Planning Application Statistics

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Dear Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would be pleased if you would confirm the following information for the past 3 ½ years (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) relating to planning applications (broken down into each individual year): -

Number of Major Planning Applications Received
Number of Major Planning Application Determined
Number of Major Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice issued within 13 weeks
Number of Major Planning Applications refused planning permission
Number of extensions of time agreed

Number of Minor Planning Applications Received
Number of Minor Planning Application Determined
Number of Minor Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice issued within 8 weeks
Number of Minor Planning Applications refused planning permission
Number of extensions of time agreed

Number of Householder Planning Applications Received
Number of Householder Planning Application Determined
Number of Householder Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice issued within 8 weeks
Number of extensions of time agreed

Yours faithfully,

Wiplow Ltd.

FOI Unit, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Requestor,
RE: - Request For Information

Thank you for your request for information held by Rochdale Council which
was received by us on 04/06/2018 regarding INT-301284-Y2Q0G6: Planning
applications.

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Kerry Bamford2, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Good Afternoon,

 

In response to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received by Rochdale Council, please see the below
response in relation to your queries:

 

2015 - 2016
Number of Major Planning Applications Received - 51
Number of Major Planning Application Determined - 43
Number of Major Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 13 weeks - 16
Number of Major Planning Applications refused planning permission - 4
Number of extensions of time agreed - 23

Number of Minor Planning Applications Received - 309
Number of Minor Planning Application Determined - 289
Number of Minor Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 184
Number of Minor Planning Applications refused planning permission - 62
Number of extensions of time agreed 75

Number of Householder Planning Applications Received - 478
Number of Householder Planning Application Determined -  435
Number of Householder Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 351
Number of Householder Planning Applications refused planning permission -
111

Number of extensions of time agreed - 57

2016 - 2017

Number of Major Planning Applications Received - 45
Number of Major Planning Application Determined - 37
Number of Major Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 13 weeks - 8
Number of Major Planning Applications refused planning permission - 3
Number of extensions of time agreed - 27

Number of Minor Planning Applications Received - 292
Number of Minor Planning Application Determined - 274
Number of Minor Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 122
Number of Minor Planning Applications refused planning permission - 48
Number of extensions of time agreed - 116

Number of Householder Planning Applications Received - 497
Number of Householder Planning Application Determined -  461
Number of Householder Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 262
Number of Householder Planning Applications refused planning permission -
113

Number of extensions of time agreed -131

2017 - 2018

Number of Major Planning Applications Received - 33
Number of Major Planning Application Determined - 31
Number of Major Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 13 weeks - 6
Number of Major Planning Applications refused planning permission - 0
Number of extensions of time agreed - 24

Number of Minor Planning Applications Received - 267
Number of Minor Planning Application Determined - 216
Number of Minor Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 104
Number of Minor Planning Applications refused planning permission - 40
Number of extensions of time agreed - 91

Number of Householder Planning Applications Received -521
Number of Householder Planning Application Determined -  489
Number of Householder Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 321
Number of Householder Planning Applications refused planning permission -
149

Number of extensions of time agreed -140

April –May 2018

Number of Major Planning Applications Received - 6
Number of Major Planning Application Determined - 3
Number of Major Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 13 weeks - 1
Number of Major Planning Applications refused planning permission - 0
Number of extensions of time agreed - 2

Number of Minor Planning Applications Received - 39
Number of Minor Planning Application Determined - 29
Number of Minor Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 6
Number of Minor Planning Applications refused planning permission - 4
Number of extensions of time agreed - 18

Number of Householder Planning Applications Received - 69
Number of Householder Planning Application Determined -  78
Number of Householder Planning Applications Determined and Decision Notice
issued within 8 weeks - 46
Number of Householder Planning Applications refused planning permission -
14

Number of extensions of time agreed -24

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Kerry Bamford2

Business Support Officer/PA

Planning & Development

 

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