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).


6. Approval Rates

The overall rate of approvals for all types of application[3] (including legacy applications) was 93.9% in quarter one and 94.8% in quarter two of 2020/21. The corresponding rate for both quarters in the previous year was 94.3%.

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