§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Chelmsford,Official Report, 1 February, column 432, how many of the planning appeals received by his Department from applicants in the Chelmsford area involved planning applications in green belt land, in each of the last three available years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information is not available exactly in the form requested. The number of planning appeals from Chelmsford borough involving land in the designated green belt recorded as having been decided by inspectors in 1984, 1985 and 1986 was:
Year Appeals Decided 1984 18 1985 32 1986 35