§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will investigate the circumstances in which the Kent County Council has not given consent to three planning applications submitted to it through Orpington Council in July, 1964, concerning a church hall (WK/7/64/382), a shopping precinct (WK/7/64/363), and housing at Rookery Gardens (WK/7/64/163(i)), St. Mary Cray, respectively; and whether 333W valid planning permission can now be deemed to have been granted in accordance with the minutes of the Development Sub-Committee of Kent County Council dated 29th December, 1964.
§ Mr. MacCollThis is a matter for the county council. It is open to the applicants to appeal to my right hon. Friend against the local planning authority's failure to notify their decision on the applications and so it would not be right for my right hon. Friend to intervene at this stage.