Statistics at Planning Inspectorate
The Planning Inspectorate publishes statistics on how the organisation is performing, the volume of cases received and decided, and how many appeals have been allowed.
Statistical releases
The statistics release and tables published by The Planning Inspectorate. These include the following releases, which are updated every quarter.
Planning Inspectorate statistical release, covering appeal and specialist casework: how long these cases take and volume of casework. It also includes the number of Inspectors.
Planning Inspectorate ministerial measures, covering proportion of cases valid on first submission, how long appeals take, customer satisfaction and the number of cases quality assured.
Planning Inspectorate Casework Database , detailed information on the Planning Inspectorate’s casework decisions over a 10 year rolling period.
Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics, Numbers of applications, examinations, appeals and orders that have been received, decided and allowed, on a quarterly and annual basis.
The planned publication dates for the coming year for all of these statistics releases.
Freedom of Information requests
Responses to Freedom of Information requests are published by the Planning Inspectorate.
Ad hoc analyses and statistics
Additional statistical analyses that have not been previously included in any of our standard statistical releases.
Pre-release access to official statistics
The principles and rules governing UK government ministers and officials’ access to official statistics in their final form before publication are set out in The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008. This order forms part of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics against which key statistics are assessed for compliance by the UK Statistics Authority.
Ministers and officials who have received pre-release access for briefing purposes to any of the official statistics released by The Planning Inspectorate are identified in the pre-release access lists:
Access to the monthly statistics releases:
Minister
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Director of Planning, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Director of Analysis & Data, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Housing & Planning Analysis, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Head of Profession for Statistics, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Head of Housing and Planning Statistics, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Head of Communities Planning and the Planning Inspectorate, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Chief Planner, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Planning Inspectorate, Chief Executive
Planning Inspectorate, Operations Director
Planning Inspectorate, Head of Operations
Planning Inspectorate, Head of Operations
Planning Inspectorate, Chief Digital Information Officer
Planning Inspectorate, Communications Lead
Planning Inspectorate, Press Officer
Planning Inspectorate, Press Officer
Planning Inspectorate, Communications Manager
Access to the diversity statistics releases:
Permanent Secretary
Director of Planning
DLUHC Director of Analysis & Data
DLUHC Head of Profession for Statistics
Planning Inspectorate, Chief Executive
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Head of Human Resources
Head of Business Improvement and Stakeholder Management
Senior Marketing & Campaigns Manager
Planning Inspectorate, Press Officer
Planning Inspectorate, Web Designer
Lead HR Business Partner
HR Services Manager
Feedback & Contact Us
The Planning Inspectorate are interested in understanding more about how our statistics and data are used and the decisions they inform. This is important for us so we can provide a high quality service which meets users’ needs. To obtain any additional statistics please contact statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk