Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals
Stakeholder Forum 31st May 2017
Statistical Data
1st April 2016 – 31st March 2017
Table 1: Volume of cases* handled by DPEA
Business Year / In hand at start of year / Received / Delegated appeals decided / Reports submitted / Withdrawn / In hand at end of year2016-2017 / 212 / 548 / 443 / 51 / 45 / 221
2015-2016 / 232 / 625 / 568 / 42 / 35 / 212
2014-2015 / 214 / 624 / 480 / 63 / 63 / 232
2013-2014 / 184 / 598 / 483 / 42 / 43 / 214
2012-2013 / 187 / 665 / 576 / 37 / 40 / 199
* Includes appeal and non-appeal cases
The total number of cases sisted/suspended as at 31 March 2017 was19.
Table 2: Typesof cases received
Type of case / 2012-2013 / 2013-2014 / 2014-2015 / 2015-2016 / 2016-2017Planning permission appeals / 355 / 308 / 287 / 296 / 249
Planning enforcement appeals / 69 / 62 / 65 / 66 / 61
Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement appeals / 79 / 57 / 69 / 75 / 73
Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement appeals / 69 / 39 / 43 / 57 / 50
High Hedge appeals / n/a / n/a / 67 / 51 / 31
All other types of appeal / 44 / 40 / 28 / 31 / 35
Subtotal: all types of appeals / 616 / 506 / 559 / 576 / 499
Called-in application / 0 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 0
Called-in conservation area consent - demolition / 0 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 0
Called-in listed building consent - alterations / 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0
Called-in listed building consent - demolition / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0
Completion Notice / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Compulsory Purchase Order / 6 / 2 / 13 / 5 / 2
Core Paths Plan / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0
Farm Business Development Scheme / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0
Flood Prevention Scheme / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1
Harbour Order / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Local Development Plan / 3 / 11 / 7 / 9 / 5
Notification of direction / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0
Notified application / 2 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 5
Power Station / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Public path creation/diversion/extinguishment order / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0
Purchase Notice / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Revocation order / 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 2
Roads order / 0 / 0 / 6 / 2 / 0
Safeguarded Aerodromes Applications / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0
Section 36 Wind Farm / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 7
Section 36 Wind Farm & Section 37 / 3 / 4 / 10 / 5 / 0
Stopping up order / 1 / 2 / 2 / 5 / 3
Strategic Development Plan / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2
Traffic Regulation Order / 1 / 8 / 4 / 1 / 1
Wayleave / 22 / 51 / 11 / 9 / 20
Works Licence application / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Subtotal: all types of non-appeal cases / 49 / 92 / 64 / 49 / 49
ALL CASES RECEIVED / 665 / 598 / 623 / 625 / 548
Table 3: Breakdownof planning permission appeals received
Characteristic / 2012-2013 / 2013-2014 / 2014-2015 / 2015-2016 / 2016-2017Advertisement / 1 / 1 / 0
Agricultural / 4 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 7
Animal (cattery, kennel, stable etc.) / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1
Building Alterations / 6 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 29
Business / 1 / 11 / 19 / 13 / 18
Car park / 2 / 2 / 6 / 21 / 16
Caravan and Campsites / 5 / 4 / 2 / 2
Chimney/Flue / 2 / 1
Data Storage Facility / 1 / 0
Demolition / 4 / 5 / 14 / 8
Energy from Waste / 2 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 2
Fencing/Wall / 2 / 3 / 5 / 2
Fish Farm / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1
Food Takeaway / 9 / 10 / 6 / 9 / 1
Holiday/Leisure / 6 / 3
Hotel/Visitor Accommodation / 5 / 1 / 5 / 11 / 7
House in Multiple Occupation / 3 / 2 / 3 / 7
Householder (work to existing house inc. ext.) / 49 / 32 / 29 / 6 / 6
Housing (10 or more houses) / 9 / 52 / 44
Housing (more than one house) / 60 / 60 / 61 / 23 / 24
Housing (single dwelling) / 46 / 35 / 34 / 32 / 39
Industrial / 3 / 2 / 2 / 2
Landscaping / 31 / 28
Leisure Facility/Ground / 9 / 6 / 11 / 9 / 2
Medical Centre / 1 / 2 / 0
Meteorological/Anemometrical Mast / 4 / 3 / 2 / 9 / 2
Mineral Extraction / 3 / 7 / 1 / 3 / 3
Nursing/Care Home / 1 / 3 / 0
Other / 1 / 10 / 4 / 4
Path / 1 / 1
Petrol Station / 2 / 1 / 2
Power Station / 2 / 0
Recycling / 3 / 1 / 1
Religious Building / 1 / 0
Restaurant/Cafe/Licensed Premises / 4 / 5 / 4 / 7 / 7
Retail (food) / 6 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 11
Retail (non-food) / 14 / 15 / 6 / 7 / 11
Retirement Home / 1
Road / 1 / 2 / 11 / 16
School/Educational / 4 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 5
Shed/Garage / 1 / 3 / 9
Solar Power / 2 / 3 / 1 / 3
Storage (non-warehousing) / 2 / 4 / 6
Telecommunication / 11 / 2 / 1 / 4
Transport / 1 / 1
Travelling Persons Site / 1 / 1 / 1
Tree / 1 / 2 / 0
Warehouse/Distribution / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1
Waste Disposal / 3 / 1 / 0
Water/Sewage Works / 1 / 1
Wind Farm (two or more turbines) / 44 / 42 / 39 / 37 / 17
Wind turbine (single) / 54 / 53 / 30 / 32 / 4
Windows - Timber / n/a / n/a / n/a / n/a / 1
Windows - UPVC / 1 / 7 / 6
Table 4A: Successrates by method of determination and type of case – Appeal Cases
Number Decided / Considered by Oral Process / Considered by site visit or review of written submissions / All cases allowedTotal / Number allowed / Percentage allowed / Total / Number allowed / Percentage allowed / Number allowed / Percentage allowed
Delegated Appeals
Planning permission / 185 / 12 / 9 / 75% / 173 / 84 / 49% / 93 / 50%
Planning enforcement / 42 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 42 / 15 / 36% / 15 / 36%
Conservation area consent, listed building consent and listed building enforcement / 53 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 53 / 17 / 32% / 17 / 32%
Advertisement consent, discontinuance notice and advertisement enforcement / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 37 / 26 / 70% / 26 / 70%
High hedge / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 29 / 20 / 69% / 20 / 69%
All others / 26 / 1 / 0 / 0% / 25 / 13 / 52% / 13 / 50%
Subtotal: Delegated Appeals / 372* / 13 / 9 / 69% / 359 / 175 / 49% / 184 / 49%
Non-delegated Appeals / 7 / 2 / 1 / 50% / 5 / 1 / 20% / 2 / 29%
Total: All Appeals / 379 / 15 / 10 / 67% / 364 / 176 / 48% / 186 / 49%
* In addition a further 71 appeals were turned away as we had no powers to determine them
Table 4B: Success rates by method of determination and type of case – Non-Appeal Cases
Number Decided / Considered by Oral Process / Considered by site visit or review of written submissions / All cases allowedTotal / Number allowed / Percentage allowed / Total / Number allowed / Percentage allowed / Number allowed / Percentage allowed
Called-in application / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 1 / 1 / 100% / 1 / 100%
Called-in conservation area consent - demolition / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0% / 1 / 0 / 0% / 0 / 0%
Called-in listed building consent - demolition / 1 / 1 / 1 / 100% / 0 / 0 / 0% / 1 / 100%
Compulsory Purchase Order / 3 / 2 / 2 / 100% / 1 / 1 / 100% / 3 / 100%
Notification of direction / 1 / 1 / 1 / 100% / 0 / 0 / 0% / 1 / 100%
Notified application / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0% / 2 / 1 / 50% / 1 / 33%
Roads order / 2 / 2 / 2 / 100% / 0 / 0 / 0% / 2 / 100%
Section 36 Wind Farm & Section 37 / 6 / 6 / 4 / 67% / 0 / 0 / 0% / 4 / 67%
Stopping up order / 4 / 3 / 3 / 100% / 1 / 1 / 100% / 4 / 100%
Total: All Non-appeal Cases / 22 / 16 / 13 / 81% / 6 / 4 / 67% / 17 / 77%
Table 5: Successrates for delegated appeals by planning authority
Planning Authority / Appeals Decided / Appeals Allowed / Success Rate %Aberdeen City Council / 9 / 3 / 33%
Aberdeenshire Council / 27 / 13 / 48%
Angus Council / 5 / 4 / 80%
Argyll and Bute Council / 15 / 7 / 47%
City of Edinburgh Council / 56 / 21 / 38%
Clackmannanshire Council / 1 / 1 / 100%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) / 1 / 0 / 0%
Dumfries and Galloway Council / 18 / 8 / 44%
Dundee City Council / 6 / 3 / 50%
East Ayrshire Council / 8 / 3 / 38%
East Dunbartonshire Council / 6 / 5 / 83%
East Lothian Council / 8 / 4 / 50%
East Renfrewshire Council / 5 / 2 / 40%
Falkirk Council / 7 / 4 / 57%
Fife Council / 46 / 24 / 52%
Glasgow City Council / 39 / 21 / 54%
Highland Council / 20 / 15 / 75%
Historic Environment Scotland / 1 / 0 / 0%
Inverclyde Council / 3 / 3 / 100%
Midlothian Council / 7 / 3 / 43%
Moray Council / 3 / 0 / 0%
North Ayrshire Council / 3 / 0 / 0%
North Lanarkshire Council / 14 / 4 / 29%
Orkney Islands Council / 3 / 2 / 67%
Perth and Kinross Council / 13 / 5 / 38%
Renfrewshire Council / 7 / 2 / 29%
Scottish Borders Council / 3 / 1 / 33%
Shetland Islands Council / 1 / 1 / 100%
South Ayrshire Council / 5 / 3 / 60%
South Lanarkshire Council / 8 / 4 / 50%
Stirling Council / 10 / 7 / 70%
West Dunbartonshire Council / 4 / 3 / 75%
West Lothian Council / 10 / 8 / 80%
Total / 372 / 184 / 49%
Note: if an authority is not listed above it means no delegated decisions have been issued for sites within said authority within the period.
Table 6A: Development plan examinations completed
Proposed Loch Lomond And The Trossachs Local Development Plan / 2 / 42
Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan / 2 / 46
Proposed Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan / 5 / 55
Proposed Angus Local Development Plan / 2 / 30
Proposed East Ayrshire Local Development Plan / 4 / 61
Proposed East Dunbartonshire Local Development Plan / 2 / 39
Proposed Edinburgh Local Development Plan / 3 / 57
Proposed Fife Local Development Plan / 4 / 63
Glasgow City Local Development Plan / 3 / 51
Orkney Local Development Plan (Proposed Plan 2016) / 1 / 19
South Ayrshire Proposed Town Centre & Retail Local Development Plan / 1 / 23
Proposed Glasgow And The Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan / 2 / 43
Tayplan Proposed Strategic Development Plan / 2 / 39
Table 6B: Development plan examinations in hand or completed after March 2017
Received / Development Plan / Report Date03/05/2017 / Proposed East Lothian Local Development Plan
07/04/2017 / Proposed Caithness And Sutherland Local Development Plan
01/02/2017 / Proposed Stirling Local Development Plan
28/10/2016 / West Lothian Local Development Plan Proposed Plan
09/09/2016 / Proposed Midlothian Local Development Plan
Table 7: Expenses claims
Expenses Claims / Numberof Claims / Successful Claims
By an authority against:
A main contact / 2 / 1
All Parties (total) / 2 / 1
By a main contact against:
An authority / 59 / 13
An other party / 1 / 0
All Parties (total) / 60 / 13
By an other party against:
A main contact / 8 / 1
All Parties (total) / 8 / 1
Table 8: Performance against our targets
Procedure / Target number of weeks to determine / Number of appeals / Performance against target / Average weeks taken to determineNo Further Procedure / 8 / 5 / 60% / 9.4
Site Inspection / 12 / 257 / 51% / 14.0
Further Written Submission / 20 / 98 / 62% / 22.0
Hearing / 26 / 10 / 30% / 36.6
Inquiry / 32 / 3 / 0% / 52.1