Planning performance statistics: fourth quarter 2017-2018 and annual
Latest summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for the year April 2017 to March 2018, as well as historic data going back to 2013-2014.
12. Local Developments by Planning Authority, 2017/18 - post 3 rd August 2009 applications
12.1 Local Developments – by development type, 2017/18
Chart 55 shows the case mix by planning authority, ordered by the most frequent (householder) applications. For sixteen planning authorities from East Renfrewshire down to South Ayrshire over half of decisions made on local developments were for householder applications. At the other end of the scale, in the Cairngorms National Park there were no decisions for householder applications. The case mix may influence overall average decision times within a particular authority. For example, given that householder applications are on average decided more quickly than other types, it might be expected that overall average decision times will be lower for those planning authorities that have a higher proportion of householder applications in their case mix.
Chart 55: Local Developments by planning authority and development type, 2017/18 1
1. The number in brackets gives the total number of local development decisions by planning authority (excluding processing agreements). See Section 2 for further details of processing agreements.
12.2 Local Developments – decision times, 2017/18
Charts 56 and 57 show average decision times for local developments and the percentages of decisions made in less than two months ordered by the number of decisions made for local developments in each planning authority. In total there were 26,220 decisions made on local developments in 2017/18 with an overall average decision time of 9.0 weeks.
Chart 56: Local Developments by planning authority, 2017/18: Average decision time (weeks)
1. The number in brackets gives the total number of local development decisions by planning authority (excluding processing agreements). See Section 2 for further details of processing agreements.
The average decision time for the Cairngorms National Park (13.1 weeks for 1 application) has not been shown in the above chart. It should be expected that Cairngorms has a longer average decision time as they do not receive planning applications directly but are notified of applications which have been made to those planning authorities within the National Park boundaries. Cairngorms National Park may then decide to call applications in for their determination. Planning applications are likely to have already been in the system for a number of weeks before being transferred to Cairngorms National Park. In addition, Cairngorms National Park have no householder applications in their case mix for 2017/18. For these reasons average times for Cairngorms National Park applications can be expected to be higher than those of the other planning authorities. In 2017/18 Cairngorms National Park made decisions for a further 10 local applications using processing agreements all of these meeting agreed timescales.
Chart 57: Local Developments by planning authority, 2017/18: Percentage under 2 months
At Scotland level the percentage of decisions made in less than two months was 74.1%. Highland made the most decisions on local developments (2,580) and 64.9% of these were made in less than 2 months.
Table 7: Local Applications: Average Time & Percentage under 2 months
| Planning Authority | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | 2014/15 | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | Number of applications | Percent Under 2 Months | Overall Average Time (weeks) | |
| Aberdeen City | 688 | 79.7% | 8.7 | 883 | 52.4% | 10.5 | 1,140 | 46.7% | 12.2 | 1,170 | 36.3% | 14.4 | 1,227 | 52.2% | 12.5 | 1,189 | 52.6% | 11.9 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,810 | 87.2% | 8.2 | 1,905 | 89.6% | 8.6 | 2,685 | 76.1% | 10.7 | 2,982 | 65.5% | 11.9 | 2,913 | 69.9% | 12.2 | 3,075 | 62.7% | 15.4 |
| Angus | 551 | 88.6% | 6.5 | 642 | 88.3% | 7.8 | 727 | 77.4% | 9.2 | 737 | 80.6% | 9.1 | 798 | 75.3% | 8.2 | 763 | 80.3% | 9.2 |
| Argyll & Bute | 1,034 | 63.7% | 11.0 | 1,053 | 64.7% | 10.6 | 996 | 73.4% | 9.2 | 1,097 | 77.8% | 9.5 | 1,083 | 76.3% | 10.3 | 1,061 | 69.2% | 11.6 |
| Cairngorms NP | 1 | 0.0% | 13.1 | 2 | 0.0% | 70.8 | 7 | 14.3% | 14.6 | 37 | 13.5% | 21.3 | 46 | 19.6% | 17.7 | 48 | 8.3% | 18.3 |
| Clackmannanshire | 194 | 87.1% | 6.7 | 199 | 89.9% | 7.1 | 195 | 87.2% | 6.5 | 184 | 94.0% | 6.4 | 197 | 92.4% | 6.8 | 192 | 84.9% | 7.8 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 1,039 | 54.7% | 10.9 | 957 | 58.6% | 10.5 | 1,110 | 66.9% | 9.8 | 1,860 | 69.4% | 9.5 | 1,485 | 50.3% | 11.9 | 1,264 | 46.8% | 12.9 |
| Dundee City | 429 | 79.7% | 8.2 | 421 | 84.8% | 7.4 | 462 | 77.1% | 8.1 | 401 | 81.8% | 7.8 | 438 | 81.7% | 7.6 | 377 | 84.1% | 7.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 414 | 81.6% | 9.4 | 507 | 73.6% | 10.0 | 432 | 69.2% | 11.8 | 429 | 62.0% | 12.7 | 430 | 68.6% | 13.0 | 492 | 60.4% | 11.7 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 699 | 88.7% | 9.3 | 629 | 84.4% | 9.5 | 646 | 86.5% | 9.4 | 623 | 92.5% | 8.6 | 618 | 90.3% | 8.7 | 662 | 84.1% | 10.1 |
| East Lothian | 802 | 82.9% | 9.8 | 769 | 82.7% | 10.4 | 785 | 85.4% | 9.0 | 749 | 87.0% | 9.7 | 840 | 86.5% | 10.7 | 738 | 83.3% | 11.6 |
| East Renfrewshire | 570 | 75.1% | 7.9 | 616 | 82.1% | 7.2 | 600 | 91.8% | 6.9 | 606 | 87.5% | 7.0 | 581 | 85.0% | 7.3 | 546 | 84.2% | 8.3 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,984 | 67.8% | 10.7 | 1,979 | 77.2% | 9.8 | 2,253 | 79.0% | 9.4 | 2,219 | 78.2% | 9.1 | 2,148 | 80.6% | 8.6 | 2,069 | 82.4% | 8.3 |
| Falkirk | 510 | 84.9% | 7.6 | 510 | 83.3% | 8.6 | 493 | 80.3% | 9.4 | 512 | 78.1% | 8.9 | 514 | 79.6% | 8.8 | 507 | 65.9% | 11.7 |
| Fife | 1,696 | 58.8% | 10.6 | 1,833 | 58.9% | 11.7 | 1,767 | 59.0% | 11.2 | 1,899 | 55.8% | 11.9 | 1,756 | 60.3% | 12.7 | 1,751 | 64.2% | 12.8 |
| Glasgow City | 1,581 | 71.9% | 9.9 | 1,712 | 73.7% | 9.7 | 1,565 | 63.9% | 10.6 | 1,503 | 69.3% | 10.7 | 1,584 | 67.5% | 11.0 | 1,403 | 69.6% | 11.3 |
| Highland | 2,580 | 64.9% | 10.2 | 2,392 | 65.1% | 11.0 | 2,487 | 68.6% | 10.6 | 2,383 | 70.9% | 10.7 | 2,597 | 70.7% | 10.6 | 2,436 | 67.3% | 11.4 |
| Inverclyde | 329 | 86.9% | 7.4 | 301 | 88.7% | 7.5 | 279 | 91.0% | 6.7 | 270 | 91.9% | 7.0 | 303 | 86.8% | 7.1 | 306 | 82.4% | 7.7 |
| Loch Lomond & The Trossachs NP | 226 | 47.3% | 10.8 | 238 | 33.6% | 12.1 | 223 | 39.0% | 12.3 | 193 | 56.5% | 12.2 | 201 | 63.7% | 12.0 | 237 | 59.9% | 12.3 |
| Midlothian | 459 | 86.9% | 9.1 | 403 | 83.4% | 8.5 | 488 | 83.0% | 8.7 | 423 | 87.0% | 8.4 | 424 | 85.1% | 10.0 | 444 | 74.8% | 10.8 |
| Moray | 654 | 95.6% | 6.1 | 596 | 95.8% | 6.7 | 718 | 94.6% | 7.2 | 789 | 92.6% | 7.2 | 856 | 83.3% | 10.1 | 817 | 67.2% | 14.9 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 351 | 51.3% | 9.3 | 360 | 69.4% | 7.6 | 317 | 65.9% | 8.6 | 353 | 64.3% | 11.1 | 400 | 60.5% | 9.8 | 413 | 59.1% | 10.7 |
| North Ayrshire | 456 | 98.7% | 5.3 | 512 | 99.2% | 5.2 | 454 | 98.7% | 5.3 | 471 | 97.7% | 5.7 | 495 | 96.0% | 6.2 | 457 | 90.8% | 7.7 |
| North Lanarkshire | 732 | 82.7% | 6.9 | 858 | 76.3% | 8.1 | 858 | 68.9% | 9.6 | 838 | 73.3% | 9.2 | 917 | 87.5% | 8.4 | 875 | 73.7% | 11.3 |
| Orkney Islands | 332 | 69.3% | 8.3 | 386 | 72.0% | 8.5 | 435 | 64.4% | 8.6 | 365 | 67.4% | 9.0 | 381 | 62.7% | 10.6 | 609 | 46.1% | 10.7 |
| Perth & Kinross | 1,273 | 84.8% | 7.8 | 1,331 | 87.2% | 7.4 | 1,407 | 81.8% | 9.1 | 1,412 | 72.1% | 9.5 | 1,495 | 73.5% | 10.3 | 1,449 | 69.4% | 10.2 |
| Renfrewshire | 554 | 61.9% | 8.7 | 547 | 67.3% | 8.5 | 554 | 72.0% | 8.6 | 532 | 80.8% | 7.7 | 566 | 80.7% | 7.8 | 556 | 78.8% | 9.2 |
| Scottish Borders | 594 | 86.9% | 7.2 | 635 | 86.0% | 7.2 | 884 | 73.6% | 12.1 | 912 | 68.0% | 15.0 | 907 | 69.7% | 16.6 | 947 | 64.2% | 13.9 |
| Shetland Islands | 243 | 55.1% | 10.2 | 305 | 46.6% | 11.9 | 313 | 47.0% | 12.3 | 294 | 57.1% | 9.6 | 356 | 57.0% | 11.0 | 286 | 68.2% | 11.0 |
| South Ayrshire | 731 | 85.5% | 7.4 | 640 | 89.8% | 6.8 | 687 | 90.4% | 6.4 | 736 | 79.5% | 7.9 | 693 | 90.8% | 7.1 | 722 | 86.7% | 7.6 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,290 | 66.5% | 8.7 | 1,470 | 76.6% | 7.8 | 1,375 | 72.8% | 10.3 | 1,431 | 71.1% | 10.9 | 1,327 | 67.3% | 13.1 | 1,274 | 68.8% | 11.9 |
| Stirling | 624 | 67.0% | 9.6 | 621 | 68.6% | 9.6 | 596 | 68.1% | 10.2 | 579 | 73.7% | 9.5 | 630 | 77.6% | 9.5 | 580 | 78.4% | 9.7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 213 | 66.2% | 8.9 | 194 | 81.4% | 8.3 | 208 | 69.2% | 8.8 | 180 | 75.0% | 8.5 | 208 | 75.5% | 9.8 | 213 | 83.1% | 9.3 |
| West Lothian | 577 | 78.2% | 8.1 | 580 | 82.6% | 8.4 | 618 | 82.4% | 8.7 | 570 | 83.9% | 8.0 | 612 | 77.8% | 9.2 | 574 | 73.2% | 12.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 26,220 | 74.1% | 9.0 | 26,986 | 75.4% | 9.2 | 28,764 | 73.4% | 9.7 | 29,739 | 72.1% | 10.1 | 30,026 | 72.7% | 10.6 | 29,332 | 69.4% | 11.4 |
Aberdeen City and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs saw the biggest improvements in the percentage of decisions made in less than two months between 2016/17 and 2017/18 ( Annual, 2017/18 - Table 4).
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