Planning performance statistics: 2018-2019 yearend
Summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for October 2018 to March 2019 (quarters three and four), as well as historic data going back to quarter one of 2014-2015.
4. Processing Agreements
Some local authorities use processing agreements where the developer and the local authority agree on timescales for decisions. When an application is subject to a processing agreement it is removed from average decision time calculations and reported separately (Year End, 2018/19 – Table 1).
Table 1: Processing Agreements, 2018/19, Quarter 3 and 4
| Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of development | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales |
| Major Applications | 28 | 78.6% | 26 | 73.1% |
| Local Applications | 546 | 80.2% | 538 | 76.6% |
| EIA Developments | 0 | - | 3 | 100.0% |
| Other Consents | 109 | 78.9% | 113 | 73.5% |
| Total | 683 | 79.9% | 680 | 76.0% |
In the last six months of 2018/19 there were 1,363 applications decided that had processing agreements, 260 (23.6%) more than the same period in the previous year.
In quarter three 7.9% of all applications (683 of 8,696) had processing agreements, in quarter four this increased to 8.4% (680 of 8,070) of all applications having a processing agreement.
Chart 29: Proportion of applications with Processing Agreements
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