HC Deb 18 May 1972 vol 837 cc191-2W
Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what, on average, is the time gap between the hearing of a planning appeal and the announcement of the result of that appeal.

Mr. Graham Page

15 weeks when the decision is my right hon. Friend's; six weeks when the decision is given by an inspector. I refer my hon. Friend also to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Mr. Sydney Chapman) yesterday.—[Vol. 837, c.96.]