§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will reproduce in the Official Report, and bring up to date, the table regarding the progress of structure plans set out by his Department on page 63 of volume 2 of the Eighth Report from the Expenditure Committee, Session 1976–77, on planning procedures.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettFollowing is the information: 807W
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PROGRESS OF SUBMITTED STRUCTURE PLANS IN ENGLAND Submission Start of examination in public Advertisement of proposed modifications Notice of approval Solihull County Borough … … … … 15th March 1973 Joint "12th November 1973 September 1974 5th May 1975 Warwickshire County Council … … … … 29th March 1973 1st September 1974 30th July 1975 2nd April 1975 Coventry County Borough … … … … 5th April 1973 September 1974 5th May 1975 Worcestershire County Council … … … … 23rd May 1973 14th January 1974 1st September 1974 30th July 1975 2nd March 1975 South Hampshire … … … … 23rd January 1974 8th October 1974 April 1976 10th March 1977 West Bromwich County Borough … … … … 14th February 19741 Joint 4th March 1975 September 1977 Wolverhampton County Borough … … … … 15th February 1974 Dudley … … … … 27th March 1974 Walsall … … … … 26th March 1974 Birmingham County Borough … … … … 22nd March 1974 Warley … … … … 26th March 1974 Staffordshire County Council … … … … 4th March 1974 July 1976 Stoke-on-Trent County Borough … … … … 20th March 1974 Joint 22nd October 1974 September and November 1977 Burton upon Trent County Borough … … … … 28th March 1974 Hereford County Council … … … … 21st March 1974 3rd December 1974 July 1975 26th January 1976 Leicester-Leicestershire … … … … 20th March 1974 3rd December 1974 February 1976 27th May 1976 Teesside … … … … 27th March 1974 Joint 10th June 1975 October 1976 and March 1977 1st November 1977 East Cleveland … … … … 2nd January 1975 1st November 1977 West Cleveland … … … … 2nd January 1975 1st November 1977 East Sussex … … … … 23rd July 1975 16th March 1976 September 1977 Isle of Wight … … … … 24th March 1976 16th November 1976 Hertfordshire … … … … 5th April 1976 16th November 1976 Peak District National Park … … … … 23rd August 1976 22nd February 1977 Oxfordshire … … … … 1st September 1976 10th May 1977 Buckinghamshire … … … … 2nd February 1977 27th September 1977
Submission Start of examination in public Advertisement of proposed modifications Notice of approval Humberside … … … … … … 4th March 1977 6th September 1977 Suffolk … … … … … … 10th March 1977 8th November 1977 Norfolk … … … … … … 21st March 1977 24th January 1978 Bedfordshire … … … … … … 18th April 1977 22nd November 1977 Cheshire … … … … … … 2nd May 1977 8th November 1977 Derbyshire … … … … … … 2nd May 1977 24th January 1978 Leicestershire (Rutland) … … … … … … 10th August 1977 4th April 1978 West Berkshire … … … … … … 22nd August 1977 4th April 1978 Kent … … … … … … 14th September 1977 23rd May 1978
PROGRESS ON SUBMITTED PART STRUCTURE PLANS FOR URBAN AREAS IN ENGLAND Submission Start of examination in public Nuneaton and Bedworth (Warwickshire) … … … 24th February 1977 … … … … … … Joint—10th January 1978 Warwick, Leamington and Kenilworth (Warwickshire) … … … 29th April 1977 … … … … … … Rugby (Warwickshire) … … … 20th May 1977 … … … … … … 810W811W
PROGRESS ON SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED STRUCTURE PLANS IN ENGLAND Submission Start of examination in public Warwickshire Structure Plan … … … … … 31st January 1977 and 31st March 1977 … … … Joint—10th January 1978 Coventry Structure Plan (West Midlands) … … … … … 12th May 1977 … … …
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, pursuant to the statement by his Department to the Environment Sub-Committee of the Expenditure Committee on 23rd June 1976, Evidence, Volume 2, that it anticipated that 30 structure plans would be submitted to him in 1977, he will list the plans which have actually been submitted to him in 1977, and also the date of the examination in public; and what were the reasons for the shortfall.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettFollowing is the information:
Area and Starting Date of Examination in Public.
- Buckinghamshire, 27th September 1977
- Humberside, 6th September 1977
- Suffolk, 8th November 1977
- Cheshire, 8th November 1977
- Bedfordshire, 22nd November 1977
- Norfolk, 24th January 1978
- Derbyshire, 24th January 1978
- Leicestershire (Rutland) 4th April 1978
- West Berkshire, 4th April 1978
- Kent, 23rd May 1978.
The county planning authority is responsible for the preparation of a structure plan. Records are not maintained centrally of progress before submission, and it is not possible to say which phase of the preparatory work took longer than had been forecast in the other cases.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, pursuant to the statement by his Department to the Environment Sub-Committee of the Expenditure Committee on 23rd June 1976, Evidence, Volume 2, that it anticipated that nine structure plans would be submitted to him between July and December 1976, he will list the plans which were actually submitted in that period, and also the date of the start of the examination in public; and what were the reasons for the shortfall.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe Peak District National Park and Oxfordshire structure plans. The examinations in public started on 22nd February 1977 and 1st May 1977 respectively. The county planning authority is responsible for the preparation of a structure plan. Records are not maintained centrally of progress before submission, and it is not possible to say which phase of the preparatory812W work took longer than had been forecast in the other cases.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he remains of the opinion, expressed by the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett) in answer to the hon. Member for Melton on 24th January 1977, that most of the outstanding structure plans would be submitted to him before April 1978.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettOn the basis of forecasts from the county planning authorities, about a third of the plans outstanding at 24th January 1977 can be expected before April 1978.