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).
4. Processing Agreements
Some local authorities use processing agreements where the developer and the local authority agree on timescales for decisions. Applications subject to a processing agreement are not included in average decision time calculations.
In the final six months of 2019/20 there were 1,193 applications decided that had processing agreements, 170 fewer than in the same period in the previous year.
In quarter three 7.1% of all applications (604 of 8,528) had processing agreements, in quarter four this increased to 7.5% (589 of 7,834) of all applications having a processing agreement.
| Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of development | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales |
| Major Applications | 28 | 75.0% | 18 | 55.6% |
| Local Applications | 497 | 77.7% | 503 | 80.5% |
| EIA Developments | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | - |
| Other Consents | 77 | 76.6% | 68 | 75.0% |
| Total | 604 | 77.3% | 589 | 79.1% |
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Email: planstats@gov.scot
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