Planning appeals halt £3bn worth of construction projects

Last Updated:

19th November 2012

Some £3 billion worth of construction work was delayed or halted by planning appeals during the first nine months of 2012. Glenigan has identified 494 planning applications that have gone to appeal in the first nine months of 2012.

	No. of Appeals			Value of Work (£m)
Sector	2011 Q1 to Q3	2012 Q1 to Q3	Change	2011 Q1 to Q3	2012 Q1 to Q3	Change
Infrastructure	2	10	400%	2	17	670%
Utilities	23	26	13%	279	119	-57%
Community & Amenity	11	0	-100%	8	-	-100%
Education	4	2	-50%	39	2	-95%
Hotel & Leisure	29	31	7%	56	75	33%
Industrial	7	10	43%	15	134	775%
Health	27	20	-26%	94	35	-62%
Offices	12	8	-33%	238	32	-86%
Private Housing	363	327	-10%	1,997	1,721	-14%
Retail	25	33	32%	68	698	919%
Social Housing	41	27	-34%	721	102	-86%
Total	544	494	-9%	3,519	2,936	-17%

The vast majority of applications going to appeal are residential projects, accounting for 354 projects or 72% of the total. In value terms 62% or £1.8 billion of the applications going to appeal are residential schemes.

Percentage of value of applications going to appeal by sector: