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Between July to September 2022, district level planning authorities in England:

• received 99,200 applications for planning permission, down 13% from the corresponding quarter of 2021;

• granted 85,700 decisions, down 14% from the same quarter in 2021; this is equivalent to 87%

of decisions, down two percentage points from the same quarter of 2021;

• decided 87% of major applications within 13 weeks or the agreed time, up two percentage

points from the same quarter in 2021;

• granted 8,900 residential applications, down 8% on a year earlier: 1,000 for major developments and 7,900 for minor developments;

• granted 1,900 applications for commercial developments, down 6% on a year earlier;

• decided 55,600 householder development applications, down 18% on a year earlier. This accounted for 57% of all decisions, down from 61% a year earlier.

In the year ending September 2022, district level planning authorities:

• granted 347,800 decisions, down 7% on the year ending September 2021; and

• granted 36,300 decisions on residential developments, of which 4,400 were for major developments and 31,900 were for minor developments, down by 10% and 7% respectively on the year ending September 2021. This is equivalent to a decrease of 7% in the overall number of residential decisions granted.

Financial Transaction Service

Since September 2018, the Planning Portal has processed all payments for planning applications made online. This means that your online application is paid for using a standardised set of payment options, which are detailed below.

A service charge of £26.83 +VAT will apply to all planning applications submitted through our online application system, excluding applications which do not attract a planning application fee and those with a fee below £60. This is payable at the time of submission.

NPPF 2021

July 2021 sees the publication of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) replacing the NPPF of 2019.

The National Planning Policy Framework was revised on 20 July 2021 and sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.

This revised Framework replaces the previous National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012, revised in July 2018 and updated in February 2019.

The expanded NPPF now extends to 75 pages and contains National Government’s policies for planning and development across England.

Important changes includes paragraphs 53 and 54 which state:

53. The use of Article 4 directions to remove national permitted development rights should:

• where they relate to change from non-residential use to residential use, be limited to situations where an Article 4 direction is necessary to avoid wholly unacceptable adverse impacts (this could include the loss of the essentialcore of a primary shopping area which would seriously undermine its vitality and viability, but would be very unlikely to extend to the whole of a town centre)

• in other cases, be limited to situations where an Article 4 direction is necessary to protect local amenity or the well-being of the area (this could include the use of Article 4 directions to require planning permission for the demolition of local facilities)

• in all cases, be based on robust evidence, and apply to the smallest geographical area possible.

54. Similarly, planning conditions should not be used to restrict national permitted development rights unless there is clear justification to do so. in relation to the identification of land for homes, which acknowledges the important contribution small and medium sized sites can make to meeting the housing requirement of an area.  

Between April to June 2022, district level planning authorities in England:

• received 106,800 applications for planning permission, down 17 per cent from the corresponding quarter of 2021;

• granted 87,600 decisions, down 12 per cent from the same quarter in 2021; this is equivalent

to 88 per cent of decisions, down one percentage point from the same quarter of 2021;

• decided 86 per cent of major applications within 13 weeks or the agreed time, down one percentage point from the same quarter in 2021;

• granted 8,700 residential applications, down nine per cent on a year earlier: 1,000 for major developments and 7,700 for minor developments;

• granted 1,800 applications for commercial developments, down five per cent on a year earlier.

• decided 58,000 householder development applications, down 16 per cent on a year earlier.

This accounted for 58 per cent of all decisions, down from 62 per cent a year earlier.

In the year ending June 2022, district level planning authorities:

• granted 362,000 decisions, up three per cent on the year ending June 2021; and

• granted 37,100 decisions on residential developments, of which 4,600 were for major developments and 32,500 were for minor developments, down by 11 and five per cent respectively on

the year ending June 2021. This is equivalent to a decrease of six per cent in the overall number of residential decisions granted.

TECHNICAL HOUSING STANDARDS

Nationally Described Space Standard

First announced by National Government on 27 March 2015, this document was amended on the 19 May 2016.

Based upon the London Plan, this standard deals with internal space within new dwellings and is suitable for application across all tenures. It sets out requirements for the Gross Internal (floor) area of new dwellings at a defined level of occupancy as well as floor areas and dimensions for key parts of the home, notably bedrooms, storage and floor to ceiling height.

The requirements of this standard for bedrooms, storage and internal areas are relevant only in determining compliance with this standard in new dwellings and have no other statutory meaning or use.