District-level planning authorities received 106,500 planning applications between July and September 2019, 4% fewer than in the same quarter of 2018.
The statistics released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government indicate that district councils granted 90,600 decisions (88%) during that quarter.
Of the larger planning applications, 87% were decided within 13 weeks or the agreed time, a small decline from 88% in the same quarter a year earlier. District councils granted 11,500 residential developments, 3% fewer than the same quarter in 2018, and 2,200 commercial development applications, which is 4% fewer than a year earlier.
According to the release, in the year ending September 2019, district-level planning authorities granted 352,400 decisions, which is a decline of 4% on the year ending September 2018.
They granted 45,500 decisions on residential developments, 6,000 of which were for major developments and 39,500 were for minor developments, down by six and 5% respectively compared with the year ending September 2018.
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