Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each planning authority in Wales the number of planning appeals he has received in each of the past five years.
Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe information is as follows:
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1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Glyndwr BC 13 18 15 13 8 Rhuddlan BC 14 17 16 18 21 Wrexham Maelor BC 11 26 20 30 28 Dyfed Carmarthen DC 12 32 27 18 17 Ceredigion DC 27 35 30 36 20 Dinefwr BC 19 9 5 12 13 Llanelli BC 17 18 20 22 12 Preseli DC 6 24 18 15 16 South Pembrokeshire DC 20 31 38 22 20 Gwent Blaenau Gwent BC 5 5 1 9 8 Islwyn BC 2 14 15 12 9 Monmouth DC 35 45 45 59 32 Newport BC 20 23 16 26 23 Torfaen BC 13 10 8 13 18 Gwynedd Aberconwy BC 19 27 20 25 20 Arfon BC 15 16 19 15 18 Dwyfor DC 26 32 22 30 20 Merionydd BC 21 28 25 17 18 Ynys Mon BC 33 40 47 56 43 Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley BC 12 5 5 17 4 Merthyr Tydfil BC 8 6 9 17 6 Ogwr BC 41 34 48 64 30 Rhondda BC 12 12 3 20 11 Rhymney Valley DC 24 17 19 18 18 Taff-Ely BC 29 19 28 29 27 Powys Brecknock BC 28 18 22 25 16 Montgomery DC 22 18 19 16 16 Randor DC 12 6 9 13 4 West Glamorgan Afan BC 2 12 11 10 5 Lliw Valley BC 18 18 32 33 34 Neath BC 8 11 20 13 14 Swansea City Council 41 42 63 65 37 South Glamorgan Cardiff City Council 39 66 50 63 61 Vale of Glamorgan BC 50 71 73 86 51 Notes:
1. Appeals involving proposals falling within national parks are included among the figures quoted for the district authorities concerned.
2. The figures include a small number of cases where the original application was dealt with by the county planning authority.