Scottish Local Authority Planning Application Performance Statistics

Planning Performance Statistics detail the processing of planning applications by local authorities in Scotland. The data includes processing times by application type, approval rates, delegation, and enforcement actions. It is published as Official Statistics by the Scottish Government.

Use Cases

• Benchmark local authority planning decision times based on reported processing durations.
• Analyze approval rate trends for different types of planning applications.
• Monitor the use of delegated powers versus committee decisions in the planning process.
• Assess enforcement activity levels across different Scottish regions.

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal collection and publication process.
• Covers multiple performance metrics including processing time, approval, delegation, and enforcement.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Collection Method

Data collected from local authorities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.940031; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland