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.
4. Average decision times - Quarterly trends for Local Developments
4.1 All Local Developments
There were 7,027 local applications decided during the fourth quarter of 2013/14, with an overall average decision time of 10.5 weeks, lower than both the previous quarter (10.7 weeks) and the equivalent quarter in 2012/13 (11.9 weeks). When the additional 22 legacy cases are included the average decision time increases to 11.1 weeks. (Quarter 4, 2013/14 - Tables 3 & 4)
| Chart 13: All Local Development Planning Applications - Number of decisions
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Chart 14: All Local Development Planning Applications - Average decision time (weeks)
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4.2 Householder Developments
These include all applications for development in the curtilage of a residential property which are not change of use, for example: extensions, alterations to garages, swimming pools, walls, fences, driveways or porches.
There were 3,217 householder applications decided during the fourth quarter of 2013/14, with an overall average decision time of 7.7 weeks, higher than the previous quarter (7.4 weeks) but lower than the equivalent quarter in 2012/13 (7.9 weeks). There were no householder legacy cases decided during 2013/14. (Quarter 4, 2013/14 - Table 6)
| Chart 15: Householder developments - Number of decisions
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Chart 16: Householder developments - Average decision time (weeks)
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4.3 Local Housing
There were 1,409 local housing applications decided during the fourth quarter of 2013/14, with an overall average decision time of 15.0 weeks, similar to the previous quarter (14.8 weeks) but lower than the equivalent quarter in 2012/13 (17.8 weeks). When the additional 16 legacy cases are included the average decision time increases to 16.9 weeks. (Quarter 4, 2013/14 - Table 8)
| Chart 17: Local Housing developments - Number of decisions
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Chart 18: Local Housing developments - Average decision time (weeks)
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4.4 Local Business and Industry
There were 579 local business and industry applications decided during the fourth quarter of 2013/14, with an overall average decision time of 11.5 weeks, similar to the previous quarter (11.3 weeks) but lower than the equivalent quarter in 2012/13 (12.7 weeks). When the additional 4 legacy cases are included the average decision time increases by 2.3 weeks to 13.8 weeks. (Quarter 4, 2013/14 - Table 10)
| Chart 19: Local Business and Industry developments - Number of decisions
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Chart 20: Local Business and Industry developments - Average decision time (weeks)
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Information on decisions for other specific categories of local developments is available within the detailed Excel tables at:
Planning Authority Performance Statistics 2013/14 Quarter 4
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