|                                                                                                  |                               | Variable                                                                                        | Description    |
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| ID                                                                                               |                               | Application Reference Number                                                                    |                |
| DateReceived                                                                                     |                               | Date application received                                                                       |                |
| ReceivedQ                                                                                        |                               | Quarter application received - to select applications received in any quarter or the full year, |                |
| this variable can be filtered e.g. select "Q1" for applications received in Q1, or "Q1, Q2, Q3,  |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| Q4" for all applications received in the financial year                                          |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| DateValid                                                                                        |                               | Date application made valid                                                                     |                |
| Authority                                                                                        |                               | District Council Authority or Department                                                        |                |
| LPA19CD                                                                                          | Local Planning authority code |                                                                                                 |                |
| LPA19NM                                                                                          | Local Planning authority name |                                                                                                 |                |
| Constituency                                                                                     |                               | Parliamentary Constituency of application                                                       |                |
| AppType                                                                                          |                               | Application Type e.g. Full, Reserved Matters                                                    |                |
| Classification                                                                                   |                               | Application Classification i.e. Regional, Major, Local                                          |                |
| StatsCategory                                                                                    |                               | Statistical Category e.g. Residential, Industrial, Commercial                                   |                |
| Urban_Rural                                                                                      |                               | Marker to show if an application is urban or rural (NISRA definition) - defined as urban if     |                |
| application within SDLs >= 5,000 population, rural settlements if within SDLs < 5,000 and        |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| rural countryside if outside SDLs                                                                |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| HousingType                                                                                      |                               | Housing type of application e.g. new single dwelling, housing development - including rural     |                |
| settlements and countryside breakdowns                                                           |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| RenewableType                                                                                    |                               | Type of Renewable Energy e.g. Single Wind Turbine, Wind Farm, Solar Panels                      |                |
| Proposal                                                                                         |                               | Description of the Application's proposal                                                       |                |
| SiteAddress                                                                                      |                               | Site address of the application                                                                 |                |
| Easting                                                                                          |                               | Easting Co-ordinate of application                                                              |                |
| Northing                                                                                         |                               | Northing Co-ordinate of application                                                             |                |
| Status@31Mar                                                                                     |                               | Status of application at end of reporting period i.e. Decided/Withdrawn/Pending                 |                |
| Decision_Withdrawal                                                                              |                               | Description of the Authority's decision (including withdrawn)                                   |                |
| DecisionIssuedDate                                                                               |                               | Date application decided                                                                        |                |
| DecidedQ                                                                                         |                               | Quarter application decided - to select applications decided in any quarter or the full year,   |                |
| this variable can be filtered e.g. select "Q1" for applications decided in Q1, or "Q1, Q2, Q3,   |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| Q4" for all applications decided in the financial year                                           |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| DateWithdrawn                                                                                    |                               | Date application withdrawn                                                                      |                |
| WithdrawnQ                                                                                       |                               | Quarter application withdrawn - to select applications decided in any quarter or the full       |                |
| year, this variable can be filtered e.g. select "Q1" for applications decided in Q1, or "Q1, Q2, |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| Q3, Q4" for all applications decided in the financial year                                       |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| processingtime_wks                                                                               |                               | Time in weeks to process a decision or withdrawal                                               |                |
| Live@31Mar                                                                                       |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| Marker to show if an application is live at the end of the reporting period - this variable can  |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| be filtered i.e. select "1" for live applications at the end of the financial year               |                               |                                                                                                 |                |
| timeinsystem                                                                                     |                               | The time live applications have been in the system at end of the reporting period               |                |
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