Article 16 Performance standards for major planning applications

The best value authorities specified in paragraph (4) shall, in relation to indicator 2(a) (major applications) in Schedule 13, meet the standard in paragraph (2).

During the financial year, the authority shall determine 57 percent of major planning applications within a period of thirteen weeks, beginning on the day immediately following the date on which a valid application is received by the authority.

For the purposes of this article and articles 17 and 18 —

The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

• Bassetlaw District Council;

• Bath & NE Somerset Council;

• Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council;

• Blyth Valley Borough Council;

• Bradford Metropolitan District Council;

• Burnley Borough Council;

• Cambridge City Council;

• London Borough of Camden;

• Chesterfield Borough Council;

• Colchester Borough Council;

• Cotswold District Council;

• Derby City Council;

• Derwentside District Council;

• Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council;

• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council;

• East Hertfordshire District Council;

• East Northamptonshire District Council;

• East Staffordshire Borough Council;

• Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council;

• Fenland District Council;

• Harrogate Borough Council;

• London Borough of Havering;

• Hertsmere Borough Council;

• Kirklees Metropolitan Council;

• Luton Borough Council;

• Maldon District Council;

• Melton Borough Council;

• Mid Devon District Council;

• Mid Suffolk District Council;

• North Dorset District Council;

• Northampton Borough Council;

• Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council;

• Oxford City Council;

• Peterborough City Council;

• Plymouth City Council;

• Preston City Council;

• Redditch Borough Council;

• Rugby Borough Council;

• Scarborough Borough Council;

• Selby District Council;

• Slough Borough Council;

• South Cambridgeshire District Council;

• South Gloucestershire Council;

• South Oxfordshire District Council;

• South Somerset District Council;

• Southampton City Council;

• London Borough of Southwark;

• Stevenage borough Council;

• Stroud District Council;

• Suffolk Coastal District Council;

• London Borough of Sutton;

• Test Valley Borough Council;

• Torridge District Council;

• Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council;

• Uttlesford District Council;

• Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council;

• London Borough of Wandsworth;

• Waverley Borough Council;

• Wealden District Council;

• Welwyn Hatfield District Council;

• West Berkshire Council;

• Winchester City Council;

• The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead;

• Wokingham District Council;

• Wychavon District Council;

• City of York.