§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will tabulate for each of the 10 years preceding the latest convenient date the number of buildings statutorily listed as being of architectural or historic interest in England and Wales; the number of these which have been demolished with the consent of the local authority; the number of these which have been demolished with the consent
LISTED BUILDINGS AND LISTED BUILDING CONSENTS FOR TOTAL DEMOLITION ENGLAND No. of buildings for which consent for total demolition given No. of listed buildings at 31 March by local planning authority by Secretary of State after call-in by Secretary of Stale—local Authority applications by Secretary of State on appeal 1 2 3 4 5 1974 190,854 175 1925 58 4 1975 19219,388 173 1964 97 17 1976 19233,629 187 1956 151 23 1977 19250,052 119 1916 125 9 1978 19257,993 143 1930 144 4 1979 19265,219 269 1929 67 7 1980 19272,964 135 1917 113 3 1981 19279,712 84 1926 33 5 1982 19286,795 94 1917 44 6 550WA
WALES No. of buildings for which consent for total demolition given No. of listed buildings at 31 March by local planning authority by Secretary of State after call in by Secretary of State—local authority applications By Secretary of State on appeal 1 2 3 4 5 1974 5,514 3 0 1 0 1975 6,278 1 0 0 0 1976 7,144 6 0 76* 0 1977 7,605 3 0 4 1 1978 8,194 14 0 1 0 1979 8,443 7 0 0 0 1980 8,534 1 0 4 0 1981 9,085 1 1 2 0 1982 9,952 4 1 4 0 *One consent given for a row of terraced houses listed individually. NOTES: 1. All private applications for the demolition of listed buildings which a local planning authority wish to grant are referred to the appropriate Secretary of State to enable him to decide whether or not he should call in the application for his own decision. The figures in column 2 of the above tables show the cases left to the local planning authority to decide, while column 3 refers to those applications which were called in and for which consent to demolish was subsequently given. 2.All applications made by local planning authorities are made direct to the Secretary of State and decided by him. of the Secretary of State after appeal against a refusal by the local authority; and the number which have been illegally demolished.
§ Lord SkelmersdaleThe table below shows consents given for total demolition of listed buildings in each of the nine calendar years for which figures are available. Previously total demolitions were not separately recorded. Statistics are not available for illegal demolitions.