Planning Applications (Hansard, 22 February 2000)

§ Mr. Clifton-Brown
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what has been the average time taken between a planning inspector submitting his report to ministers and a decision being taken by ministers in each of the last three years. [110229]

§ Ms Beverley Hughes
The information is as follows:

Weeks

Call ins Recovered Appeals

1997 21 19

1998 20 20

1999 21 21

Called-in and recovered appeal cases, by their nature, tend to raise issues which often need further consideration within the Department before decisions can be taken.

§ Sir Sydney Chapman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many planning applications he called in for decision in each of the last 10 years. [111526]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The figures are as follows:

Number

1989–90 103

1990–91 132

1991–92 140

1992–93 101

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Number

1993–94 99

1994–95 167

1995–96 144

1996–97 139

1997–98 147

1998–99 138

§ Sir Sydney Chapman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the outstanding planning applications which he has called in for decision. [111527]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The information is as follows:

288 High Street, Enfield

Allied London, Bracknell Forest

Amberswood, Wigan

Arena Central redevelopment, Birmingham City

ASDA Old Kent Road, Southwark

ASDA Park Royal, Ealing

Auberges des Foultanes, Barnsley

BAA Logistics Facility, Berkshire

Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, Leics

Barleycastle, Warrington

Bietigheim Way, Surrey Heath

Bietigheim Way, Main Square, Surrey Heath

Bowden Derra, North Cornwall

Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Barnet

Brewery Road, Broxboume

Broadoaks, Parvis Road, Surrey

Brockham Park, Gadbrook Road, Mole Valley

Burntwood Sports, Barnsley

Bursting Stone Quarry, Lake District National Park Authority

Bushcliff Farm, Wakefield

Carina Road, Kettering, Northants

Chesford Grange, Leek Wootton, Warwick

Chilwell Dam Farm, Nottingham

Clearview Tennis Centre, Brentwood

Cobridge Road, Stoke on Trent

Coghurst Wood, Rother

Coghurst Wood, Rother

Congleton Business Park

Cottesmore Hunt Kennels, Rutland

Crockford Bridge Farm, Runnymede

Crownhill Water Treatment, Plymouth

Cutacre Opencast Coal Site, Wigan

Dawley II Opencast Coal Site, Telford and Wrekin

Diamond Way, Irthlingborough Exeter City Centre, Exeter

Fen Road, Fenland

Five Acres Country Club, St. Albans

Five Oaks Lane, Redbridge

Flowers Brewery Site, Cheltenham

Former Bus Depot, Haughton Road, Darlington

Former Chantry Industrial Estate, Guildford

Former London Rubber Co, Waltham Forest

Former Quinton Bus depot, Birmingham City

Former RAF buildings, Cotswold

Former South London Hospital for Women, Lambeth
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Gatliff Road, Westminster

George Washington County Hotel, Washington, Sunderland

Glaxo-Wellcome, Bromley

Goldings, East Hertfordshire

Grain Silo Park and Ride, Oxford

Grain Silo Park and Ride, Oxford

Greenwich University, Greenwich

Gunton Park, Waveney

Hamer Ford Site, Tamworth

Hanbury manor, East Hertfordshire

Haslingden Road, Blackburn

Highlands Farm, Rother

Holborough cement works, Snodland

Homebase retail, Basingstoke and Deane

Honeypot Farm, Honeypot Lane, Tandridge

Hornsey High Street, Haringey

Hotel at Wotton House, Mole Valley

Hotel at Wotton House, Mole Valley

Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees

Iver South Sewage Works (Linked to Terminal 5, Heathrow), Bucks

Iver South Sewage Works (Linked to Terminal 5, Heathrow), Bucks

Jaguar Land bounded by A46, Coventry City

John Dickinson Site, Warrington

Kenly and Anson Close and Gauntlet Crescent, Tandridge

Kenyon Station, Warrington

Key Site 1, Hounslow

Lakeside Auto Park, Essex

Land adjacent to Blossom Hill, East Devon

Land at Coombe Farm, Plymouth

Land at Lawley Middleway, Birmingham City

Land North of Obelisk Way, Surrey Heath

Land West of Park Street, Surrey Heath

Land West of Park Street, Surrey Heath

Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

Legal and General, Bracknell Civic Centre, Bracknell Forest

Legal and General, Bracknell Forest

Leighton Buzzard Rugby Club, South Bedfordshire

Lowestoft Road, Waveney

Medway Valley Leisure Park, Strood

Middleton Technology School, Middleton

Multiplex, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Newdigate Brickworks, Mole Valley

Newtown Service Station, South Staffordshire

Norheads Farm, Bromley

North Cornwall, Bowden Derra Park

North Hertfordshire College, Stevenage

North Wiltshire, Showell Farm

Northern Gateway Access Road, Enfield

Northern Gateway Access Road, Epping Forest

Norton Canes Greyhound, Cannock Chase

Octavia Road/Unwin Road, Hounslow

Orbital Park, Wigan

Portland Sidings, Mansfield, Nottingham

Proposed new settlement at Corazely, Wokingham

Proposed new settlement at Spencers Wood and three Mile Cross, Wokingham

RAF Hendon East Camp, Camden
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Rawnsley Road (A), Cannock Chase

Rawnsley Road (B), Cannock Chase

Rawnsley Road (c), Cannock Chase

Red Quadrant, Metrocentre, Gateshead

Restormel, Victoria Business Park

Restormel, Victoria Business Park

Roaring Meg Retail Park South, Stevenage

Roebuck Retail Park, Stevenage

Rossfield Road, Ellesmere Port

Rossmore Road, Ellesmere Port

Safeway, Plough Lane, Merton

Sandown Hall, Liverpool

Scarisbrick, West Lancs

Showell Farm, North Wiltshire

South Church, Bishop Auckland, Wear Valley

Spath, East Staffordshire

Sports Village, Wakefield

Stone Lodge, Dartford

Strayfield Works, Enfield

Sunny Dale, Newcastle under Lyme

Tarporley Road, North Shropshire

Tesco Stores Ltd, North Lincolnshire

Tesco/Former Lorry Park, Enfield

The Chapel, East Herefordshire

The Gardens of the Rose, St Albans

The Linkway, Bolton

The Oaklands, North Shropshire

The Valley, Bolton

Town Square and Cambridge Walk, Surrey Heath

Trentham Gardens, Stafford

Year-on-year Council Tax¹ changes in somerset 1994–95 to 1999–2000

percentage

1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

(a) Real change

Mendip 7.1 -1.9 4.3 4.4 2.5 4.9

Sedgemoor 4.8 0.6 1.3 5.4 1.5 4.8

Taunton Deane 2.9 0.9 8.5 5.5 4.1 4.8

West Somerset 12.0 0.7 1.6 4.1 3.4 4.4

South Somerset 3.7 2.5 -0.0 4.8 2.5 4.7

(b) Actual change

Mendip 8.6 1.0 7.7 7.3 5.8 7.3

Sedgemoor 6.3 3.5 4.5 8.3 4.8 7.2

Taunton Deane 4.3 3.8 12.0 8.5 7.5 7.2

West Somerset 13.6 3.7 4.9 7.1 6.8 6.7

South Somerset 5.2 5.5 3.2 7.7 5.8 7.0

¹ The percentage changes are calculated from the headline Council Tax (Band D, 2 adults) amounts, before transitional relief and Council Tax benefit. These amounts cover the authority's own Council Tax plus the Council Tax of Somerset County Council and Avon and Somerset Police Authority.

	Number
1993–94	99
1994–95	167
1995–96	144
1996–97	139
1997–98	147
1998–99	138

Year-on-year Council Tax¹ changes in somerset 1994–95 to 1999–2000
percentage
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
(a) Real change
Mendip	7.1	-1.9	4.3	4.4	2.5	4.9
Sedgemoor	4.8	0.6	1.3	5.4	1.5	4.8
Taunton Deane	2.9	0.9	8.5	5.5	4.1	4.8
West Somerset	12.0	0.7	1.6	4.1	3.4	4.4
South Somerset	3.7	2.5	-0.0	4.8	2.5	4.7
(b) Actual change
Mendip	8.6	1.0	7.7	7.3	5.8	7.3
Sedgemoor	6.3	3.5	4.5	8.3	4.8	7.2
Taunton Deane	4.3	3.8	12.0	8.5	7.5	7.2
West Somerset	13.6	3.7	4.9	7.1	6.8	6.7
South Somerset	5.2	5.5	3.2	7.7	5.8	7.0
¹ The percentage changes are calculated from the headline Council Tax (Band D, 2 adults) amounts, before transitional relief and Council Tax benefit. These amounts cover the authority's own Council Tax plus the Council Tax of Somerset County Council and Avon and Somerset Police Authority.