Planning performance statistics 2020/2021: quarterly (April 2020 to September 2020)

This report presents summary statistics on planning application decision-making timescales for April to September 2020, as well as historic data back to 2016/17. It is based on data collected from Local and Planning Authorities as part of the Planning Performance Framework (introduced in 2012).

This document is part of a collection


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For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Planning Statistics, Communities Analysis Division,

Area 2-H Dockside, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ

Telephone: 0131 244 0439, 

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Office of the Chief Statistician, Telephone: 0131 244 0442,

E-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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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