§ 12. Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of planning applications has gone to appeal in each year since 1979; and what percentage of these appeals has been successful in each year.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information for England is as follows: 547W
Year Number of planning applications received Appeals received as percentage of applications received in the year Proportion of appeals decided which were allowed Per cent. Per cent. 19791 — — 29.1 1980 527,700 3.1 30.8 1981 450,400 3.7 32.7 1982 399,200 3.5 31.0 1983 428,200 3.2 32.4 1984 427,600 3.8 32.4 1985 430,800 4.0 37.4 19861 — — 40.5 1 Full figures for applications received are not available for the calendar years 1979 and 1986. Only about 2 per cent. of all planning permissions are given on appeal. Between 1983 and 1986 the proportion of planning applications refused by local planning authorities went up from 12.8 per cent. to 14.9 per cent.