§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will set out in tabular form the 212W progress so far made over structure plans, indicating which plans awaited decision in his Department on 3 May 1979, and how soon each was decided upon.
§ Mr. Giles ShawOf the 72 structure plans needed to cover England, 70 have been submitted, and of these 57 have been approved.
The 28 plans in the following list were awaiting decision on 3 May 1979 and have since been approved.
Plan Approved Cheshire 9 July 1979 Suffolk 10 August 1979 Hertfordshire 21 September 1979 North East Lancashire 12 November 1979 Peak District National Park 5 December 1979 Buckinghamshire 5 December 1979 Norfolk 6 December 1979 Rutland 7 December 1979 South Yorkshire 19 December 1980 Bedfordshire 11 January 1980 Northamptonshire 28 January 1980 South East Dorset 5 February 1980 Salop 28 February 1980 Cleveland (Hartlepool) 27 March 1980 Worcester City 27 March 1980 Kent 31 March 1980 Central Berkshire 14 April 1980 East Berkshire 14 April 1980 Surrey 14 April 1980 West Sussex 13 June 1980 Derbyshire 2 July 1980 West Yorkshire 8 July 1980 Nottinghamshire 22July 1980 South Wiltshire 31 July 1980 Cambridgeshire 6 August 1980 Mid Hampshire 30 September 1980 North East Hampshire 20 October 1980 Greater Manchester 5 March 1981 In addition, four plans were both submitted and approved after 3 May 1979.
Proposed modifications to four other plans have been published and examinations in public have been held into six others and are planned for three more. Only the plans for the Isles of Scilly and for part of Dorset remain to be submitted.