§ 20. Mr. Marloweasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many appeals against refusal of planning permission have been made in each of the years 1956, 1957 and 1958; in how many such appeals a public inquiry has been held; and in how many instances when there has been a public inquiry he has allowed such appeal.
§ Mr. BevinsThe Answer is that 6,699 appeals under Section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, were received in 1956; 6,921 in 1957; and 7,499 in 1958. The numbers of appeals decided after public inquiry in each of these three years were 3,452, 4,033 and 3,838 respectively. The number of appeals allowed in 1958 after public inquiry was 1,154; comparable figures are not available for 1956 and 1957 though figures of the total number of appeals allowed in those two years will be found in appendix XIV to the Report for 1958 issued by my Department.