AQW 9341/17-22


Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 22/10/2020
Answered On Date: 30/10/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 8280/17-22, to detail (i) the average; and (ii) the median response time in days for statutory consultee responses to consultation requests for planning applications, broken down by statutory consultee, for each of the last three years.


Answer:
The table below outlines the mean and median response times (days) to consultation requests for planning applications for key statutory consultees over the last three years.
Statutory Consultee
Mean (Days)
Median (Days)
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
DfI Roads
20
19
21
18
17
18
DAERA (Environment Marine and Fisheries Group and NIEA)
13
20
20
13
16
15
DfI Rivers
23
33
36
20
27
31
Health and Safety Executive NI
21
18
30
11
7
13
DfE / Geological Survey NI
20
18
19
20
16
15
Belfast International Airport
15
15
21
13
13
20
Belfast City Airport
5
2
3
3
2
1
City of Derry Airport
5
1
5
4
1
2
NI Water
12
14
14
6
5
3
DfC Historic Environment Division
16
17
21
16
15
15
NI Housing Executive
15
23
24
10
17
11
Note: These data are extracted from a live system and will be subject to change overtime. Councils (as statutory consultees) have not been included as numbers of consultations are minimal.