Architects blame creaking planning system as project cancellations rise

By Jim Dunton2023-05-23T06:00:00

Future Trends survey highlights threefold increase in practices reporting schemes being scrapped because of delays

Architects are reporting a significant increase in projects being cancelled because of delays in the planning process, according to RIBA’s latest barometer of sentiment within the profession.

While the institute’s latest Future Trends survey paints a general picture of positivity around workloads and staffing levels, it shows three times as many practices reporting projects being scrapped because of planning delays than was the case two years ago.

Last month 22% of practices reported projects being abandoned in the previous three months because of delays in processing planning applications. The figure was 7% for the same period in 2021.

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