Planning Authority Performance Statistics 2013/14

This report presents statistics on planning decision-making and timescales across the years 2012/13 and 2013/14. It is based on quarterly data collected by the Scottish Government from Local and Planning Authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012). Longer term trends are also presented where data for earlier years is available in a comparable format.


9. Approval Rates

Percentage of all applications approved in period (Annual, 2013/14 - Table 33)

2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2010/11
94.1% 92.8% 92.2% 92.9%

The overall rate of approvals for all types of application was 94.1% for the year 2013/14. This is the highest approval rate since 2010/11 when the rate was 92.9%.

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