Planning performance statistics: first quarter, 2016-2017

7. Delegation Rates

Schemes of Delegation identify who will make the planning authority's decision on different types of planning application, whether it be an appointed officer or elected members. Delegation rates measure the proportion of planning decisions that are made by appointed officers. The delegation rate was 95.4% in the first quarter of 2016/17, higher than the previous quarter (94.5%), and the equivalent quarter one in 2015/16 (95.1%). ( Quarter 1, 2016/17 - Table 20)