HC Deb 26 March 1973 vol 853 c234W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals have been made from the decisions of local planning authorities in England and Wales on minerals to him in each of the past five years; and what is the percentage of refusals in the first and last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Graham Page

Statistics are not available of the number of planning appeals concerning mineral working made, but the number of appeals decided for each of the past five years is shown below:

Year No. of Appeals
1972 … … … … 26
1971 … … … … 29
1970 … … … … 31
1969 … … … … 38
1968 … … … … 34

61.5 per cent. of those appeals decided in 1972 were dismissed and 44.1 per cent. of those decided in 1968.