§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take note of alterations to structure plans in considering the reports of inspectors at public inquiries into local plans in the period between the submission of the alterations and his decision on those alterations.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe inspector's report following a public local inquiry into a local plan is made to the local planning authority which prepared the plan, and not to my right hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the expected timescale for the submission of structure plan alterations in metropolitan counties following their proposed abolition.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneUnder the proposals in the Local Government Bill, following abolition approved structure plans will continue in force in Greater London and the metropolitan county areas until they are replaced by the unitary development plans which, under the provisions of the Bill, each borough or district council will prepare. There will be no power to alter structure plans for those areas after the abolition date.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those counties for which he has accepted alterations to structure plans proposed by county councils and the dates concerned.
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§ Mr. MacfarlaneAlterations to approved county structure plans were approved on the following dates:
Plan Date Warwickshire No. 1 August 1979 Warwickshire No. 2 August 1979 Teesside No. 1 December 1979 East Cleveland December 1979 West Cleveland December 1979 Staffordshire (transport) December 1979 Leicestershire (transport) February 1980 Worcestershire March 1980 East Sussex No. 1 September 1980 Norfolk No. 1 October 1981 Derbyshire December 1981 Warwickshire No. 3 June 1982 East Sussex No. 2 September 1982 Oxfordshire (minerals) October 1982 Norfolk No. 2 December 1982 Norfolk No. 3 December 1982 Norfolk No. 4 December 1982 Northamptonshire March 1983 Teesside No. 2 April 1983 Kent December 1983 Hertfordshire October 1984 South Wiltshire (transport) December 1984 East Sussex No. 3 May 1985
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what research he has conducted into the accuracy of forecasting requirements for housing land in structure plans approved prior to December 1981.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneMy Department has not carried out any research on the accuracy of forecasts of housing land requirements in structure plans generally. It monitors the adequacy of the provision carefully and has commissioned research on the assumptions underlying the provision of land for housing in structure plans for South-East England.