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80% of architects report projects delayed by planning logjam
Slow processing of planning applications is delaying or even derailing schemes, Future Trends finds
Logjams in planning departments are delaying projects by six months or more, according to a third of architects who responded to the latest RIBA Future Trends survey.
Nearly 80% of practices reported projects being delayed by hold-ups in the processing of planning applications, with 39% reporting projects being delayed by up to a month and 60% finding schemes delayed by between one and six months.
Seven per cent said the problems were so bad that they had seen projects abandoned altogether.
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