Northern Ireland planning statistics April 2022 - March 2023

Report on the volume of planning applications received and decisions issued in 2022/23. This is the eighth 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.During the last two years there have been some key events that will have impacted on planning activity and processing performance. These were the coronavirus pandemic with varying restrictions in place up