England’s Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published live tables for statistics on planning applications at national and local planning authority level, including statistics on planning applications in England between April and June 2017 and the first set of performance statistics for the new ‘quality’ designation process, as the proportion of decisions lost at appeal as a proxy for the quality of decision-making.
DCLG writes:
Historical live tables and statistical releases for the annual development control statistics covering 2004-05 to 2008-09 are available from The National Archives. This annual release was discontinued during 2009, but most of the information that was provided is now included in the quarterly planning application releases.
Historical live tables for the quarterly planning application statistics covering January 2008 to June 2012 are also available from The National Archives, including quarterly statistical releases covering January 2008 to December 2009.
Historical live tables from July 2012 are available in the historical live tables section at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics#historical-live-tables
DCLG also reports:
The statistics published show that between April to June 2017, district level planning authorities in England:
- received 123,300 applications for planning permission, down five per cent on the corresponding quarter of 2016;
- granted 98,700 decisions, down two per cent from the same quarter in 2016; this is equivalent to 88 per cent of decisions, unchanged on the same quarter of 2016;
- decided 87 per cent of major applications within 13 weeks or the agreed time, up from 84 per cent a year earlier;
- granted 12,200 residential applications, unchanged on a year earlier: 1,500 for major developments and 10,600 for minors;
- granted 2,500 applications for commercial developments, down ten per cent on a year earlier; and
- received 11,000 applications for prior approval for permitted development rights, down eight per cent from the same quarter of 2016. Of these, 1,400 applications were for changes to residential use, of which 1,000 were approved without having to go through the full planning process.
In the year ending June 2017, district level planning authorities:
- granted 384,000 decisions, up one per cent from the figure for the year ending June 2016;
- granted 50,100 decisions on residential developments: 6,600 for major developments and 43,500 for minors, up on the year ending June 2016 by nine per cent and five per cent respectively; and
- granted 10,900 applications for commercial developments, down three per cent on the year ending June 2016.
For further information and the full text download the Statistical Release
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