| Performance indicators | Braintree District Council | Suffolk County Council | English average |
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| Planning cost per head of population | £10.39 | £1.83 | N/A |
| % of target for major planning applications determined within 13 weeks | 58.5 * | 42 | 51.66 |
| % of target for minor planning applications determined within 8 weeks | 60.4 * | N/A | 61.09 |
| % of target for other planning applications determined within 8 weeks | 77.6 * | N/A | 78.05 |
| % of applicants satisfied with the service received. | 69 | 77 | 74.32 |
| Base numbers for survey | 422 | 22 | 289.14 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 4.42 | 17.51 | 5.76 |
| % of standard searches carried out in 10 working days | 97.2 | N/A | 93.41 |
| Decisions delegated to officers as a % of all decisions | 84.3 * | N/A | 86.1 |
| Do you have a development plan (or alterations to it) that has been adopted in the last 5 years & the end date of which has not expired? | No | No | 34% |
| If 'No', are there proposals on deposit for an alteration or replacement, with a published timetable for adopting those alterations or the replacement plan within three years? | Yes | Yes | 42% |
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