HC Deb 13 April 1984 vol 58 c457W
Mr. Beggs

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he intends to enforce the planning conditions which related to the approval granted to Hendly Bros. to dump soil on Mr. I. A. Sherrard's land at O'Neill road, Newtownabbey.

Mr. Chris Patten

No. The terms of the approval, which was granted in August 1964 by the former Newtownabbey urban district council, are not sufficiently precise to enable the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland to take effective enforcement action.