§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what the current delay is between his Department 85W receiving an appeal against planning refusal and the applicant receiving the date of the hearing.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe average length of time between the receipt of an appeal and the holding of an inquiry into it for appeals decided during September 1973 was 46 weeks where the decision was taken by the Secretary of State and 39 weeks where an inspector made the decision. Information upon which the average period between receipt of an appeal and the notification of the date of an inquiry can be calculated has not been collected.