§ Mr. Arthur Jonesasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many planning appeals have been decided by public inquiry and how many by delegation to inspectors since the Town and Country Planning Act, 1968 came into operation.
§ Mr. GreenwoodIn the period 1st January, 1969 to 31st March, 1970, 3,861 and 1,321 respectively.
§ Mr. Arthur Jonesasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the number of planning appeals for each year since 1966 in England and Wales under Section 23 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1962; what was the percentage of successful appeals; and what was the total number of planning applications.
§ Mr. GreenwoodFollowing is the information requested:
Number of Appeal decisions Per cent, successful Total number of planning applications decided 1966 … 9,035 21.9 415,052 1967 … 8,495 23.2 422,553 1968 … 7,081 25.1 426,286 1969 … 6,557 29.0 Not available