§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take action to ensure that appellants involved in planning appeals are given longer than 14 days to comment on written statements provided by the planning authority.
§ Mr. John SilkinAppellants involved in planning appeals proceeding by the written method are asked to send their comments on the local planning authority's statement within 14 days, but requests in specific cases for additional time to submit comments are always sympathetically considered.