HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 cc559-60W
Mr. Holt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning applications called in and subject to public inquiry have been(a) granted and (b) refused in each of the past eight years.

Mr. Chope

The number of called-in planning applications granted and refused is as follows:

Granted Refused
1980 33 24
1981 36 17
1982 23 25
1983 33 30
1984 32 35
1985 27 17
1986 25 24
1987 27 26

The importance of most called-in development proposals means that most of these cases will have been subject to a public local inquiry, but the Department has no record of the number.