HC Deb 14 February 1984 vol 54 cc171-2W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning applications the Secretary of State called in (a) 1960, (b) 1970, (c) 1975, (d) 1980, (e) 1981, (f) 1982 and (g) 1983, respectively; and how many of these were decided other than by way of public inquiry.

Mr. Macfarlane

The information for 1960 is not available but for other years is:

Number
1970 207
1975 85
1980 109
1981 73
1982 90
1983 62

The number of these called-in planning applications decided other than by way of public inquiry is not known but is thought to be few.