Woking Local Plan

HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 c215W

Mr. Cranley Onslow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish his inspector's report on the Woking local plan.

Mr. Howard

Inspectors are appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct inquiries into objections to local plans. However the inspector reports direct to the local planning authority.

This particular inquiry raised a number of very complex issues and, together with necessary site visits, extended over some 17 weeks. The inspector is making every effort to complete his report as soon as possible and expects to submit it to Woking borough council for its consideration by July.

Subsequent publication of the report is then a matter for the local planning authority itself.