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CFD — Council Planning Applications

Ten weeks of householder planning applications through validation, statutory consultation and determination, showing a consultation queue that widens every week while the decision rate holds near 15 a week.

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Development management — householder applications0100200300400cumulative applicationsReceived growingValidated growingConsultation growingDetermination limit 452026-01-052026-01-122026-01-192026-01-262026-02-022026-02-092026-02-162026-02-232026-03-022026-03-09Received (queue)ValidatedConsultation (queue)DeterminationDecidedWIP142 applicationscommitted at ValidatedTHROUGHPUT14.4 / week2.06 applications/dayCYCLE TIME ≈68.8 daysLittle's Law: WIP ÷ throughputLEAD TIME ≈101.3 daysall 209 applications in systemFLOW EFFICIENCY63%89 active · 53 waitingDELIVERY TREND→ 4%steady · 188 doneStageTypeWIP (applications)LimitTime (days)Receivedwaiting67—32.5Validatedactive53—25.7Consultationwaiting53—25.7Determinationactive364517.4Decideddone188——!Queue growth: Received widened for 9 straight periods (2026-01-05 → 2026-03-09, +43 applications)!WIP growth: Validated widened for 9 straight periods (2026-01-05 → 2026-03-09, +31 applications)!Queue growth: Consultation widened for 9 straight periods (2026-01-05 → 2026-03-09, +31 applications)!WIP growth: Determination widened for 9 straight periods (2026-01-05 → 2026-03-09, +20 applications)!Arrivals outran deliveries by 125 applications across the window

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title "Development management — householder applications"
unit applications
stages: Received*, Validated, Consultation*, Determination, Decided
commit Validated
wip-limit "Determination" 45

# Cumulative applications that have ENTERED each stage by that Monday.
2026-01-05 | 142, 118,  96,  74,  58
2026-01-12 | 168, 141, 115,  92,  73
2026-01-19 | 197, 165, 136, 108,  88
2026-01-26 | 223, 188, 157, 126, 103
2026-02-02 | 251, 210, 175, 141, 117
2026-02-09 | 279, 234, 196, 158, 131
2026-02-16 | 308, 258, 216, 174, 145
2026-02-23 | 338, 281, 235, 190, 159
2026-03-02 | 366, 305, 256, 207, 173
2026-03-09 | 397, 330, 277, 224, 188