The percentage of major planning decisions made within statutory time limits has fallen to its lowest figure in the final quarter of the year since 2015.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities planning figures, released yesterday, showed the percentage of major planning applications decided within the required 13 weeks was 86% between October and December 2021. This is down by two percentage points on the same period in 2020 and is the lowest for October to December since 2015, when 83% of applications were made on time.

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