§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the structure plans submitted for approval to his Department over the last five years, indicating whether they were new plans, replacement plans or alterations to existing plans; and what was the length of time taken by each between submission and final approval.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe list is as follows:
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Submitted Approved Initial structure plans Essex 9 July 1979 30 March 1982 Western Wiltshire 4 October 1979 20 May 1981 North Yorkshire 12 October 1979 26 November 1980 Tyne and Wear 16 October 1979 14 September 1981 Lincolnshire 22 January 1980 26 November 1981 Merseyside 28 January 1980 27 November 1980 Cumbria and Lake District 22 February 1980 13 December 1981. Gloucestershire 17 March 1980 30 September 1981 North East Wiltshire 9 April 1980 19 November 1981
Submitted Approved Cornwall 17 April 1980 24 July 1981 Somerset 12 August 1980 1 February 1982 South West Hampshire 23 October 1980 14 September 1982 Central and North Lancashire 26 March 1981 9 February 1983 Isles of Scilly 3 September 1981 26 April 1984 Dorset (excluding South East) 2 October 1981 7 July 1983 Avon 29 October 1982 — Alterations to approved plans Oxfordshire No. 1 (Minerals) 7 September 1979 19 October 1982 Norfolk No. 1 19 September 1980 23 October 1981* Hertfordshire 5 November 1980 — Norfolk No. 2 12 November 1980 16 December 1982* Warwickshire No. 3 28 November 1980 22 June 1982 East Sussex No. 2 22 May 1981 30 September 1982* Kent 27 May 1981 21 December 1983 Norfolk No. 3 8 July 1981 16 December 1982* Derbysbire No. 1 8 September 1981 18 December 1981* Norfolk No. 4 27 November 1981 16 December 1982* Buckinghamshire No. 1 21 December 1981 — Buckinghamshire No. 2 (Minerals) 12 March 1982 — Northamptonshire 23 July 1982 24 March 1983* East Sussex No. 3 22 October 1982 — Teesside No. 2 25 October 1982 26 April 1983* South Wiltshire 6 April 1983 — Central Berkshire 25 May 1983 Rejected 17 November 1983* West Midlands 15 June 1983 — Cheshire 1 August 1983 — Oxfordshire No. 2 30 December 1983 — North East Hampshire 20 January 1984 — South Hampshire 17 February 1984 — Greater Manchester 2 March 1984 — Derbyshire No. 2 9 March 1984 Rejected 15 May 1984* Replacement plans West Midlands 21 November 1980 25 March 1982 Staffordshire 3 March 1982 13 April 1984 Hereford and Worcester 1 February 1983 — * No examination in public held.