HC Deb 27 January 1971 vol 810 cc133-4W
Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the total number of houses the building of which was forbidden on planning grounds in Great Britain as a whole and in urban and rural districts, respectively, during the last convenient 12-month period;

(2) how many applications for the building of individual houses in rural areas were submitted to planning authorities in England during the last convenient 12-month period; and what percentage was refused.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

Statistics in the form requested are not available. Over 75 per cent. of all applications relating to residential development were allowed in 1969. These and other figures of planning decisions collected nationally are published in the booklet Statistics for Town and Country Planning.