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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6. Approval Rates

The overall rate of approvals for all types of application[3] (including legacy applications) was 93.6% in quarter 3 and 94.7% in quarter four of 2019/20. These were both slightly higher than the corresponding rates of 93.5% and 94.0% for the respective quarters in the previous year.

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