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).


7. Approval Rates

The overall rate of approvals for all types of application was 94.2% for the year 2019/20.

Table 4: Percentage of all applications approved in period
2019/20 2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13
94.2% 93.7% 93.7% 94.2% 93.8% 93.9% 94.1% 92.8%

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