Guidance

Improving planning performance: criteria for designation

This document sets out revised criteria for assessing local planning authority performance.

Applies to England

Documents

Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (updated 2022)

Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (updated 2022)

Details

This document sets out the government’s criteria for assessing local planning authority performance in determining applications for major and non-major development. The explanatory memorandum explains the changes to the criteria for assessing local planning authority performance.

Published 4 June 2013
Last updated 19 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Explanatory Memorandum updated: this is a new version of a previously laid and withdrawn document.

  2. Added updated Improving planning performance: Criteria for designation; and updated Explanatory memorandum.

  3. Added updated Criteria for designation, and updated explanatory memorandum.

  4. Added Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (revised 2018), and Explanatory Memorandum.

  5. Added revised criteria for designation, and explanatory moratorium.

  6. Added explanatory memorandum to "Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (revised 2015)".

  7. Added 2015 revised criteria.

  8. Added Explanatory memorandum to Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (revised 2014), published 4 July 2014.

  9. This document has been updated following consultation. Revised version published 13 June 2014.

  10. First published.