AQW 8280/17-22


Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 06/10/2020
Answered On Date: 19/10/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 6711/17-22, to detail (i) the number of statutory consultees’ responses to consultation requests for planning applications and; (ii) the percentage of those which were within the statutory time limits, broken down by statutory consultee, for each of the last three years.


Answer:
The following responses were returned to planning application consultations in line with the statutory requirement of 21 days for the reporting periods in question.
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Total statutory consultations returned
Percentage on time
Total statutory consultations returned
Percentage on time
Total statutory consultations returned
Percentage on time
DfI Roads
11537
71%
12241
78%
10908
73%
DAERA Environment Marine and Fisheries
4315
87%
4689
72%
4116
72%
DfC Historic Environment Division
2881
78%
3266
76%
2903
72%
NI Water
3445
87%
3159
84%
3101
85%
DfI Rivers
2350
66%
2571
29%
2239
31%
Health Safety Executive NI
95
71%
72
86%
87
63%
DfE/GSNI
88
80%
86
86%
104
84%
Belfast International Airport
82
87%
91
67%
107
77%
Belfast City Airport
24
96%
31
100%
69
100%
City of Derry Airport
6
100%
9
100%
14
100%
Belfast City Council
5
0%
2
50%
4
25%
NI Housing  Executive
14
93%
28
71%
25
64%
Antrim & Newtownabbey council
2
0%
7
14%
6
17%
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon council
1
0%
n/a
2
0%
Causeway Coast & Glens council
n/a
n/a
3
33%
Fermanagh & Omagh council
2
100%
n/a
1
100%
Mid & East Antrim council
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mid Ulster council
2
0%
n/a
2
0%
Newry, Mourne & Down council
1
0%
n/a
n/a
Ards & North Down council
2
100%
n/a
n/a
Lisburn & Castlereagh council
1
0%
n/a
n/a
Derry City & Strabane council
1
0%
n/a
1
0%
n/a signifies no statutory consultations for the period in question.