§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many appeals under Section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Act are currently waiting to be heard.
§ Mr. Corfield2,215 at the end of last month as compared with 3,048 a year ago.
§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs the average time taken from the rejection of a planning application by a local authority to the hearing of the appeal under Section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Ac:
§ Mr. CorfieldI have no figures to show the average time taken between the planning authority's decision on an application and the submission of an appeal. The average time taken from the receipt of an appeal to the local inquiry is at present about four and a half months.