§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average period of delay currently between the receipt by his Department of an appeal against a local planning authority's refusal to grant planning permission and the date of the local inquiry conducted by a trained inspector; and how this situation compares with past periods.
§ Mr. Graham PageThirty-one weeks; a year ago the average period was 25 weeks and 2 years ago, 24 weeks.