HC Deb 26 July 1972 vol 841 cc310-1W
Mr. Tugendhat

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning permissions for the building of private dwellings have been given in the Greater London Council area since 1965: and how many have been completed.

Mr. Peyton

From 1st April, 1965, to 30th June, 1971, 10,303 planning permissions for private dwellings, excluding conversions, had been granted; 5,907 had been implemented by the end of 1971.

Mr. Tugendhat

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the annual rate at which planning permissions for private dwellings have been granted in the Greater London Council area since 1965; and what has been the annual rate of starts and completions of such dwellings.

Mr. Peyton

The annual rate of these permissions has been:

1965 (from 1st April) 1,263
1966 1,676
1967 1,666
1968 1,650
1969 1,315
1970 1,584
1971 (up to 30th June) 1,149

Figures for starts relating to these permissions are not available, but the numbers of these permissions implemented are as follows:

1965 0
1966 350
1967 783
1968 1,185
1969 1,181
1970 1,129
1971 1,279

Mr. Tugendhat

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many dwellings are at present unoccupied in the Greater London Council area on sites for which planning permission has been granted for the building of new private dwellings;

(2) how many dwellings are at present unoccupied in the Greater London Council area on sites for which planning permission has been granted for new commercial and office buildings.

Mr. Peyton

This information is not available.