planning statistics

From April to June 2018, 3,254 planning applications were submitted to councils in Northern Ireland, a 4 per cent increase on submissions during the previous quarter, according to statistics published by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure.

District-level planning authorities granted 374,200 decisions in the year ending June 2018 – a 3 per cent decline on the year ending June 2017, according to statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

New government statistics show that district councils decided 16,100 residential developments between January and March 2018, of which 11,900 were granted – 4 per cent down when compared to the same period a year earlier.

Statistics published by the Scottish Government’s chief statistician have suggested that the overall decision time for all major developments in the country was nearly seven weeks quicker in quarter two than the previous quarter.