Planning performance statistics 2019/2020: annual

Summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for April 2019 to March 2020 with historic data going back to 2012/13. It is based on data collected by the Scottish Government from Local and Planning Authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012).

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How to access background or source data

The data collected for this statistical bulletin:

☐ are available in more detail through statistics.gov.scot.
☒ are available via excel spreadsheets on the Planning Statistics webpages at:
https://www.gov.scot/collections/planning-statistics
Details for individual planning applications are also available on planning authorities' eplanning websites.
☒ may be made available on request, subject to consideration of legal and ethical factors. Please contact planstats@gov.scot for further information.
☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data controller.

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