 0 0% 0 0%
Power Station 1 1 1 100% 0 - - 1 100%
Purchase Notice 1 0 - - 1 0 0% 0 0%
Roads order 4 4 4 100% 0 - - 4 100%
Section 36 Wind Farm 4 4 3 75% 0 - - 3 75%
Traffic Regulation Order 1 1 1 100% 0 - - 1 100%
Wayleave 3 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 3 100%
Total: All Non-appeal Cases 30 20 18 90% 10 6 60% 24 80%
Table 5: Success Rates For Delegated Appeals By Planning Authority
Planning authority Appeals decided Appeals allowed Success rate
Aberdeen City Council 19 10 53%
Aberdeenshire Council 16 9 56%
Angus Council 5 1 20%
Argyll and Bute Council 7 6 86%
Cairngorms National Park Authority 1 0 0%
City of Edinburgh Council 72 31 43%
Clackmannanshire Council 3 2 67%
Dumfries and Galloway Council 10 5 50%
Dundee City Council 13 8 62%
East Ayrshire Council 5 0 0%
East Dunbartonshire Council 6 4 67%
East Lothian Council 11 2 18%
East Renfrewshire Council 4 2 50%
Falkirk Council 4 1 25%
Fife Council 26 11 42%
Glasgow City Council 36 10 28%
Highland Council 28 17 61%
Historic Environment Scotland 6 5 83%
Inverclyde Council 7 4 57%
Midlothian Council 2 0 0%
Moray Council 2 1 50%
North Ayrshire Council 4 1 25%
North Lanarkshire Council 11 2 18%
Orkney Islands Council 2 1 50%
Perth and Kinross Council 12 6 50%
Renfrewshire Council 13 7 54%
Scottish Borders Council 7 1 14%
Scottish Forestry 2 1 50%
Shetland Islands Council 2 2 100%
South Ayrshire Council 8 5 63%
South Lanarkshire Council 6 3 50%
Stirling Council 4 0 0%
West Dunbartonshire Council 1 0 0%
West Lothian Council 12 6 50%
Total 367 164 45%

Note: if an authority is not listed in table 5 it means no delegated decisions have been issued for sites within said authority's area within the period.

Table 6a: Development Plan Examinations Completed
Development plans Number of reporters Weeks to complete
Proposed East Renfrewshire Local Development Plan 2 4 42
North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan - Modified Proposed Plan 3 35
South Ayrshire Local Development Plan 3 46
Table 6b: Development Plan Examinations In Hand Or Completed After End Of March
Development plans Received Report date
Argyll & Bute Proposed Local Development Plan 25/01/2022
Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2020 22/07/2021
East Dunbartonshire Proposed Local Development Plan 15/06/2021
Proposed Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2020 12/03/2021 22/06/2022
Table 7: Expenses Claims
  Number of claims Successful claims
By a main contact against:
An authority 52 11
By another party against:
An authority 1 0
Table 8: Performance Against Our Targets
Procedure Target number of weeks to determine Number of appeals Performance against target Average weeks taken to determine
No Further Procedure 8 0 - -
Site Inspection 12 206 81% 12.2
Further Written Submission 20 161 66% 21.6
Hearing 26 3 33% 26.1
Inquiry 32 1 0% 35.4

Contact

Email: dpea@gov.scot

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