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Planning performance statistics 2009-2010

13/08/2010

Updated statistics on planning performance in Scotland have been released today by Scotland's Chief Statistician.

The main findings are:

• The number of planning applications decided by Scotland's planning authorities decreased from 47,220 in 2008/09 to 40,368 in 2009/10, a decrease of 14.5 per cent. During the same period, there was a decrease of 7 per cent in the number of applications received
• The percentage of local applications decided within two months increased from from 62.2 per cent in 2008/09 to 63.4 per cent in 2009/10. The percentage of major applications decided in under four months declined from 38.7 per cent in 2008/09 to 37.0 per cent in 2009/10
• Approval rates of all applications increased from 92 per cent to 93 per cent