§ Mr. G. Griffithsasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether building development is prohibited by town planning schemes over moorland and woodland in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the county of Westmorland and the greater part of the South Downs; whether the same prohibition applies over Dart- 381W moor, Exmoor, the Cotswolds, the Pennines and the Welsh Mountains; and what other parts of England and Wales are covered by such prohibition?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonNo absolute prohibition is imposed on building development in those moorland or woodland areas specifically referred to, or elsewhere in England and Wales, except in very limited areas mainly on the ground of danger to health. In so far, however, as any of the areas in question are not already subject to an operative scheme or to interim development control under the Town and Country Planning Act of 1932, they will become subject to such control as from a date three months from the passage into law of the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Bill now before Parliament.