Planning performance statistics 2019/2020: quarterly (October to March)
Summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for April 2019 to March 2020 with historic data going back to 2015/2016. It is based on data we collect from local and planning authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012).
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4. Processing Agreements
Some local authorities use processing agreements where the developer and the local authority agree on timescales for decisions. Applications subject to a processing agreement are not included in average decision time calculations.
In the final six months of 2019/20 there were 1,193 applications decided that had processing agreements, 170 fewer than in the same period in the previous year.
In quarter three 7.1% of all applications (604 of 8,528) had processing agreements, in quarter four this increased to 7.5% (589 of 7,834) of all applications having a processing agreement.
| Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of development | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales | Number of Decisions | % Within Agreed Timescales |
| Major Applications | 28 | 75.0% | 18 | 55.6% |
| Local Applications | 497 | 77.7% | 503 | 80.5% |
| EIA Developments | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | - |
| Other Consents | 77 | 76.6% | 68 | 75.0% |
| Total | 604 | 77.3% | 589 | 79.1% |
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