§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many planning applications were subject to an appeal against refusal; what percentages of appeals were(a) wholly allowed, (b) partially allowed and (c) dismissed; and in how many cases costs were awarded against the relevant council in respect of planning applications submitted to (i) Lewes district council and (ii) Wealden district council for each year from 1990 to date. [19087]
§ Ms Keeble[holding answer 29 November 2001]: The provision of information on planning appeals is the responsibility of the Planning Inspectorate. I have asked the Inspectorate's Chief Executive, Mr. Chris Shepley, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from C. J. Shepley to Norman Baker, dated 30 November 2001:
1161WThe Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about planning appeal statistics in the Lewes District Council and Wealden District Council areas.The numbers of appeals received in these areas are shown on the enclosed tables. Information available about decisions issued in 1990 is not fully available as our statistics database records only appeals received from 1990 onwards. Many of the decisions in 1990 would have been received in 1989, so no record exists. For planning appeals, partially allowed decisions are recorded as allowed.It is not possible to provide the information requested about costs awards as these records are only maintained on a national basis.
Planning appeals received Year Lewes D. C. Wealden D. C. 1990 40 106 1991 60 131 1992 69 130 1993 60 96 1994 60 76 1995 58 74 1996 53 92 1997 61 84 1998 46 70 1999 49 77 2000 57 84 2001 to date 48 61
Planning appeals decided—Lewes D. C. Year Decided Percentage allowed Percentage dismissed 1990 n/a n/a n/a 1991 68 16 84 1992 62 37 63 1993 52 33 67 1994 49 31 69 1995 43 44 56 1996 54 37 63 1997 46 37 63 1998 49 35 65 1999 47 40 60 2000 48 38 62 2001 to date 44 27 73
Planning appeals decided—Wealden D. C. Year Decided Percentage allowed Percentage dismissed 1990 n/a n/a n/a 1991 137 20 80 1992 116 24 76 1993 91 27 73 1994 74 26 74 1995 58 24 76 1996 65 26 74 1997 82 43 57 1998 73 32 68 1999 64 38 62 2000 69 28 72 2001 to date 57 30 70