HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc366-79W
Mr. Alton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning decisions made by local authorities have been overturned by his Department in the past two years; and if he will break this figure down authority by authority.

Mr. Tracey

Planning appeal statistics are published annually in the Chief Planning Inspector's reports. In 1983 and 1984 the number of appeals decided and allowed, and the proportion allowed, under section 36 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, in England were:

Decided Allowed Percentage Allowed
1983 11,221 3,633 32.4
1984 11,643 3,773 32.4

The Table gives details of appeals decided and allowed by each local planning authority in the periods, October 1983—September 1984 and October 1984—September 1985. Conclusions should be drawn with care from these

Planning appeals: by local authority
October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Avon 0 0 — 2 0 0
Bath 23 7 30 18 6 33
Bristol 64 21 33 87 49 56
Kingswood 20 5 25 16 6 38
Northavon 64 20 31 64 15 23
Wansdyke 45 15 33 42 15 36
Woodspring 69 28 41 79 31 39
Bedfordshire 0 0 — 0 0 —
North Bedfordshire 28 14 50 70 18 26
Luton 21 7 33 57 26 46
Mid Bedfordshire 34 14 41 67 21 31
South Bedfordshire 36 10 28 40 8 20
Berkshire 0 0 — 3 0 0
Bracknell 30 15 50 36 20 56
Newbury 58 15 26 79 29 37
Reading 60 22 37 73 33 45
Slough 13 6 46 10 6 60
Windsor and Maidenhead 87 22 25 99 36 36
Wokingham 76 21 28 69 21 30
Buckinghamshire 1 0 0 0 0 —
Aylesbury Vale 45 14 31 49 23 47
South Buckinghamshire 49 7 14 62 27 44
Chiltern 46 18 39 73 29 40
Milton Keynes 24 6 25 18 9 50
Wycombe 46 17 37 68 21 31
Cambridgeshire 2 0 0 0 0 —
Cambridge 26 7 27 36 17 47
East Cambridgeshire 32 9 28 27 9 33
Fenland 10 3 30 10 3 30
Huntingdon 41 15 37 36 11 31
Peterborough 11 3 27 22 10 45
South Cambridgeshire 79 20 25 106 31 29
Cheshire 0 0 — 1 1 100
Chester 47 23 49 36 10 28
Congleton 27 8 30 23 7 30
Crewe and Nantwich 13 4 31 14 4 29
Ellesmere Port and Neston 17 9 53 23 11 48
Halton 12 8 67 8 1 13
Macclesfield 64 21 33 69 28 41
Vale Royal 15 6 40 33 14 42
Warrington 41 15 37 37 18 49
Cleveland 0 0 — 1 1 100
Hartlepool 8 3 38 16 13 81
Langbaurgh 20 6 30 19 8 42
Middlesbrough 14 5 36 13 4 31
Stockton-on-Tees 19 8 42 20 6 30
Cornwall 0 0 — 0 0 —
Caradon 29 9 31 37 5 14
Carrick 45 15 33 64 23 36
Kerrier 58 14 24 53 15 28
North Cornwall 25 3 12 29 7 24
Penwith 10 2 20 13 4 31
Restormel 55 10 18 58 23 40
Isles of Scilly 1 1 100 6 2 33
Cumbria 0 0 — 2 1 50
Allerdale 12 3 25 25 6 24
Barrow-in-Furness 11 5 45 12 5 42
Carlisle 9 0 0 11 4 36
Copeland 3 2 67 16 6 38
Eden 13 6 46 7 2 29
South Lakeland 39 10 26 50 22 44

figures because of the small number of appeals made annually against the decisions of most local planning authorities.

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Derbyshire 0 0 — 1 1 100
Amber Valley 22 5 23 26 8 31
Bolsover 6 3 50 17 5 29
Chesterfield 7 1 14 12 5 42
Derby 15 5 33 14 3 21
Erewash 20 8 40 27 16 59
High Peak 19 8 42 25 6 24
North East Derbyshire 32 8 25 32 12 38
South Derbyshire 16 5 31 19 4 21
West Derbyshire 14 4 29 22 9 41
Devon 2 1 50 0 0 —
East Devon 58 8 14 63 17 27
Exeter 33 11 33 54 17 31
North Devon 43 19 44 49 15 31
Plymouth 30 7 23 29 10 34
South Hams 74 25 34 63 18 29
Teignbridge 43 12 28 50 15 30
Mid Devon 16 4 25 20 8 40
Torbay 74 24 32 87 29 33
Torridge 18 5 28 22 14 64
West Devon 16 4 25 14 2 14
Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bournemouth 64 19 30 67 24 36
Christchurch 23 8 35 34 11 32
North Dorset 26 11 42 38 9 34
Poole 56 21 38 42 12 29
Purbeck 22 3 14 16 3 19
West Dorset 51 25 49 55 10 18
Weymouth and Portland 10 3 30 21 4 19
Wimborne 58 20 34 65 21 32
County Durham 2 0 0 3 1 33
Chester-le-Street 5 1 20 5 4 80
Darlington 17 3 18 19 7 37
Derwentside 12 1 8 9 3 33
Durham 7 0 0 4 1 25
Easington 5 1 20 9 3 33
Sedgefield 11 5 45 9 5 56
Teesdale 9 2 22 6 0 0
Wear Valley 7 3 43 9 2 22
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brighton 26 15 58 31 15 48
Eastbourne 22 8 36 26 11 42
Hastings 29 14 48 22 8 36
Hove 11 3 27 27 8 30
Lewes 51 19 37 28 9 32
Rother 35 9 26 46 11 24
Wealden 79 22 28 77 30 39
Essex 3 1 33 2 0 0
Basildon 81 43 53 94 50 53
Braintree 38 10 26 50 15 30
Brentwood 46 20 43 51 18 35
Castle Point 42 12 29 47 15 32
Chelmsford 100 31 31 118 47 40
Colchester 30 9 30 48 16 33
Epping Forest 62 12 19 104 33 32
Harlow 1 1 100 8 4 50
Maldon 39 13 33 58 24 41
Rochford 21 8 38 34 10 29
Southend-on-Sea 7 3 43 12 3 25
Tendring 39 14 36 69 20 29
Thurrock 31 8 26 57 13 23
Uttesford 35 9 26 46 15 33
Gloucestershire 0 0 — 2 1 50
Cheltenham 23 7 30 20 7 35
Cotswold 35 11 31 49 14 29
Forest of Dean 57 11 19 73 30 41
Gloucester 3 0 0 15 9 60
Stroud 62 26 42 62 20 32

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Tewkesbury 35 13 37 50 15 30
Hampshire 1 0 0 2 1 50
Basingstoke and Deane 64 17 27 90 31 34
East Hampshire 56 19 34 57 17 30
Eastleigh 24 5 21 23 9 39
Fareham 18 3 17 47 16 34
Gosport 2 0 0 6 1 17
Hart 57 29 51 51 23 45
Havant 18 4 22 40 10 25
New Forest 78 22 28 132 47 36
Portsmouth 27 10 37 27 8 30
Rushmoor 20 4 20 29 13 45
Southampton 29 8 28 39 10 26
Test Valley 45 18 40 58 19 33
Winchester 57 19 33 66 19 29
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 — 4 2 50
Bromsgrove 32 5 16 39 12 31
Hereford 8 1 13 16 3 19
Leominster 15 2 13 15 3 20
Malvern Hills 39 11 28 46 12 26
Redditch 7 2 29 13 2 15
South Herefordshire 17 4 24 26 5 19
Worcester 9 4 44 23 6 26
Wychavon 56 21 38 64 19 30
Wyre Forest 25 5 20 17 6 35
Hertfordshire 0 0 — 3 0 0
Broxbourne 22 4 18 23 8 35
Dacorum 61 20 33 46 18 39
East Hertfordshire 45 10 22 64 29 45
Hertsmere 36 14 39 29 13 45
North Hertfordshire 31 12 39 52 25 48
St. Albans 48 18 38 75 36 48
Stevenage 9 1 11 11 8 73
Three Rivers 45 15 33 51 20 39
Watford 18 5 28 17 7 41
Welwyn Hatfield 37 13 35 33 13 39
Humberside 0 0 — 0 0 —
East Yorks borough of Beverley 42 19 45 33 13 39
Boothferry 11 4 36 20 6 30
Cleethorpes 12 4 33 15 4 27
Glanford 10 5 50 9 5 56
Great Grimsby 5 3 60 7 5 71
Holderness 11 2 18 14 4 29
Kingston upon Hull 15 7 47 15 7 47
East Yorkshire 12 5 42 23 9 39
Scunthorpe 1 0 0 3 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0 — 0 0 —
Medina 17 3 18 26 8 31
South Wight 31 6 19 27 5 19
Kent 2 0 0 0 0 —
Ashford 27 3 11 62 17 27
Canterbury 22 8 36 61 18 30
Dartford 21 3 14 28 8 29
Dover 26 6 23 41 14 34
Gillingham 9 2 22 23 7 30
Gravesham 11 2 18 22 6 27
Maidstone 47 11 23 72 27 38
Rochester upon Medway 15 4 27 28 16 38
Sevenoaks 50 16 32 84 26 31
Shepway 29 10 34 42 16 38
Swale 26 5 19 45 12 27
Thanet 13 9 69 26 10 38
Tonbridge and Malling 14 6 43 42 10 24
Tunbridge Wells 44 19 43 71 23 32
Lancashire 2 1 50 1 0 0
Blackburn 22 8 36 31 12 39
Blackpool 28 10 36 32 10 31
Burnley 13 3 23 10 5 50

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Chorley 24 5 21 21 8 38
Fylde 8 1 13 29 8 28
Hyndburn 12 2 17 18 8 44
Lancaster 28 8 29 26 7 27
Pendle 18 4 22 12 5 42
Preston 23 10 43 25 9 36
Ribble Valley 27 4 15 29 8 28
Rossendale 7 4 57 10 3 30
South Ribble 25 6 24 31 16 52
West Lancashire 25 4 16 32 10 31
Wyre 43 21 49 51 19 37
Leicestershire 4 2 50 0 0 —
Blaby 17 7 41 23 10 43
Charnwood 31 5 16 31 9 29
Harborough 15 3 20 24 7 29
Hinckley and Bosworth 17 5 29 24 7 29
Leicester 33 10 30 29 11 38
Melton 16 7 44 22 9 41
North West Leicestershire 26 7 27 26 6 23
Oadby and Wigston 13 7 54 16 6 38
Rutland 12 3 25 12 5 42
Lincolnshire 0 0 — 0 0 —
Boston 6 1 17 8 1 13
East Lindsey 71 22 31 69 27 39
Lincoln 20 12 60 8 3 38
North Kesteven 28 7 25 29 7 24
South Holland 6 3 50 19 5 26
South Kesteven 25 4 16 43 16 37
West Lindsey 28 7 25 26 9 35
Norfolk 1 1 100 1 0 0
Breckland 32 7 22 55 14 25
Broadland 37 9 24 37 16 43
Great Yarmouth 26 4 15 39 15 38
North Norfolk 52 11 21 63 24 38
Norwich 15 4 27 22 6 27
South Norfolk 45 11 24 60 16 27
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 38 14 37 55 25 45
North Yorkshire 0 0 — 1 0 0
Craven 25 4 16 28 10 36
Hambleton 29 7 24 26 5 19
Harrogate 46 14 30 70 31 44
Richmondshire 8 3 38 11 5 45
Ryedale 19 4 21 39 10 26
Scarborough 22 6 27 25 8 32
Selby 18 5 28 25 12 48
York 18 11 61 14 7 50
Northamptonshire 0 0 — 0 0 —
Corby 1 0 0 3 0 0
Daventry 37 13 35 40 13 32
East Northamptonshire 9 1 11 6 1 17
Kettering 19 7 37 19 8 42
Northampton 15 3 20 15 11 73
South Northamptonshire 27 7 26 30 7 23
Wellingborough 10 2 20 20 7 35
Northumberland 0 0 — 2 2 100
Alnwick 4 1 25 8 2 25
Berwick-upon-Tweed 3 0 0 3 0 0
Blyth Valley 6 4 67 2 1 50
Castle Morpeth 27 15 56 24 10 42
Tynedale 11 3 27 13 1 08
Wansbeck 3 1 33 3 1 33
Nottinghamshire 1 0 0 0 0 —
Ashfield 22 1 05 17 8 47
Bassetlaw 37 21 57 39 10 26
Broxtowe 13 3 23 16 5 31
Gedling 14 1 07 19 7 37
Mansfield 12 6 50 11 4 36
Newark 24 6 25 38 14 37

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Nottingham 22 9 41 21 7 33
Rushcliffe 27 4 15 31 7 23
Oxfordshire 0 0 — 2 1 50
Cherwell 39 16 41 47 15 32
Oxford 19 6 32 24 5 21
South Oxfordshire 58 9 16 96 27 28
Vale of White Horse 48 19 40 52 15 29
West Oxfordshire 38 15 39 63 18 29
Shropshire 0 0 — 0 0 —
Bridgnorth 29 4 14 28 13 46
North Shropshire 15 6 40 17 4 24
Oswestry 6 1 17 10 2 20
Shrewsbury and Atcham 22 12 55 38 12 32
South Shropshire 7 1 14 9 2 22
The Wrekin 19 6 32 16 4 25
Somerset 0 0 — 2 1 50
Mendip 33 6 18 40 12 30
Sedgemoor 33 11 33 39 11 28
Taunton Deane 25 2 08 24 12 50
West Somerset 10 4 40 15 2 13
Yeovil 56 15 27 60 17 28
Staffordshire 2 0 0 3 2 67
Cannock Chase 14 5 36 18 9 50
East Staffordshire 13 6 46 24 6 25
Lichfield 31 14 45 31 8 26
Newcastle-under-Lyme 26 9 35 37 17 46
Stafford 47 14 30 43 17 40
South Staffordshire 41 11 27 31 14 45
Staffordshire Moorlands 26 7 27 31 11 35
Stoke-on-Trent 24 6 25 30 7 23
Tamworth 3 1 33 6 2 33
Suffolk 0 0 — 0 0 —
Babergh 33 6 18 54 16 30
Forest Heath 10 6 60 20 9 45
Ipswich 23 8 35 22 9 41
Mid Suffolk 20 5 25 18 4 22
St. Edmundsbury 22 6 27 20 5 25
Suffolk Coastal 24 10 42 40 10 25
Waveney 19 5 26 21 9 43
Surrey 0 0 — 2 1 50
Elmbridge 53 26 49 45 21 47
Epsom and Ewell 22 12 55 19 7 37
Guildford 79 21 27 88 23 26
Mole Valley 42 4 10 63 12 19
Reigate and Banstead 73 31 42 79 35 44
Runnymede 49 7 14 58 22 38
Spelthorne 20 8 40 27 7 26
Surrey Heath 37 8 22 46 16 35
Tandridge 83 19 23 85 19 22
Waverley 66 13 20 87 27 31
Woking 31 10 32 52 18 35
Warwickshire 1 0 0 1 1 100
North Warwickshire 23 4 17 17 7 41
Nuneaton and Bedworth 14 4 29 21 8 38
Rugby 24 10 42 19 8 42
Stratford-on-Avon 65 28 43 53 16 30
Warwick 23 7 30 41 14 34
West Sussex 0 0 — 1 1 100
Adur 21 6 29 25 9 36
Arun 39 15 38 41 13 32
Chichester 66 13 20 73 26 36
Crawley 33 15 45 29 17 59
Horsham 65 22 34 93 31 33
Mid Sussex 77 21 27 56 17 30
Worthing 18 6 33 30 8 27
Wiltshire 0 0 — 1 1 100

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Kennet 28 5 18 35 10 29
North Wiltshire 50 16 32 61 18 30
Salisbury 33 7 21 51 19 37
Thamesdown 24 5 21 36 15 42
West Wiltshire 34 14 41 43 16 37
Greater Manchester 4 2 50 5 1 20
Bolton 43 12 28 52 27 52
Bury 15 7 47 18 5 28
Manchester 19 9 47 20 7 35
Oldham 23 10 43 29 11 38
Rochdale 24 12 50 19 5 26
Salford 23 9 39 27 9 33
Stockport 43 14 33 39 13 33
Tameside 21 6 29 24 8 33
Trafford 32 14 44 35 11 31
Wigan 28 8 29 24 10 42
Merseyside 2 1 50 0 0 —
Knowsley 9 1 11 10 3 30
Liverpool 32 19 59 30 17 57
St. Helens 19 6 32 30 14 47
Sefton 33 14 42 33 14 42
Wirral 58 17 29 38 14 37
South Yorkshire 1 0 0 1 0 0
Barnsley 30 8 27 40 15 38
Doncaster 46 21 46 51 17 33
Rotherham 27 4 15 23 8 35
Sheffield 75 25 33 67 24 36
Tyne and Wear 0 0 — 0 0 —
Gateshead 20 9 45 20 6 30
Newcastle upon Tyne 10 2 20 14 5 36
North Tyneside 20 10 50 27 10 37
South Tyneside 7 3 43 13 5 38
Sunderland 7 2 29 19 3 16
West Midlands 0 0 — 0 0 —
Birmingham 89 39 44 109 51 47
Coventry 31 13 42 35 8 23
Dudley 21 8 38 25 5 20
Sandwell 13 5 38 22 4 18
Solihull 50 17 34 55 25 45
Walsall 29 12 41 24 14 58
Wolverhampton 31 11 35 29 10 34
West Yorkshire 0 0 — 4 1 25
Bradford 59 12 20 66 20 30
Calderdale 29 6 21 26 11 42
Kirklees 67 19 28 69 25 36
Leeds 91 39 43 107 30 28
Wakefield 49 13 27 49 10 20
Greater London Council 0 0 — 0 0 —
City of London 5 2 40 4 0 0
Barking and Dagenham 6 2 33 10 4 40
Barnet 55 17 31 62 26 42
Bexley 39 10 26 35 13 37
Brent 23 15 65 44 19 43
Bromley 119 35 29 200 72 36
Camden 83 44 53 78 45 58
Croydon 57 20 35 78 26 33
Ealing 45 14 31 58 28 48
Enfield 64 26 41 82 30 37
Greenwich 22 13 59 62 40 65
Hackney 16 9 56 23 6 26
Hammersmith and Fulham 32 19 59 65 33 51
Haringey 25 8 32 34 13 38
Harrow 31 13 42 48 27 56
Havering 36 16 44 52 17 33
Hillingdon 39 14 36 61 26 43
Hounslow 39 15 38 81 36 44
Islington 30 16 53 32 14 44
Kensington and Chelsea 45 15 33 59 23 39

October 1983 to September 1984 October 1984 to September 1985
Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent. allowed
Kingston upon Thames 50 27 54 66 32 48
Lambeth 19 8 42 27 16 59
Lewisham 8 4 50 16 6 38
Merton 19 6 32 35 12 34
Newham 12 5 42 36 18 50
Redbridge 75 32 43 69 37 54
Richmond upon Thames 46 15 33 59 23 39
Southwark 31 15 48 37 23 62
Sutton 31 14 45 40 21 52
Tower Hamlets 9 3 33 15 10 67
Waltham Forest 23 10 43 26 7 27
Wandsworth 13 6 46 45 19 42
City of Westminster 64 28 44 83 35 42
Dartmoor National Park 34 9 26 35 8 23
Exmoor National Park 8 3 38 4 3 75
Lake District National Park 35 10 29 60 22 37
Northumberland National Park 1 1 100 2 0 0
North Yorks Moors National Park 27 8 30 24 3 13
Peak National Park 28 8 29 28 8 29
Yorkshire Dales National Park 22 6 27 29 8 28
London Docklands Development Corporation 2 0 0 3 0 0
Merseyside Development Corporation 0 0 — 0 0 —
ENGLAND TOTAL* 11,391 3,707 33 14,032 5,005 36
* Estimates revised slightly from previously published figures.

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