Planning performance statistics: quarterly reports - April to September 2019-2020

Summary statistics on planning decision-making and timescales for April to September 2019.


9. Clock Stops

Tables 2 and 3 show the number of applications where the clock was stopped by the planning authority for applications decided in quarters one and two of 2019/20.

In the first six months of 2019/20 30 local authorities provided information on particular delays for 1,092 applications that were outwith their control and on which it was agreed it was appropriate to stop the clock for periods of time; 502 in quarter one and 590 in quarter 2. In the previous year clock stopped periods were reported for 490 applications across 28 local authorities in quarter one and for 478 applications across 29 local authorities in quarter two.

Table 2: Clock stops by planning authority1, 2019/20, Quarter 1

Planning Authority Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2019/20 Q1 Number of applications with clock stopped Percentage of applications with clock stopped Average length of time clock stopped (weeks)
Aberdeen City 263 4 1.5% 23.3
Aberdeenshire 474 6 1.3% 4.7
Angus 157 0 0.0% -
Argyll and Bute 357 28 7.8% 14.6
Cairngorms National Park (NP) 4 0 0.0% -
Clackmannanshire 65 2 3.1% 1.6
Dumfries and Galloway 283 1 0.4% 8.0
Dundee City 171 12 7.0% 22.1
East Ayrshire 110 15 13.6% 10.6
East Dunbartonshire 189 50 26.5% 6.7
East Lothian 229 28 12.2% 7.8
East Renfrewshire 169 1 0.6% 14.1
City of Edinburgh 909 2 0.2% 31.3
Falkirk 163 9 5.5% 25.6
Fife 432 1 0.2% 7.6
Glasgow City 627 142 22.6% 11.3
Highland 762 27 3.5% 22.3
Inverclyde 93 13 14.0% 17.8
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP 54 14 25.9% 16.1
Midlothian 167 10 6.0% 7.9
Moray 161 26 16.1% 8.3
Na h-Eileanan Siar 116 3 2.6% 10.8
North Ayrshire 152 8 5.3% 6.1
North Lanarkshire 201 7 3.5% 1.7
Orkney Islands 84 12 14.3% 4.3
Perth and Kinross 389 17 4.4% 24.3
Renfrewshire 179 24 13.4% 16.9
Scottish Borders 209 0 0.0% -
Shetland Islands 96 5 5.2% 13.8
South Ayrshire 208 1 0.5% 6.9
South Lanarkshire 335 8 2.4% 18.4
Stirling 215 0 0.0% -
West Dunbartonshire 45 14 31.1% 9.0
West Lothian 231 12 5.2% 14.9
Scotland 8,299 502 6.0% 12.5

1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.

Table 3: Clock stops by planning authority1, 2019/20, Quarter 2

Planning Authority Total applications not subject to processing agreements decided in 2019/20 Q2 Number of applications with clock stopped Percentage of applications with clock stopped Average length of time clock stopped (weeks)
Aberdeen City 218 8 3.7% 13.9
Aberdeenshire 497 8 1.6% 2.8
Angus 156 0 0.0% -
Argyll and Bute 386 30 7.8% 11.9
Cairngorms National Park (NP) 2 0 0.0% -
Clackmannanshire 70 7 10.0% 54.5
Dumfries and Galloway 279 0 0.0% 2.5
Dundee City 162 5 3.1% -
East Ayrshire 141 7 5.0% 15.1
East Dunbartonshire 187 58 31.0% 2.1
East Lothian 243 46 18.9% 5.5
East Renfrewshire 185 3 1.6% 6.7
City of Edinburgh 953 4 0.4% 24.0
Falkirk 149 8 5.4% 18.0
Fife 445 1 0.2% 10.3
Glasgow City 558 118 21.1% 15.6
Highland 712 27 3.8% 23.2
Inverclyde 116 26 22.4% 10.6
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs NP 50 18 36.0% 18.5
Midlothian 142 18 12.7% 12.9
Moray 191 60 31.4% 6.5
Na h-Eileanan Siar 113 4 3.5% 12.8
North Ayrshire 134 7 5.2% 6.6
North Lanarkshire 206 8 3.9% 10.7
Orkney Islands 92 28 30.4% 9.9
Perth and Kinross 390 29 7.4% 13.8
Renfrewshire 177 29 16.4% 11.9
Scottish Borders 184 0 0.0% -
Shetland Islands 83 11 13.3% 10.3
South Ayrshire 201 2 1.0% 8.1
South Lanarkshire 420 1 0.2% 24.7
Stirling 198 0 0.0% -
West Dunbartonshire 40 17 42.5% 29.4
West Lothian 198 2 1.0% 33.1
Scotland 8,278 590 7.1% 12.4

1. Applications subject to Processing Agreements are not included in this analysis.

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