Planning performance statistics 2021/2022: Quarterly (April 2021 to September 2021)
This report presents summary statistics on planning application decision-making timescales for April to September 2021, as well as historic data back to 2017/18. It is based on data collected from Local and Planning Authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012).
10. Clock Stops
Table 2 and Table 3 show the number of applications where the clock was stopped by the planning authority for applications decided in quarters one and two of 2021/22.
In the first two quarters of 2021/22 30 local authorities provided information on particular delays for 1,150 applications that were outwith their control and on which it was agreed it was appropriate to stop the clock for periods of time.
Clock stops were used for 6.0% of all applications not subject to processing agreements in quarter one (547 of 9,170) and 7.1% (603 of 8,527) in quarter two.
| Planning Authority | Total applications decided in 2021/22 Q1 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 212 | 14 | 6.6% | 19.03 |
| Aberdeenshire | 479 | 4 | 0.8% | 3.25 |
| Angus | 165 | - | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 328 | 24 | 7.3% | 11.65 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 1 | - | 0.0% | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 67 | 7 | 10.4% | 11.76 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 380 | 8 | 2.1% | 22.39 |
| Dundee City | 186 | 5 | 2.7% | 34.80 |
| East Ayrshire | 147 | 11 | 7.5% | 11.71 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 265 | 53 | 20.0% | 7.71 |
| East Lothian | 317 | 11 | 3.5% | 37.06 |
| East Renfrewshire | 122 | - | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 1,078 | 15 | 1.4% | 27.87 |
| Falkirk | 135 | 2 | 1.5% | 12.86 |
| Fife | 437 | - | 0.0% | - |
| Glasgow City | 732 | 101 | 13.8% | 13.36 |
| Highland | 793 | 16 | 2.0% | 18.11 |
| Inverclyde | 108 | 9 | 8.3% | 35.95 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 92 | 7 | 7.6% | 29.29 |
| Midlothian | 143 | 6 | 4.2% | 5.38 |
| Moray | 164 | 76 | 46.3% | 10.52 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 134 | 3 | 2.2% | 16.57 |
| North Ayrshire | 178 | 18 | 10.1% | 5.79 |
| North Lanarkshire | 334 | 6 | 1.8% | 11.26 |
| Orkney Islands | 95 | 21 | 22.1% | 6.83 |
| Perth and Kinross | 446 | 8 | 1.8% | 7.13 |
| Renfrewshire | 164 | 46 | 28.0% | 12.80 |
| Scottish Borders | 163 | 3 | 1.8% | 5.38 |
| Shetland Islands | 100 | 3 | 3.0% | 26.57 |
| South Ayrshire | 254 | 2 | 0.8% | 6.86 |
| South Lanarkshire | 402 | 5 | 1.2% | 14.54 |
| Stirling | 217 | 24 | 11.1% | 10.82 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 77 | 27 | 35.1% | 6.98 |
| West Lothian | 255 | 12 | 4.7% | 23.21 |
| Scotland | 9,170 | 547 | 6.0% | 13.4 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
| Planning Authority | Total applications decided in 2021/22 Q2 | Number of applications with clock stopped | Percentage of applications with clock stopped | Average length of time clock stopped (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 218 | 14 | 6.4% | 18.6 |
| Aberdeenshire | 516 | 7 | 1.4% | 6.8 |
| Angus | 121 | - | 0.0% | - |
| Argyll and Bute | 312 | 32 | 10.3% | 20.4 |
| Cairngorms National Park (NP) | 0 | - | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 58 | 2 | 3.4% | 16.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 275 | 2 | 0.7% | 12.4 |
| Dundee City | 178 | 4 | 2.2% | 73.6 |
| East Ayrshire | 114 | 13 | 11.4% | 18.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 219 | 63 | 28.8% | 8.0 |
| East Lothian | 289 | 34 | 11.8% | 15.0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 198 | - | 0.0% | - |
| City of Edinburgh | 918 | 9 | 1.0% | 16.4 |
| Falkirk | 132 | 10 | 7.6% | 22.7 |
| Fife | 434 | - | 0.0% | - |
| Glasgow City | 652 | 110 | 16.9% | 10.9 |
| Highland | 805 | 23 | 2.9% | 23.2 |
| Inverclyde | 73 | 5 | 6.8% | 21.3 |
| Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP | 91 | 28 | 30.8% | 74.9 |
| Midlothian | 114 | 1 | 0.9% | 17.7 |
| Moray | 151 | 70 | 46.4% | 11.0 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 105 | 4 | 3.8% | 13.8 |
| North Ayrshire | 168 | 12 | 7.1% | 6.2 |
| North Lanarkshire | 294 | 9 | 3.1% | 15.1 |
| Orkney Islands | 86 | 26 | 30.2% | 10.3 |
| Perth and Kinross | 370 | 10 | 2.7% | 18.8 |
| Renfrewshire | 197 | 44 | 22.3% | 9.9 |
| Scottish Borders | 169 | 2 | 1.2% | 13.7 |
| Shetland Islands | 66 | 7 | 10.6% | 8.2 |
| South Ayrshire | 299 | 3 | 1.0% | 5.81 |
| South Lanarkshire | 385 | 2 | 0.5% | 10.1 |
| Stirling | 199 | 34 | 17.1% | 6.5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 45 | 13 | 28.9% | 7.3 |
| West Lothian | 276 | 10 | 3.6% | 14.6 |
| Scotland | 8,527 | 603 | 7.1% | 15.6 |
1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.
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