Planning applications in England: October to December 2010
National statistics about the number of planning applications made and permissions granted in England.
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The latest national statistics on planning applications were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 31 March 2011.
In the period October to December 2010 local authorities undertaking district level planning:
- received 110,600 applications, a decrease of around 1% when compared with the December 2009 quarter
- decided (granted or refused) 110,100 applications, an increase of 5% when compared with the December 2009 quarter
- granted 88,900 applications, an increase of 5% when compared with the December 2009 quarter
- decided 13,400 applications for residential developments, up by 6% compared with the December 2009 quarter
- decided 1,400 major residential developments applications (10 or more dwellings), up by 7% compared with the December 2009 quarter
- decided 66% of major applications within 13 weeks
Authorities undertaking ‘county-level’ planning decided 310 applications, a decrease of 18% when compared with the same quarter a year ago.
You can also view the full set of live tables on planning application statistics on this site.