HC Deb 14 February 1989 vol 147 cc183-4W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against Durham city council's planning decisions were made to him in each of the last five years; and what proportion of these were successful in each case.

Mr. Chope

The number of planning appeals made against decisions of the Durham city council since 1 April 1984 (the earliest date for which such information is available) is shown in the table, together with the number of such cases decided and the number and proportion of these for which planning permission was granted.

Year Appeals received Appeals decided Appeals allowed Per cent allowed
1984–85 11 8 0
1985–86 8 6 1 16.7
1986–87 16 11 6 54.5
1987–88 17 17 6 35.3