§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of opencast coal planning applications by British Coal that have been refused by the mineral planning authorities, and appeals that have been lodged by his Department; and if he will indicate for each case(a) the date of refusal, (b) the date of the appeal, (c) the date the inspector submitted his report to the Secretary of State, (d) the date when he announced his decision and (e) whether the appeal was granted or refused.
§ Mr. YeoInformation on opencast coal applications refused by the mineral planning authorities is not held centrally. The information on appeals lodged with the Department since 1 March 19841 is as follows:
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Site Date of refusal Date of appeal Date of receipt of report Date of decision Decision Bleak House, Staffordshire 11 December 1985 28 January 1986 18 May 1987 13 August 1987 dismissed Hill Top, Durham 21 April 1986 4 June 1986 2 July 1987 24 August 1987 dismissed Daisy Hill, Durham 20 May 1986 15 July 1986 17 September 1987 10 November 1987 allowed Slayley, Derbyshire 24 December 1986 23 January 1987 20 October 1987 14 December 1987 allowed Billingham, Durham 20 May 1986 23 July 1986 3 November 1987 12 January 1988 dismissed West Carr, Durham 2— 30 July 1986 23 December 1987 17 February 1988 dismissed Brown Lees, Staffordshire 25 September 1986 26 November 1986 23 December 1987 6 April 1988 allowed Lomax, Greater Manchester 2— 28 November 1986 21 June 1988 17 November 1988 dismissed Linton Lane, Northumberland 5 January 1988 1 February 1988 20 September 1988 21 December 1988 allowed Rainge, Derbyshire 2— 11 August 1987 1 July 1988 22 December 1988 allowed Kirk (Revised), Derbyshire 2— 1 March 1988 2 March 1989 10 July 1989 allowed Rockingham, Barnsley 2— 24 March 1988 14 June 1989 9 August 1989 allowed Slayley, Derbyshire3 2— 27 October 1988 14 June 1989 10 August 1989 allowed Shilo North, Derbyshire 2— 20 June 1988 27 February 1990 14 May 1990 dismissed Ellerbeck West, Lancashire4 16 January 1987 25 March 1987 17 May 1990 28 August 1990 dismissed Marley Hill, Durham 24 January 1989 21 March 1989 18 June 1990 22 October 1990 dismissed 1 Information is only available from 1 March 1984 when the British Coal Corporation were required to apply for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1972. 2 Non determination by mineral planning authority. 3 Application for the variation of conditions attached to the Secretary of State's decision of 14 December 1987. 4 Inquiry re-opened.