Planning performance statistics 2019/2020: quarterly (October to March)
Summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for April 2019 to March 2020 with historic data going back to 2015/2016. It is based on data we collect from local and planning authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012).
9. Clock Stops
Tables 2 and 3 show the number of applications where the clock was stopped by the planning authority for applications decided in quarters three and four of 2019/20.
In the final six months of 2019/20 31 local authorities provided information on particular delays for 1,164 applications that were outwith their control and on which it was agreed it was appropriate to stop the clock for periods of time; 610 from 28 authorities in quarter three and 554 across 31 authorities in quarter four. In the previous year clock stopped periods were reported for 463 applications across 30 local authorities in quarter three and for 490 applications across 30 local authorities in quarter four.
| Planning Authority | Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2019/20 Q3 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 173 | 7 | 4.0% | 9.2 |
| Aberdeenshire | 453 | 6 | 1.3% | 8.8 |
| Angus | 160 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 329 | 47 | 14.3% | 19.0 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 62 | 11 | 17.7% | 6.0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 236 | 5 | 2.1% | 12.1 |
| Dundee City | 164 | 6 | 3.7% | 18.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 134 | 11 | 8.2% | 25.5 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 178 | 60 | 33.7% | 6.2 |
| East Lothian | 266 | 34 | 12.8% | 16.0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 168 | 3 | 1.8% | 12.6 |
| City of Edinburgh | 863 | 2 | 0.2% | 31.9 |
| Falkirk | 137 | 1 | 0.7% | 50.4 |
| Fife | 352 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Glasgow City | 656 | 140 | 21.3% | 11.8 |
| Highland | 682 | 33 | 4.8% | 17.5 |
| Inverclyde | 82 | 6 | 7.3% | 15.7 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 62 | 19 | 30.6% | 13.8 |
| Midlothian | 130 | 10 | 7.7% | 20.6 |
| Moray | 180 | 57 | 31.7% | 9.5 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 121 | 2 | 1.7% | 47.6 |
| North Ayrshire | 137 | 7 | 5.1% | 11.1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 217 | 8 | 3.7% | 17.5 |
| Orkney Islands | 73 | 31 | 42.5% | 9.3 |
| Perth and Kinross | 385 | 22 | 5.7% | 15.9 |
| Renfrewshire | 184 | 31 | 16.8% | 15.2 |
| Scottish Borders | 177 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Shetland Islands | 84 | 9 | 10.7% | 5.3 |
| South Ayrshire | 211 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| South Lanarkshire | 401 | 6 | 1.5% | 25.5 |
| Stirling | 175 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| West Dunbartonshire | 55 | 31 | 56.4% | 8.8 |
| West Lothian | 234 | 5 | 2.1% | 20.6 |
| SCOTLAND | 7,924 | 610 | 7.7% | 13.0 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
| Planning Authority | Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2019/20 Q4 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 164 | 6 | 3.7% | 17.3 |
| Aberdeenshire | 349 | 6 | 1.7% | 0.9 |
| Angus | 144 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 315 | 43 | 13.7% | 12.1 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 0 | - | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 71 | 7 | 9.9% | 2.9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 211 | 3 | 1.4% | 9.3 |
| Dundee City | 122 | 9 | 7.4% | 8.6 |
| East Ayrshire | 104 | 7 | 6.7% | 10.9 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 145 | 57 | 39.3% | 4.7 |
| East Lothian | 242 | 22 | 9.1% | 22.8 |
| East Renfrewshire | 186 | 1 | 0.5% | 17.1 |
| City of Edinburgh | 929 | 12 | 1.3% | 24.8 |
| Falkirk | 124 | 2 | 1.6% | 5.8 |
| Fife | 440 | 5 | 1.1% | 17.1 |
| Glasgow City | 520 | 126 | 24.2% | 12.6 |
| Highland | 640 | 31 | 4.8% | 24.3 |
| Inverclyde | 72 | 13 | 18.1% | 7.5 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 69 | 20 | 29.0% | 10.9 |
| Midlothian | 115 | 12 | 10.4% | 21.9 |
| Moray | 138 | 40 | 29.0% | 7.6 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 113 | 6 | 5.3% | 10.0 |
| North Ayrshire | 133 | 8 | 6.0% | 8.5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 169 | 8 | 4.7% | 6.3 |
| Orkney Islands | 69 | 18 | 26.1% | 7.8 |
| Perth and Kinross | 343 | 12 | 3.5% | 8.2 |
| Renfrewshire | 131 | 19 | 14.5% | 18.2 |
| Scottish Borders | 180 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Shetland Islands | 89 | 12 | 13.5% | 7.0 |
| South Ayrshire | 182 | 3 | 1.6% | 5.7 |
| South Lanarkshire | 363 | 9 | 2.5% | 27.0 |
| Stirling | 114 | 1 | 0.9% | 6.7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 74 | 25 | 33.8% | 8.4 |
| West Lothian | 185 | 11 | 5.9% | 39.9 |
| SCOTLAND | 7,245 | 554 | 7.6% | 12.6 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
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