Guide to MHCLG planning and land use statistics
Published 19 December 2019
Applies to England
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Planning application statistics
What do the statistics show?
- Total decisions for each planning category at local authority level.
- Number of decisions involving a Performance Agreement (PA).
- Number of decisions decided within the agreed time-frame.
- Statistics for county matters and district matters.
Frequency
Quarterly (March, June, September and December)
What are these figures most appropriate for?
- Comparing the number of residential or commercial applications granted for multiple local authorities.
- Comparing the number decisions for multiple time periods.
Green belt statistics
What do the statistics show?
- Size of England’s green belt in hectares.
- Changes to the size of the green belt by local authority.
- Spatial data in the form of the England green belt shapefile, with a local authority breakdown.
Frequency
Annually (October)
What are these figures most appropriate for?
- An accurate estimate of the size of England’s green belt.
- Spatial analysis using the published green belt shapefile.
Land use change statistics
What do the statistics show?
- Land use change from previous land use to new land use (in hectares).
- Number of new residential addresses created on previous land use.
- Density of area surrounding new residential addresses.
- Proportion of new addresses created on previously developed land, the green belt or in areas of high flood risk (Flood Zone 3).
Frequency
Annually (May)
What are these figures most appropriate for?
- Land use change from not previously developed to developed.
- New residential addresses created on non previously developed land.
Land use change statistics flow into the land use stock statistics.
Land use stock statistics
What do the statistics show?
- Land use stock in England in hectares.
- Area of land broken down into developed and non developed categories.
- Total area or percentage of land used for residential use for each local authority.
Frequency
Yet to be agreed
What are these figures most appropriate for?
- Proportion of England’s land area that is developed.
- Proportion of a local authority’s land area that is residential.
Planning Inspectorate statistics (PINS)
What do the statistics show?
- Number of decisions subject to a successful planning appeal.
- Number of nationally significant infrastructure projects by project type.
- Number of development plans submitted for examination.
- Number of called in planning applications and recovered section 78 appeals.
Frequency
Quarterly (March, June, September and December)
What are these figures most appropriate for?
- Number of major dwelling planning application decisions overturned.