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Summary

The latest national statistics on planning applications were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 26 September 2008.

This release presents quarterly statistics on local planning authorities in England. It covers information on Planning applications received and decided including decisions on applications for residential developments (dwellings) and enforcement activities. These are provided at national, regional and local authority level.

The statistics in this Release are based on information for the June quarter 2008 reported to Communities and Local Government as at 29 August 2008 and update those previously released on 27 June 2008.

Key points from the latest release are:

In the June quarter 2008:

• Nationally, authorities that undertake district level planning activity saw a decrease of 7 per cent in the proportion of applications decided when compared with the same quarter a year ago. Also, there was a decrease in the proportion of applications determined across all regions when compared with the same quarter last year.
• Nationally, the proportion of major decisions remains unchanged when compared with the same period last year. However, there was a 5 per cent decrease in minor decisions and a 9 per cent decrease in householder applications which make up 72 per cent of all other development.
• Decisions on planning applications (granted or refused) for residential developments (dwellings) fell by less than 0.5 per cent in the June quarter. However, the proportion of applications granted fell by 3 per cent when compared with the corresponding quarter last year.
• 71 per cent of all authorities that undertake district level planning activity made at least 60 per cent of major decisions within the 13 week period; a decrease of 6 percentage points compared with the same quarter a year ago and the lowest since the September quarter 2006.
• Authorities that undertake county level planning activity determined 346 applications; a decrease of 12 per cent when compared with the same quarter a year ago. However, 92 per cent of these applications were granted; compared with 93 per cent a year ago.

The full set of Statistics of Planning Applications Live Tables are available at Live Tables on Development Control Statistics.

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