§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning applications for golf courses have been made to local planning authorities in each of the last five years; how many have been granted; how many have been refused; how many included a hotel; how many went to appeal; and, of these, how many were granted.
§ Mr. YeoInformation about planning applications is not collected in a form which enables those for golf courses to be identified separately. The position on appeals involving golf courses is as follows:
Year Appeals received (number including hotels) Appeals decided Appeals granted 1986–87 21(2) 14 2 1987–88 12(2) 17 6 1988–89 27(5) 10 2 1989–90 50(3) 37 9 11990–91 95(11) 51 17 1 provisional