Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each planning authority in England the number of planning appeals he has received in each of the past five years.
Mr. MacfarlaneThe information requested is not readily available. Since 1979, however, my Department has been keeping statistics on the number of planning appeals by county. The figures are as follows:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983 Avon 248 284 328 344 143 Bedfordshire 125 162 196 172 68 Berkshire 287 383 469 456 216 Buckinghamshire 297 326 315 286 145 Cambridgeshire 198 296 291 232 119 Cheshire 239 301 304 267 142 Cleveland 81 127 99 72 34 Cornwall 292 379 231 292 120 Cumbria 168 208 177 153 69 Derby 195 231 251 232 83 Devon 466 624 703 510 243 Dorset 279 415 392 362 193 Durham 93 117 113 83 49 Essex 699 881 873 668 350 Gloucestershire 212 289 344 252 104 Gt. Manchester 372 429 479 410 172 Hants 601 695 803 568 305
1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983 Hereford/Worcestershire 193 272 321 261 120 Hertfordshire 387 434 432 422 225 Humberside 143 157 186 175 89 Isle of Wight 102 94 85 59 25 Kent 572 747 683 519 253 Lancashire 348 415 427 400 176 Leicestershire 223 288 290 233 84 Lincolnshire 159 220 222 189 117 London 1,475 1,554 1,635 1,525 824 Merseyside 181 182 227 194 119 Norfolk 200 342 379 269 162 Northants 147 145 158 135 64 Northumberland 58 63 46 41 30 Nottinghamshire 157 219 205 169 97 Oxon 238 328 305 250 135 Salop 95 163 162 119 63 Scillies 1 4 4 7 2 Somerset 182 239 253 207 82 Staffordshire 256 350 326 268 109 Suffolk 215 312 254 202 75 Surrey 627 859 813 670 336 Sussex 712 763 827 603 286 Tyne and Wear 76 102 131 101 50 Warwickshire 196 241 275 194 78 West Midlands 314 383 410 351 150 Wiltshire 119 217 238 180 99 North Yorkshire 266 350 304 264 119 South Yorkshire 211 267 236 213 101 West Yorkshire 285 341 435 321 159 12,990 16,208 16,637 13,900 6,802 * January-June.