§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in tabular form the number of office development permits granted by his Department for the City and each borough in Greater London between April 1970
Office Development Permits(1) issued 1st April 1970 to 31st March 1973 Planning Permissions for offices(2) granted 1st January 1970 to 30th September 1972 Floorspace Floorspace Gross Net(3) Gross Net(3) London Boroughs Number '000 sq.ft. Number '000 sq.ft. Barking … … 7 166 163 114 229 203 Barnet … … 19 1,318 1,183 112 339 278 Bexley … … 14 560 433 86 165 104 Brent … … 19 976 791 106 403 244 Bromley … … 23 710 680 134 305 224 Camden … … 90 3,893 2,471 233 2,091 1,193 City of London … … 170 14,289 8,669 233 4,663 1,654 Croydon … … 14 713 523 190 322 255 Ealing … … 25 418 301 99 331 284 Enfield … … 12 291 228 121 304 233 Greenwich … … 10 430 425 119 377 301 Hackney … … 44 1,211 951 90 436 305 Hammersmith … … 25 1,965 1,757 126 880 673 Haringey … … 6 168 132 103 220 152 Harrow … … 10 624 492 82 231 206 Havering … … 8 200 180 98 175 116 Hillingdon … … 32 1,190 1,026 144 480 432 Hounslow … … 20 943 779 156 793 695 Islington … … 51 2,219 1,542 189 946 714 Kensington and Chelsea … … 27 1,022 799 130 289 154 Kingston upon Thames … … 11 632 602 106 365 289 Lambeth … … 23 1,656 1,421 107 1,452 1,140 Lewisham … … 6 242 201 104 185 162 Merton … … 19 341 306 127 310 283 Newham … … 9 214 173 80 470 294 Redbridge … … 10 195 165 88 114 101 Richmond upon Thames … … 21 551 478 131 678 488 Southwark … … 68 3,011 2,366 193 995 810 Sutton … … 8 1,029 926 88 480 426 Tower Hamlets … … 35 1,279 1,001 77 413 317 Waltham Forest … … 8 83 72 120 265 224 Wandsworth … … 12 634 436 80 515 439 Westminster … … 235 11,206 6,310 525 4,310 1,023 Totals … … 1,091 54,379 37,982 4,491 24,531 14,416 Notes :
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- (1) Office development permits were required for office development in excess of 3,000 sq. ft. gross between April 1970 and 15th December 1970, and in excess of 10,000 sq. ft. gross thereafter.
- (2) Figures of planning permissions relate to all office developments, regardless of size.
- (3) Net figures comprise office floor space permitted after deduction of space relinquished for demolition or change of use to non-office use
and March 1973, together with the respective areas of floorspace ; and the equivalent number of planning applications and floor areas applied for over the same period, together with the numbers of applications and areas granted.
§ Mr. ChannonI regret that information on planning applications for offices is not available. The following table gives details for the periods shown of office development permits issued by my Department ; and summarises information provided by the Greater London Council of planning permissions granted for office development.