§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those proposed developments for which, since 15 July 1988, the local planning authority has given an opinion that environmental assessment is required.
§ Mr. HowardThe following cases in which an English local planning authority has given an opinion under regulation 5(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 that environment assessment is required have been notified to the Department in accordance with paragraph 52 of DoE circular 15/88.
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Local planning authority Proposed Development Date of opinion Leeds City Council Retail, etc, development Kirkstall Valley, Leeds 11 August 1988 Calderdale D. C. Sludge de-watering plant Bradley 7 March 1989 Newcastle City Council Gosforth Park housing development, Newcastle 13 March 1989 Peterborough City Council Residential and commercial development at Castor and Ailsworth, Peterborough 31 March 1989 Knowsley D. C. Incinerator for medical and hospital wastes, Hammond Road., Kirkby, Merseyside 13 April 1989 246W
Proposed development Planning decision as notified to the Secretary of State under regulation 23 Slough Borough Council Expansion of private power station, Slough, Berkshire. Planning permission granted 10 January 1989. South Oxfordshire District Council Brickworks, Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot, Oxfordshire. Planning permission refused 11 January 1989. Peterborough City Council Private Electricity Generating Station, Peterborough. Outline planning permission granted 31 January 1989. North Tyneside District Council Synthetic resin plant, North Shields. Not yet notified. Cleveland County Council Toxic waste incinerator. Seal Sands, Cleveland. Not yet notified. Gateshead District Council Infill of former Wardley Quarry, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Not yet notified. Teesside District Council Clinical waste incinerator, Tyne Tees Wharf, Middlesbrough. Not yet notified. Durham County Council Hilton Lane opencast coal site, Hilton, Durham. Not yet notified. Wyre District Council Pumping station and sewage outfall, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Not yet notified. Wirral District Council Waste disposal site, Bromborough, the Wirral, Merseyside Not yet notified Leeds City Council Quarry extension, Castleford, West Yorkshire. Not yet notified. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Waste treatment centre, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster. Not yet notified. Harrogate District Council and North Yorkshire County Council Harrogate/Knaresborough Southern Bypass. Not yet notified. Black Country Development Corporation Black Country Spine Road, Wolverhampton. Not yet notified. Corby District Council Private Electricity Generating Station, Corby, Northamptonshire. Not yet notified. Melton Borough Council New village (Kettleby Magna), Great Dalby, Leicestershire. Not yet notified. Northampton District Council New village, Wooton Fields, Northampton Not yet notified. Derbyshire Dales District Council Holiday village, Flash Dam, Matlock, Derbyshire Not yet notified Mansfield District Council Robin Hood Theme Park, Mansfield Woodhouse. Not yet notified
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those developments for which an environmental statement has been provided under the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 and give the planning authority's decision in respect of each planning application with any conditions attached to the permissions.
§ Mr. HowardCopies of the environmental statements have been sent to the Department under regulation 14(2)(B) in respect of the following developments:
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Proposed development Planning decision as notified to the Secretary of State under regulation 23 Boston Borough Council Steel rolling mill, Batteries Farm, Boston Lincolnshire. Not yet notified Broxtowe Borough Council Retail Park, Giltbrook, Nottingham Not yet notified Derbyshire Dales District Council Hotel, conference centre, funicular railway, etc, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Application withdrawn prior to planning decision being made. Castle Point District Council New settlement at Canvey Island, Essex. Not yet notified. Rochester-upon-Medway City Trading Port, BP site, Isle of Grain, Kent. Not yet notified. Rochester-upon-Medway City Liquefied Natural Gas terminal, BP site, Isle of Grain, Kent Not yet notified Tonbridge and Mailing District Council Distribution depot/light industrial development, Ditton Park Quarry, Aylesford, Kent. Not yet notified Medina Borough Council Marina, hotel and residential units, Port Marina, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. Not yet notified. Berkshire County Council Sandhurst/Crowthorne Bypass. Not yet notified Surrey County Council Waste disposal site, Hersham and Trumps Farms, Longcross, Surrey. Not yet notified. South Oxfordshire District Council Wallingford by-pass. Not yet notified Devon County Council Extension of landfill site, Kengsteignton, South Devon Not yet notified.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those proposed developments since 15 July 1988 where(a) he has exercised his power to make a direction without an application under the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988, (b) he has had to make a direction where a planning application has not been
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LPA Proposed Development Date of Direction Effect of Direction (a) Without application under the regulations: Lincoln City Council Business Park, Bishops Bridge, Lincoln 13 April 1989 EA required (b) in response to a request by a developer following a notification by a local planning authority that an environmental statement is required in respect of a planning application not accompanied by an environmental statement: 1. City of Nottingham Retail park, hotel, etc. Babbington Colliery site, Nottingham 2 September 1988 EA not required 2. London Boroughs of Newham and Waltham Forest Lee Cross Shopping Centre 28 October 1988 EA required 17 November 3. Wycombe D.C. Motorway Service Area, M 40, near High Wycombe 1988 EA not required 4. South Buckingham D.C Shopping Complex, Tanhouse Pits, Iver, Bucks. 6 December 1988 EA not required Extension of sand and gravel workings, Stanwick Quarry, near 5. Northants C.C. Raunds, Northants 6 December 1988 EA required 6. Cambridgeshire C.C. Extension of sand and gravel workings, Barleycroft Farm, Cambs 14 December 1988 EA not required 7. Thamesdown B.C. Industrial estate, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon 21 December 1988 EA not required 8. Essex C.C. Sand and gravel workings Mana Farm, Essex 30 January 1989 EA required 9. North West Leicestershire D.C. Retail Park, Donington Park Motor Racing Circuit 2 March 1989 EA required 10. North West Leicestershire D.C. Business/Office Park, Donington Park 2 March 1989 EA required 11. London Borough of Lambeth Redevelopment of County Hall, London SE1 14 March 1989 EA not required 12. Malvern Hills D.C. New village and industrial development, adjacent to Malvern Hills 17 March 1989 EA required 13. North Devon D.C. Proposed Motor racing circuit at Bishop's Nympton, Devon 27 April 1989 EA required (c) in response to a request by a local planning authority in respect of its own development: 1. Sedgfield D.C. Heighington Lane Industrial Site, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham 13 October 1988 EA not required accompanied by an environmental assessment but the planning authority have notified the applicant that an environmental statement would be required; and if he will state the effect of those directions.
§ Mr. HowardThe following directions have been given by the Secretary of State:
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LPA Proposed Development Date of Direction Effect of Direction 2. North Warwickshire D.C. Infrastructure for industrial estate, Kingsbury Colliery site, near Tamworth 17 October 1988 EA not required 3. Langbaurgh B.C. Ski lift and ski centre, Eston Hills Normanby 9 December 1988 EA not required
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those developments where he has been required to make a pre-application direction as to whether the development should be subject to environmental assessment and give the decision in each case.
§ Mr. HowardThere have been no such cases.