§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals there were against refusal of planning permission for residential planning applications, in terms of the number of dwellings such appeals represented, in each of the years from 1967 to 1977 inclusive; and how many of these appeals were granted, in terms of the number of dwellings which they represented.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe available information, which is in terms of the number of appeals decided is as follows:
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Number of residential appeals decided (.England and Wales) Number allowed 1967 4,733 815 1968 3,740 672 1969 3,395 797 1970 3,142 690 1971 3,263 507 1972 3,612 642 1973 7,764 1,344 1974–75* 8,387 1,507 1975–76 6,010 1,185 1976–77 4,142 953 It is not possible to identify the number of dwellings involved. * From 1974–75 onwards the figures relate to financial years. granted, in terms of the number of dwellings which they represented.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe number of residential applications granted and refused, is given in the following table. It is not possible from existing returns to identify the number of dwellings represented by these figures or the total number of applications received in each year.