§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning appeals were received by his Department in each of the last 10 years; how many of these appeals were withdrawn in each year; and how many were decided.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettFollowing is the information requested:
Year Number of appeals received Number of appeals withdrawn Total number of appeals decided 1967 … 10,090 2,673 8,098 1968 … 9,593 2,765 6,658 1969 … 8,212 2,788 6,192 1970 … 8,362 2,549 5,454 1971 … 9,818 2,788 5,516 1972 … 14,408 3,075 5,916 1973 … 18,326 3,487 10,882 1974 … 13,324 4,175 12,198 1975 … 11,690 4,235 11,486 1976 … 11,656 3,069 9,253
§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning appeals were being processed by his Department on 31st December 1976; and how many of these appeals had waited longer than six months, 12 months, 18 months and two years, respectively, for his determination and decision.
§ Mr. Guy Barnett8,935 planning appeals were being processed on 31st December 1976; the information sought in the second part of the question is not available in the form requested, but the average periods between receipt and decision taken by appeals decided in December 1976 were as follows
52 weeks where the appeal was decided by the Secretary of State following a local inquiry (12 per cent. of cases).36 weeks where the appeal was decided by the Secretary of State on written representations (9 per cent. of cases).28 weeks where the appeal was decided by an Inspector following a local inquiry (16 per cent. of cases).22 weeks where the appeal was decided by an inspector on written representations (63 per cent. of cases).