Planning performance statistics 2020/2021: quarterly (April 2020 to September 2020)
This report presents summary statistics on planning application decision-making timescales for April to September 2020, as well as historic data back to 2016/17. It is based on data collected 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 one and two of 2020/21.
In the first six months of 2020/21 30 local authorities provided information on particular delays for 777 applications that were outwith their control and on which it was agreed it was appropriate to stop the clock for periods of time; 399 from 28 authorities in quarter one and 378 across 30 authorities in quarter two.
Clock stops were not used where there was a delay to authority processing as a result of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions.
| Planning Authority | Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2020/21 Q1 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 165 | 12 | 7.3% | 24.4 |
| Aberdeenshire | 298 | 7 | 2.3% | 15.6 |
| Angus | 124 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 202 | 19 | 9.4% | 20.0 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 39 | 5 | 12.8% | 6.8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 240 | 6 | 2.5% | 5.9 |
| Dundee City | 114 | 2 | 1.8% | 25.6 |
| East Ayrshire | 54 | 6 | 11.1% | 5.4 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 144 | 44 | 30.6% | 4.0 |
| East Lothian | 281 | 18 | 6.4% | 26.5 |
| East Renfrewshire | 96 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 611 | 9 | 1.5% | 29.6 |
| Falkirk | 51 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Fife | 347 | 1 | 0.3% | 4.0 |
| Glasgow City | 512 | 63 | 12.3% | 10.2 |
| Highland | 632 | 6 | 0.9% | 25.7 |
| Inverclyde | 75 | 6 | 8.0% | 26.8 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 25 | 8 | 32.0% | 18.2 |
| Midlothian | 86 | 10 | 11.6% | 8.6 |
| Moray | 166 | 57 | 34.3% | 5.2 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 85 | 4 | 4.7% | 17.3 |
| North Ayrshire | 112 | 6 | 5.4% | 5.0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 116 | 7 | 6.0% | 13.9 |
| Orkney Islands | 104 | 21 | 20.2% | 16.4 |
| Perth and Kinross | 224 | 8 | 3.6% | 9.0 |
| Renfrewshire | 138 | 31 | 22.5% | 14.8 |
| Scottish Borders | 131 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Shetland Islands | 40 | 8 | 20.0% | 12.1 |
| South Ayrshire | 62 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| South Lanarkshire | 263 | 4 | 1.5% | 48.0 |
| Stirling | 198 | 2 | 1.0% | 8.6 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 65 | 17 | 26.2% | 8.9 |
| West Lothian | 150 | 12 | 8.0% | 12.5 |
| SCOTLAND | 5,951 | 399 | 6.7% | 12.6 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
| Planning Authority | Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2020/21 Q2 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 110 | 6 | 5.5% | 11.3 |
| Aberdeenshire | 351 | 5 | 1.4% | 15.7 |
| Angus | 125 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 259 | 19 | 7.3% | 16.8 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 56 | 6 | 10.7% | 6.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 260 | 3 | 1.2% | 4.2 |
| Dundee City | 133 | 6 | 4.5% | 15.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 112 | 4 | 3.6% | 2.6 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 189 | 58 | 30.7% | 6.1 |
| East Lothian | 264 | 30 | 11.4% | 11.8 |
| East Renfrewshire | 112 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 598 | 7 | 1.2% | 31.0 |
| Falkirk | 113 | 1 | 0.9% | 2.9 |
| Fife | 315 | 1 | 0.3% | 91.6 |
| Glasgow City | 371 | 71 | 19.1% | 10.5 |
| Highland | 594 | 2 | 0.3% | 51.6 |
| Inverclyde | 74 | 10 | 13.5% | 8.2 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | 29.0 |
| Midlothian | 79 | 2 | 2.5% | 11.0 |
| Moray | 124 | 33 | 26.6% | 10.4 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 92 | 5 | 5.4% | 9.5 |
| North Ayrshire | 124 | 8 | 6.5% | 13.9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 164 | 3 | 1.8% | 18.0 |
| Orkney Islands | 82 | 17 | 20.7% | 8.4 |
| Perth and Kinross | 291 | 11 | 3.8% | 24.5 |
| Renfrewshire | 124 | 10 | 8.1% | 7.4 |
| Scottish Borders | 161 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Shetland Islands | 44 | 8 | 18.2% | 8.6 |
| South Ayrshire | 227 | 1 | 0.4% | 10.0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 355 | 10 | 2.8% | 35.7 |
| Stirling | 164 | 8 | 4.9% | 19.4 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 43 | 17 | 39.5% | 13.3 |
| West Lothian | 233 | 10 | 4.3% | 18.5 |
| SCOTLAND | 6,382 | 378 | 5.9% | 12.7 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
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