§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in each of the last 15 years his Department has overruled a county council decision to refuse planning permission for gravel extraction; and if he will indicate the counties to which these decisions relate.
§ Mr. MarksThe number of occasions on which appeals were allowed in each of the years 1963 to 1977 against refusal by local planning authorities of planning permission for the working of gravel or of sand and gravel are shown on the attached list, together with the counties in which the sites were situated. The list includes appeals allowed against decisions of borough of district councils acting on 115W behalf of county councils prior to 1st April 1974.
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1963 Bucks 1 Devon 1 Durham 1 Herts 2 Hunts 1 Kent 2 Leics 1 Middlesex 3 Peterborough 1 East Suffolk 1 Surrey 1 15 1964 Cheshire 1 Essex 1 Herts 2 Hunts 1 Kent 2 Middlesex 1 Salop 1 9 1965 Hereford 1 Herts 1 Kent 1 Lancs 1 Notts 2 Surrey 1 Warks 1 8 1966 Bucks 2 GLC 1 Bexley LB 1 Hants 1 Hunts 1 Kent 1 Notts 1 Oxon 1 W Suffolk 1 Warks 3 Surrey 2 15 1967 Beds 1 Hants 1 Herts 1 Kent 1 Salop 1 Staffs 1 W Suffolk 1 W Sussex 1 NR Yorks 1 9 1968 Berks 3 Derbys 1 Dorset 3 GLC 2
Kent 1 Staffs 1 Warks 1 NR Yorks 1 13 1969 Essex 1 Hants 1 Leics 1 Northumberland 1 4 1970 Berks 1 Durham 1 Leics 1 Lincs (Kesteven) 1 Surrey 1 5 1971 Herts 1 Oxon 1 W Suffolk 1 Surrey 1 4 1972 Essex 1 Hants 1 Herts 1 3 1973 Nil 1974 Reading CBC 1 1975 Herts 1 1976 GLC 1 Kent 1 Lincs 1 Norfolk 1 Northants 1 Warks 1 6 1977 Kent 1 Surrey 2 3