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Report on the volume of planning applications received and decisions issued in 2015/16. This is the first annual statistical bulletin to report on activity and performance since the transfer of planning powers to councils in April 2015. The accompanying Excel tables contain the information underlying the charts and graphs featured in the bulletin as well as further analyses and breakdowns.
User note: Processing time information for 2015/16 was updated and has been re-published alongside 2016/17 data in the Northern Ireland Planning Statistics 2016/17 annual statistical bulletin. Please refer to the 2016/17 report content for this information.