Planning performance statistics: annual and quarterly reports, 2016-2017

Statistics on planning decision-making and timescales between the periods 2012 to 2013 and 2016 to 2017.


Footnotes

1 Figures exclude pre 3 rd August 2009 legacy cases and processing agreements.

2 Local Developments include applications for household extensions and loft conversions etc, smaller housing and retail developments, as well as various other types of Local Developments.

3 Major Developments include applications for developments of 50 or more homes, as well as certain waste, water, transport and energy-related developments, larger retail developments, and other types of Major Developments.

4 Applications for Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions ( AMSCs) relate to conditions attached to planning permission in principle requiring the further approval, consent or agreement of the planning authority for any detailed aspect of the development

5 Figures exclude pre 3 rd August 2009 legacy cases and processing agreements.

6 The validation date, from which the time period for determination runs, is the date when the final piece of information for an application is received from the applicant.

Contact

Email: planstats@gov.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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