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The Department for Infrastructure has revealed an annual decrease in planning activity throughout Northern Ireland.
The Department released the annual Northern Ireland Planning Statistics 2017/18 Annual Statistical Bulletin.
The number of Northern Ireland planning applications decided in 2017/18 decreased 5% from last year.
A total of 12,314 planning applications were decided, less than half the peak level of 30,161 decisions recorded in 2005/06 before the economic downturn.
The number of applications received was 12,993, a 1% decrease over the last financial year. This included 12,770 local, 161 major and 2 regionally significant development applications.
The bulletin also revealed that 94% of planning applications were approved, with an average process time of around 50 weeks for major projects and 15 weeks for local projects.
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