The time needed to make planning decisions has increased by 162 days in some parts of the UK, with Richmondshire Local Planning Authority in North Yorkshire lasts the longest on average 415 days.
According to the latest internal data release of SearchLand, this is the sourcing specialists of the development site.
The data from SearchLand follows the average planning decision time in days on a quarterly basis on every local Planning Authority in the UK, with the latest data that emphasized the longest to make their decisions in the past year, and that has seen the biggest increase in the time required on an annual basis on an annual basis
The figures show that when it comes to the average time to make planning decisions, the local planning authority of Richmondshire takes the longest time of all LPAs in Great Britain.
The Brecon Beacons National Park LPA is the second longest with regard to making planning -related decisions in 2024, which lasts an average of 400 days.
South Somerset is in third place in this respect with an average time of 398 days, while other LPAs within the top 10 include Stockton-On-Tees (376), Middlesbrough (340), MONMOUTHSHIRE (340), Liverpool (339), Bracknell forfolk, forest) (313).
Carlisle LPA has seen the largest annual increase of the time needed to make a planning decision, with an increase of 163 days alone in the past year.
Broadland LPA is second with an increase of 130 days, followed by Brecon Beacons National Park (+124), South Norfolk (+116), West Dunbartonshire (+115), South Somerset (+112), Stockton-ones (+109), Darlingtony, Darlington, Darlington, and Darlingtony, and +109), and +109), and +109), and +109), and +109), and +109) and Darlingtony (+109) and Darlingtony (+109) and Darlingtony (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) (+109) and Crawley (+91).
Co-founder of SearchLand, Hugh Gibbs, noted: “Earlier this year, the government promised to implement radical reforms to reduce the bureaucracy of the planning process, which improves the speed at which planning decisions are approved.
“It is clear that such reforms are desperately needed, because about half of all planning authorities have seen the time to make a planning decision on an annual basis.”
He concluded: “If Labor has a chance to achieve the ambitious goals of the home episode set last year, it is vital to treat the initial bottleneck caused by the planning decision process.”