Planning Performance Statistics 2020/21: Quarterly (October 2020 To March 2021)
This report presents summary statistics on planning application decision-making timescales for October 2020 to March 2021, 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 three and four of 2020/21.
In the final six months of 2020/21 29 local authorities provided information on particular delays for 1,099 applications that were outwith their control and on which it was agreed it was appropriate to stop the clock for periods of time; 521 from 27 authorities in quarter three and 578 across 29 authorities in quarter four. In the previous year clock stopped periods were reported for 1,164 applications.
| Planning Authority | Total applications decided in 2020/21 Q3 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 176 | 13 | 7.4% | 21.3 |
| Aberdeenshire | 394 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Angus | 134 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 296 | 45 | 15.2% | 20.5 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 0 | - | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 64 | 5 | 7.8% | 3.3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 246 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Dundee City | 156 | 9 | 5.8% | 32.9 |
| East Ayrshire | 114 | 11 | 9.6% | 28.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 224 | 53 | 23.7% | 5.2 |
| East Lothian | 268 | 21 | 7.8% | 27.1 |
| East Renfrewshire | 145 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 823 | 5 | 0.6% | 31.5 |
| Falkirk | 123 | 3 | 2.4% | 12.5 |
| Fife | 469 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Glasgow City | 538 | 105 | 19.5% | 14.8 |
| Highland | 621 | 16 | 2.6% | 28.6 |
| Inverclyde | 94 | 8 | 8.5% | 33.5 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 57 | 13 | 22.8% | 12.0 |
| Midlothian | 102 | 6 | 5.9% | 14.1 |
| Moray | 177 | 64 | 36.2% | 10.1 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 104 | 5 | 4.8% | 29.0 |
| North Ayrshire | 168 | 9 | 5.4% | 10.2 |
| North Lanarkshire | 264 | 12 | 4.5% | 13.9 |
| Orkney Islands | 83 | 19 | 22.9% | 13.9 |
| Perth and Kinross | 414 | 11 | 2.7% | 26.4 |
| Renfrewshire | 158 | 28 | 17.7% | 15.9 |
| Scottish Borders | 178 | 3 | 1.7% | 15.4 |
| Shetland Islands | 52 | 3 | 5.8% | 17.7 |
| South Ayrshire | 197 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| South Lanarkshire | 386 | 8 | 2.1% | 17.4 |
| Stirling | 188 | 6 | 3.2% | 4.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 64 | 31 | 48.4% | 9.0 |
| West Lothian | 213 | 9 | 4.2% | 25.8 |
| Scotland | 7,690 | 521 | 6.8% | 15.8 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
| Planning Authority | Total applications decided in 2020/21 Q4 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 165 | 13 | 7.9% | 23.8 |
| Aberdeenshire | 391 | 6 | 1.5% | 9.0 |
| Angus | 131 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 284 | 39 | 13.7% | 14.9 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 0 | - | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 54 | 6 | 11.1% | 16.3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 280 | 6 | 2.1% | 5.4 |
| Dundee City | 133 | 6 | 4.5% | 18.3 |
| East Ayrshire | 102 | 7 | 6.9% | 4.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 205 | 48 | 23.4% | 5.0 |
| East Lothian | 329 | 15 | 4.6% | 35.7 |
| East Renfrewshire | 299 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 894 | 6 | 0.7% | 73.3 |
| Falkirk | 106 | 6 | 5.7% | 9.1 |
| Fife | 385 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Glasgow City | 589 | 152 | 25.8% | 10.3 |
| Highland | 683 | 17 | 2.5% | 17.9 |
| Inverclyde | 91 | 5 | 5.5% | 26.9 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 83 | 14 | 16.9% | 24.6 |
| Midlothian | 97 | 8 | 8.2% | 21.7 |
| Moray | 156 | 68 | 43.6% | 10.2 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 117 | 9 | 7.7% | 19.7 |
| North Ayrshire | 121 | 5 | 4.1% | 7.1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 166 | 4 | 2.4% | 24.0 |
| Orkney Islands | 122 | 24 | 19.7% | 31.6 |
| Perth and Kinross | 368 | 11 | 3.0% | 8.9 |
| Renfrewshire | 158 | 46 | 29.1% | 6.2 |
| Scottish Borders | 161 | 3 | 1.9% | 41.8 |
| Shetland Islands | 102 | 3 | 2.9% | 9.7 |
| South Ayrshire | 186 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| South Lanarkshire | 408 | 4 | 1.0% | 28.2 |
| Stirling | 208 | 14 | 6.7% | 2.9 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 58 | 19 | 32.8% | 10.2 |
| West Lothian | 258 | 14 | 5.4% | 10.6 |
| Scotland | 7,890 | 578 | 7.3% | 13.5 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
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