How long is a piece of string?
The timescales for securing outline planning permission for housing between 2014 and 2024
The Government’s housing ambitions depend on more planning permissions. But since 2014 the volume of applications have been reducing, and determination times have more than doubled. Current reforms will help but more is needed across key areas of policy, process, practice and performance.
This report, commissioned by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) and Richborough Estates, analyses the determination period for outline planning permissions each year from 2014 to 2024, assessing how and why this has changed.
It reviews outline applications for 10+ unit schemes, identifying c.18,200 permissions over the decade. This timeframe has been chosen to align with the likely determination of the early major outline planning applications submitted following the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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Key contact
Edward Clarke
Associate Director