Planning Turnaround


Development Management – Planning Analysis

This development management analysis includes consideration of turnaround times for processing planning applications.  These traditional performance measures, long collected by the Government to measure success in the planning system, are lagging indicators; they measure what has already happened in the system and are not necessarily an indicator of a good experience for the customer.  

Turnaround time from the date of a valid application being received to a decision may only be 5 or 6 weeks, but from the customers perspective the clock starts when they hand in their application to the council, or their agent whether it is a valid application or not.  

Planning will always be a contentious subject as the outcomes can affect so many individuals and organisations, a ‘good’ decision could differ for the applicant, neighbour, parish council or community as a whole and a range of factors should be considered by an authority to determine the successful performance of their planning department.

We would be interested to hear from authorities that are using alternative indicators to manage their performance or who would like to share their improvement stories with the rural planning community.

Our latest analysis focuses on the following indicators:

•    Turnaround time for Major Planning Applications
•    Turnaround time for Minor Planning Applications
•    Turnaround Time for Other Planning Applications

 LATEST RSN ANALYSIS: 

RSN Development - Quarterly Analysis
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RSN Development Management
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All figures contained within this analysis come from live tables on planning application statistics, found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics

Local Planning Authority Performance

Local planning authority performance is an important area to manage and monitor, with significant consequences where an authority is deemed to be underperforming against set criteria (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-planning-performance-criteria-for-designation). To help understand your authority's position, the following analysis presents data showing the speed and quality of decisions made over a two year period. All data is taken from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics, and future published data from the same source will be used to keep the analysis up to date.

- Analysis of Local planning authority performance


 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS: 

District - Analysis for Quarter 1 to 4, 2022
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 to 4, 2022
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2022
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2022
District - Analysis for Quarter 1 to 4, 2021
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 to 4, 2021
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2021
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2021
District - Analysis for Quarter 1, 2020 - 2021
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1, 2020 - 2021
District - Analysis for the year ending June 2020
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending June 2020
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2019
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2019
District - Analysis for Quarter 3, 2019 - 2020
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 3, 2019 - 2020
District - Analysis for the year ending Sept 2019
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending Sept 2019
District - Analysis for Quarter 2, 2019 - 2020
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 2, 2019 - 2020
District - Analysis for the year ending June 2019
District - Analysis for Quarter 3, 2018 - 2019
District - Analysis for Quarter 3 2017-2018
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 3 2017-2018
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2017
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2017
District - Analysis for Quarter 2 2017-2018
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 2 2017-2018
District - Analysis for the year ending September 2017
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending September 2017
District - Analysis for Quarter 1 2017-2018
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 2017-2018
District - Analysis for the year ending June 2017
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending June 2017
District - Analysis for Quarter 4 2016-2017
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 4 2016-2017
District - Analysis for the year ending March 2017
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending March 2017
District - Analysis for Quarter 3 2016-2017
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 3 2016-2017
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2016
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2016
District - Analysis for Quarter 2 2016-2017
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 2 2016-2017
District - Analysis for the year ending September 2016
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending September 2016
District - Analysis for Quarter 1 2016-2017
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 2016-2017
District - Analysis for the year ending June 2016
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending June 2016
District - Analysis for Quarter 4 2015-2016
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 4 2015-2016
District - Analysis for the year ending March 2016
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending March 2016
District - Analysis for Quarter 3 2015-2016
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 3 2015-2016
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2015
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2015
District - Analysis for Quarter 2 2015-2016
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 2 2015-2016
District - Analysis for the year ending September 2015
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending September 2015
District - Analysis for Quarter 1 2015-2016
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 2015-2016
District - Analysis for the year ending June 2015
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending June 2015
District - Analysis for Quarter 4 2014-2015
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 4 2014-2015
District - Analysis for the year ending March 2015
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending March 2015
District - Analysis for Quarter 3 2014-2015
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 3 2014-2015
District - Analysis for the year ending December 2014
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending December 2014
District - Analysis for the year ending September 2014
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending September 2014
District - Case Study on Best Practice in Development Management - September 2014
Unitary - Case Study on Best Practice in Development Management - September 2014
District - Analysis for Quarter 1 2014-2015
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 1 2014-2015
District - Analysis for the year ending March 2014
Unitary - Analysis for the year ending March 2014
District - Analysis for Quarter 4 2013-2014
Unitary - Analysis for Quarter 4 2013-2014
District - Case Study on Best Practice in Development Management - March 2014
Unitary - Case Study on Best Practice in Development Management - March 2014
Analysis for the year ending December 2013
Case Study on best practice in Planning Performance up to December 2013
Analysis for Quarter 3 2013-2014
Analysis for Quarter 2 2013-2014
Analysis for the year ending September 2013
Case Study on best practice in Planning Performance up to September 2013
RSN Development Management Analysis year ending Dec 2010
RSN Development Management Analysis Q1 2010/11
RSN Development Management Analysis 2009/10

Please contact dan.worth@sparse.gov.uk for more information about our analyses or to suggest further areas of work where you feel your authority would benefit from benchmarking information.
 

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