Delays in planning departments are slowing down projects, architects report

By Jordan Marshall2021-08-13T06:00:00

Source: Philip Vile

Planning application hold-ups and insurance cost hikes take gloss off practices’ growing workloads

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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