§ Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Local Government and Planning the number of orders confirmed by him under Section 28 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 213W 1947; if he will give the number of such orders for each of the county planning areas in England and Wales; and if he is satisfied with the progress in implementing the section.
§ Mr. Dalton388 orders have been confirmed. Details by counties are given below. Some very good work has been done by local authorities in preserving trees and woodlands, but I want to see a great deal more. I am never satisfied.
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ORDERS CONFIRMED BY THE MINISTER UNDER SECTION 28 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1947. Counties. Bedford … … 1 Berkshire … … 4 Buckinghamshire … … 29 Cambridgeshire—Isle of Ely … … 1 Cheshire … … 11 Cornwall … … 10 Cumberland … … 14 Derbyshire … … 4 Devon … … 8 Dorset … … 8 Durham … … 4 Essex … … 6 Gloucester … … 10 Hereford … … 3 Hertford … … 8 Kent … … 19 Lancashire … … 7 Leicester … … 2 Lincoln— Parts of Lindsey … … 16 Parts of Kesteven … … 1 London … … 2 Middlesex … … 4 Norfolk … … 2 Northampton … … 5 Northumberland … … 4 Nottingham … … 4 Oxford … … 7 Rutland … … 1 Shropshire … … 3 Somerset … … 1 Southampton— Southampton … … 23 Isle of Wight … … 8 Stafford … … 4 Suffolk— East … … 11 west … … 1 Surrey … … 26 Sussex, West … … 20 Warwick … … 5 Wiltshire … … 1 Worcester … … 14 Yorkshire— North Riding … … 3 West Riding … … 15 Anglesey … … 1 Caernarvon … … 4 Denbigh … … 11 Flint … … 2 Glamorgan … … 4 Merioneth … … 4 Montgomery … … 2 Pembroke … … 5
County Boroughs. Bournemouth … … 1 Bradford … … 1 Bristol … … 1 Burnley … … 1 Burton-upon-Trent … … 1 Derby … … 1 Eastbourne … … 4 Hastings … … 10 Huddersfield … … 1 Southampton … … 2 Swansea … … 1 Wolverhampton … … 1