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Planning figures show dip in approvals

A dip has been recorded in the volume of housing schemes approved by local planning authorities.

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Data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government today showed that 11,900 residential applications were granted consent by district-level bodies in the first three months of this year.

This was down 4% from the same period the previous year.

The figures also revealed that a total of 16,100 decisions were made on housebuilding proposals in the first quarter of 2018. This was 4% lower than the same period a year earlier.

Both major and minor decision volumes were down 4% over the year.

In the 12 months to the end of March 2018, local planning authorities granted 6,500 major and 42,700 minor residential consents, both down by 2% on the prior year.

Across all types of development, district-level bodies received 116,700 applications for planning permission, down 5% from the corresponding quarter of 2017.

They granted consent to 87,900 applications, down 2% over the same timeframe.

Mark Dyason, managing director of property specialist Thistle Finance, said: “There’s an urgency in the market and in the government to build more homes but that’s clearly not feeding through into planning departments.

“Far too many planning departments continue to operate in a vacuum.”

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