Planning applications from 6th December 2023 where no decision was made within 26 weeks
Case reference FOI2024/01527
Received 11 September 2024
Published 3 October 2024
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding planning application refunds within your council jurisdiction.
Please provide a list (in Excel format) of all planning applications submitted from 6th December 2023 to the most recent data available where no decision was made within the statutory period (26 weeks for major applications and 16 weeks for non-major applications), unless a longer period has/had been agreed in writing between the applicant and the Local Authority, and no refund of fees has been made to date.
Requested Columns:
1. Planning application reference
2. Applicant name
3. Site address
4. Valid date
5. Planning application fee paid (£)
6. Decision due date
7. Actual decision date
8. No. of days to decision
9. The decision (e.g., approved, refused, etc.)
10. Extension of time/Planning performance agreement (Yes or No)
11. Refund (Yes or No)
12. Eligible for Refund (Yes or No) (Based on statutory decision deadlines: 16 weeks for non-major applications and 26 weeks for major applications)
13. Withdrawn (Yes or No)
14. Proposal description
Please provide the information in chronological (date) order.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding planning application refunds within your council jurisdiction.
Please provide a list (in Excel format) of all planning applications submitted from 6th December 2023 to the most recent data available where no decision was made within the statutory period (26 weeks for major applications and 16 weeks for non-major applications), unless a longer period has/had been agreed in writing between the applicant and the Local Authority, and no refund of fees has been made to date.
Requested Columns:
1. Planning application reference
2. Applicant name
3. Site address
4. Valid date
5. Planning application fee paid (£)
6. Decision due date
7. Actual decision date
8. No. of days to decision
9. The decision (e.g., approved, refused, etc.)
10. Extension of time/Planning performance agreement (Yes or No)
11. Refund (Yes or No)
12. Eligible for Refund (Yes or No) (Based on statutory decision deadlines: 16 weeks for non-major applications and 26 weeks for major applications)
13. Withdrawn (Yes or No)
14. Proposal description
Please provide the information in chronological (date) order.
Answer: Please see the attached FOI2024 01527 Response Spreadsheet, as requested.
Please note, the requested ‘Withdrawn’ information is included in the ‘Decision’ column.
The Service Area have advised there were no decisions made on major applications outside the 26 weeks, or without a planning performance agreement, to extend the time to make the decision.
Documents
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