§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on progress made over structure plans since the reply by the hon. Member for Pudsey (Mr. Shaw) to the hon. Member for Melton on 6 April 1981, Official Report, c. 212.
§ Mr. Giles ShawOf the 72 structure plans needed to cover England, 71 have now been submitted and of these 66 have been approved.
The following 9 plans have been approved since 6 April 1981:
Plan Approved Devon 7 April 1981 Western Wiltshire 20 May 1981 Cornwall 24 July 1981 Tyne and Wear 14 September 1981 Gloucestershire 30 September 1981 North East Wiltshire 19 November 1981 Lincolnshire 26 November 1981 Somerset 1 February 1982 Essex 30 March 1982 In addition, proposed modifications to the south-west Hampshire and the Cumbria and Lake District plans have been published, and examinations in public have been held into the plans for central and north Lancashire, the Isles of Scilly, and Dorset, excluding the South-East.
Only the plan for Avon remains to be submitted—the earlier plan having been withdrawn in June 1981.