Publication - Statistics

Planning Applications Statistics 2023/24: Quarterly (April 2023 to September 2023)

Published: 14 February 2024
From: Director-General Communities, +1 more … Director of Local Government and Housing
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate, +1 more … Local Government and Housing Directorate
Part of: Building, planning and design
ISBN: 9781835219324

Statistics on planning applications and decision-making timescales for the first two quarters of 2023-2024. Data are collected as part of the Planning Performance Framework from local and planning authorities.

Planning statistics

Supporting documents

Key Points

Local Development Applications

Over 11,700 applications were decided in the first two quarters of 2023/24. This was 11 per cent lower than the same period in 2022/23. Average decision times remained longer than before the pandemic.

Major Development Applications

The number of major applications continued to decline. There were 111 decisions in the first two quarters of 2023/24 compared to 121 in the same period in 2022/23.

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Email: Planning_Stats@gov.scot

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Key Points

Local Development Applications

Major Development Applications

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