§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to make public all advice, including briefing notes from his Department, given to inspectors at planning inquiries.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneInspectors are rarely given departmental briefing on individual planning cases. When this does occur, briefing notes are made available on request to anyone reasonably entitled to know what they
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Alteration to approved plans Submitted Approved Norfolk No. 1 19 September 1980 * 23 October 1981 Hertfordshire 5 November 1980 12 October 1984 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 Derbyshire No. 1 8 September 1981 * 18 December 1981 contain from the opening of the inquiry or any pre-inquiry meeting, to the end of the period during which the decision is open to challenge in the courts. Other advice available to inspectors in the "Inspector's Handbook" is of a general procedural and organisational nature unrelated to specific cases and would be unsuitable for general dissemination. A copy is on deposit in the Library.