Appendix A
Statistics On Workload And Performance Against Targets
Table 1: Volume Of Cases* Handled By
DPEA
| Business year |
In hand at start of the year |
Received |
Delegated appeals decided |
Reports submitted |
Withdrawn |
In hand at end of the year |
| 2021-22 |
199 |
577 |
468 |
53 |
45 |
210 |
| 2020-21 |
191 |
437 |
365 |
38 |
28 |
197 |
| 2019-20 |
214 |
601 |
470 |
69 |
84 |
192 |
| 2018-19 |
217 |
710 |
586 |
40 |
87 |
214 |
| 2017-18 |
224 |
585 |
500 |
46 |
45 |
217 |
*Includes appeal and non-appeal cases
The total number of cases sisted/suspended as at 31 March 2022 was 45.
Table 2: Types Of Cases Received
| Type Of Case |
2017-2018 |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
| Planning permission appeals |
238 |
291 |
227 |
229 |
258 |
| Planning enforcement appeals |
76 |
89 |
94 |
37 |
76 |
| Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement appeals |
91 |
80 |
69 |
48 |
51 |
| Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement appeals |
55 |
73 |
51 |
33 |
23 |
| High Hedge appeal |
22 |
33 |
17 |
8 |
20 |
| All other types of appeal |
37 |
46 |
45 |
46 |
66 |
| Subtotal: all types of appeals |
519 |
612 |
503 |
401 |
494 |
| Called-in application |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Called-in listed building consent - demolition |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Completion Notice |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Compulsory Purchase Order |
4 |
8 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
| Core Paths Plan |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Extinguishment of Public Right of Way |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Flood Prevention Scheme |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Listed Building Notified Application |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Local Development Plan |
4 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
| Notification Direction |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Notified application |
0 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
| Power Station |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Public path creation/diversion/extinguishment order |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Purchase Notice |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Revocation order |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Roads order |
2 |
16 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Section 36 Wind Farm |
7 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
| Section 37 Transmission line |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Stopping up order |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Strategic Development Plan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Traffic Regulation Order |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Wayleave |
35 |
43 |
52 |
8 |
44 |
| Subtotal: all types of non-appeal cases |
65 |
98 |
98 |
37 |
83 |
| All Cases Received |
584 |
710 |
601 |
438 |
577 |
Table 3: Breakdown Of Cases Received By Their Characteristics
| Characteristics |
2016-2017 |
2017-2018 |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
2020-2021 |
| Advertisement |
61 |
78 |
57 |
33 |
24 |
| Agricultural |
12 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
7 |
| Animal (cattery, kennel, stable etc.) |
6 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
| Building Alterations (householder) |
59 |
94 |
86 |
72 |
72 |
| Building Alterations (non-householder) |
49 |
28 |
20 |
12 |
20 |
| Business |
15 |
37 |
28 |
22 |
9 |
| Car park |
11 |
24 |
23 |
12 |
17 |
| Caravan and Campsites |
10 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
| Cemetery/Religious Building |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Chimney/Flue |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Community Asset Transfer |
0 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
| Compulsory Purchase Order |
3 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
| Demolition |
21 |
14 |
15 |
12 |
13 |
| Designation of Building/Monument |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Development Plan (Local) |
4 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
| Development Plan (Strategic) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Dock/Harbour |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Environmental Appeal |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
| Fencing/Wall |
21 |
29 |
30 |
21 |
31 |
| Fish Farm |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
| Flood Prevention Scheme |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Hazardous Substance |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Hedge |
22 |
32 |
17 |
8 |
20 |
| Holiday/Leisure |
6 |
18 |
19 |
10 |
22 |
| Hospital/Medical Centre |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Hot Food Takeaway |
10 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
| Hotels |
5 |
25 |
46 |
20 |
23 |
| House in Multiple Occupation |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
| Housing (10 or more houses) |
44 |
59 |
55 |
50 |
54 |
| Housing (more than one house) |
28 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
| Housing (single dwelling) |
54 |
58 |
46 |
47 |
43 |
| Hydro/Solar Power |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Industrial |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| Landscaping |
22 |
37 |
37 |
15 |
37 |
| Leisure Facility/Ground |
2 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
| Meteorological/Anemometrical Mast |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Mineral Extraction |
5 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Nursing/Care/Retirement Home |
2 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Other |
29 |
23 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
| Path |
5 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
| Petrol Station |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Power Station/Energy from Waste |
1 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Recycling |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Restaurant/Cafe/Licensed Premises |
5 |
16 |
7 |
13 |
9 |
| Retail (food) |
3 |
5 |
10 |
13 |
6 |
| Retail (non-food) |
4 |
5 |
14 |
9 |
2 |
| Road/Bridge |
11 |
43 |
23 |
14 |
9 |
| Scheduled Monument |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| School/Educational |
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| Shed/Garage |
20 |
26 |
20 |
24 |
27 |
| Short stay accommodation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| Storage (non-warehousing) |
13 |
8 |
19 |
12 |
10 |
| Substation/Transmission Line/Pipeline |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| Telecommunication |
6 |
26 |
1 |
15 |
13 |
| Traffic Regulation Order |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Transport |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Travelling Persons Site |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Tree |
8 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
22 |
| Warehouse/Distribution |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Waste Disposal |
1 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Water/Sewage |
3 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
| Wayleave |
35 |
43 |
51 |
8 |
44 |
| Wind Farm (offshore) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wind Farm (two or more turbines) |
21 |
17 |
12 |
23 |
24 |
| Wind turbine (single) |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| Windows - Timber |
7 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
| Windows - UPVC |
25 |
26 |
21 |
6 |
12 |
Table 4a: Appeal Cases Success Rates By Method Of Determination
| |
Number decided |
Considered by oral process |
Considered by site visit/review of written submissions |
All cases allowed |
| Total |
Allowed |
Percentage |
Total |
Allowed |
Percentage |
Allowed |
Percentage |
| Delegate appeals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Planning permission |
172 |
3 |
1 |
33% |
169 |
93 |
55% |
94 |
55% |
| Planning enforcement |
58 |
0 |
- |
- |
58 |
12 |
21% |
12 |
21% |
| Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement |
47 |
0 |
- |
- |
47 |
16 |
34% |
16 |
34% |
| Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement |
27 |
0 |
- |
- |
27 |
16 |
59% |
16 |
59% |
| High hedge |
11 |
0 |
- |
- |
11 |
7 |
64% |
7 |
64% |
| All others |
52 |
1 |
0 |
0% |
51 |
19 |
37% |
19 |
37% |
| All Delegated Appeals |
367 |
4 |
1 |
25% |
363 |
163 |
45% |
164 |
45% |
| Non-delegated Appeals |
7 |
1 |
1 |
100% |
6 |
2 |
33% |
3 |
43% |
| All Appeals |
374* |
5 |
2 |
40% |
369 |
165 |
45% |
167 |
45% |
*In addition a further 102 appeals were turned away as we had no powers to determine them
Table 4b: Non-Appeal Cases Success Rates By Method Of Determination
| Case types |
Number decided |
Considered by oral process |
Considered by site visit/review of written submissions |
All cases allowed |
| Total |
Allowed |
Percentage |
Total |
Allowed |
Percentage |
Allowed |
Percentage |
| Called-in application |
2 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
100% |
2 |
100% |
| Completion Notice |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0% |
| Compulsory Purchase Order |
6 |
5 |
5 |
100% |
1 |
1 |
100% |
6 |
100% |
| Extinguishment of Public Right of Way |
2 |
2 |
2 |
100% |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
100% |
| Flood Prevention Scheme |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100% |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
100% |
| Listed Building Notified Application |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
100% |
1 |
100% |
| Notified application |
3 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
| Power Station |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100% |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
100% |
| Purchase Notice |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
| Roads order |
4 |
4 |
4 |
100% |
0 |
- |
- |
4 |
100% |
| Section 36 Wind Farm |
4 |
4 |
3 |
75% |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
75% |
| Traffic Regulation Order |
1 |
1 |
1 |
100% |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
100% |
| Wayleave |
3 |
1 |
1 |
100% |
2 |
2 |
100% |
3 |
100% |
| Total: All Non-appeal Cases |
30 |
20 |
18 |
90% |
10 |
6 |
60% |
24 |
80% |
Table 5: Success Rates For Delegated Appeals By Planning Authority
| Planning authority |
Appeals decided |
Appeals allowed |
Success rate |
| Aberdeen City Council |
19 |
10 |
53% |
| Aberdeenshire Council |
16 |
9 |
56% |
| Angus Council |
5 |
1 |
20% |
| Argyll and Bute Council |
7 |
6 |
86% |
| Cairngorms National Park Authority |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| City of Edinburgh Council |
72 |
31 |
43% |
| Clackmannanshire Council |
3 |
2 |
67% |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council |
10 |
5 |
50% |
| Dundee City Council |
13 |
8 |
62% |
| East Ayrshire Council |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| East Dunbartonshire Council |
6 |
4 |
67% |
| East Lothian Council |
11 |
2 |
18% |
| East Renfrewshire Council |
4 |
2 |
50% |
| Falkirk Council |
4 |
1 |
25% |
| Fife Council |
26 |
11 |
42% |
| Glasgow City Council |
36 |
10 |
28% |
| Highland Council |
28 |
17 |
61% |
| Historic Environment Scotland |
6 |
5 |
83% |
| Inverclyde Council |
7 |
4 |
57% |
| Midlothian Council |
2 |
0 |
0% |
| Moray Council |
2 |
1 |
50% |
| North Ayrshire Council |
4 |
1 |
25% |
| North Lanarkshire Council |
11 |
2 |
18% |
| Orkney Islands Council |
2 |
1 |
50% |
| Perth and Kinross Council |
12 |
6 |
50% |
| Renfrewshire Council |
13 |
7 |
54% |
| Scottish Borders Council |
7 |
1 |
14% |
| Scottish Forestry |
2 |
1 |
50% |
| Shetland Islands Council |
2 |
2 |
100% |
| South Ayrshire Council |
8 |
5 |
63% |
| South Lanarkshire Council |
6 |
3 |
50% |
| Stirling Council |
4 |
0 |
0% |
| West Dunbartonshire Council |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| West Lothian Council |
12 |
6 |
50% |
| Total |
367 |
164 |
45% |
Note: if an authority is not listed in table 5 it means no delegated decisions have been issued for sites within said authority's area within the period.
Table 6a: Development Plan Examinations Completed
| Development plans |
Number of reporters |
Weeks to complete |
| Proposed East Renfrewshire Local Development Plan 2 |
4 |
42 |
| North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan - Modified Proposed Plan |
3 |
35 |
| South Ayrshire Local Development Plan |
3 |
46 |
Table 6b: Development Plan Examinations In Hand Or Completed After End Of March
| Development plans |
Received |
Report date |
| Argyll & Bute Proposed Local Development Plan |
25/01/2022 |
|
| Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2020 |
22/07/2021 |
|
| East Dunbartonshire Proposed Local Development Plan |
15/06/2021 |
|
| Proposed Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2020 |
12/03/2021 |
22/06/2022 |
Table 7: Expenses Claims
| |
Number of claims |
Successful claims |
| By a main contact against: |
|
|
| An authority |
52 |
11 |
| By another party against: |
|
|
| An authority |
1 |
0 |
Table 8: Performance Against Our Targets
| Procedure |
Target number of weeks to determine |
Number of appeals |
Performance against target |
Average weeks taken to determine |
| No Further Procedure |
8 |
0 |
- |
- |
| Site Inspection |
12 |
206 |
81% |
12.2 |
| Further Written Submission |
20 |
161 |
66% |
21.6 |
| Hearing |
26 |
3 |
33% |
26.1 |
| Inquiry |
32 |
1 |
0% |
35.4 |
