§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each of the last three years(a) the number of applications for mobile telecommunication masts that were the subject of appeals to the Secretary of State and (b) the number of appeal decisions where the local planning authority's decision was upheld. [128937]
§ Ms Beverley HughesInformation is not held about telecommunications masts specifically. The following is information relating to appeal decisions about telecommunications development generally.
1997–98 1998–99 1999–200 Number of appeal decisions made in each year for telecommunications development 122 142 184 Number of appeal decisions made in each year that upheld the local planning authority's decision 68 67 83