Planning Powers (Delegation)

HC Deb 11 February 1958 vol 582 cc199-200

39. Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs which county councils have delegated planning powers to minor local authorities.

Mr. Bevins

As the answer is in tabulated form, with permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Hayman

Can the Parliamentary Secretary give the number of local authorities?

Mr. Bevins

I am afraid I cannot give the number off-hand.

Following is the Table:

County Councils of the following counties in England and Wales have delegated planning powers (in varying degrees) to county district councils

• Bedfordshire.
• Berkshire.
• Breconshire.
• Buckinghamshire.
• Carmarthenshire.
• Cheshire.
• Cumberland.
• Derbyshire.
• Devon.
• Dorset.
• Durham.
• Essex.
• Flintshire
• Glamorganshire.
• Hertfordshire.
• Kent.
• Lancashire.
• Leicestershire.
• Lincolnshire (Lindsey).
• Middlesex.
• Norfolk.
• Northamptonshire.
• Northumberland.
• Pembrokeshire.
• Somerset.
• Staffordshire.
• Suffolk (West).
• Surrey.
• Sussex (East).
• Sussex (West).
• Warwickshire.
• Westmorland.
• Wiltshire.
• Worcestershire.
• Yorkshire (East Riding).
• Yorkshire (West Riding).

County Councils of the following counties have decentralised planning powers to Area Sub-Committees consisting of members of the country council and the county district councils

• Caernarvonshire.
• Cambridgeshire.
• Cardiganshire.
• Cornwall.
• Denbighshire.
• Gloucestershire.
• Herefordshire.
• Lincolnshire (Holland).
• Lincolnshire (Kesteven).
• Monmouthshire.
• Nottinghamshire.
• Oxfordshire.
• Southampton.
• Suffolk (East).
• Yorkshire (North Riding).