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 Planning Statistics

Sevenoaks Council

Sevenoaks Planning department is quite a busy one, as in addition to the applications listed below, there will be many more building regulations applications.  The council has improved the speed of service significantly since they were found to be the second worst authority in the country.  The government target is for councils to make a decision within 8 weeks.  If the council has not done so by then, the applicant has the right to take the decision out of their hands by appealing to the Planning Inspectorate.

The available figures below show that the council grant permission in about three-quarters of cases.  

Period

Applications

Percent granted

Percent decided within 8 weeks

Feb - Apr 2002

186

74.6%

74.6%

May - Jul 2002

204

85.7%

67.3%

Aug - Oct 2002

160

82.1%

56.8%

Nov 2002 - Jan 2003

179

74.7%

65.3%

Feb - Apr 2003

192

81.9%

73.1%

May - Jul 2003

194

81.8%

78.5%

Aug - Oct 2003

192

80.2%

75.1%

Nov 2003 - Jan 2004

162

77.0%

78.3%