HC Deb 03 December 1973 vol 865 cc265-6W
Mr. Spearing

asked 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 :

  1. (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. (2) Figures of planning permissions relate to all office developments, regardless of size.
  3. (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. Channon

I 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.