HC Deb 24 May 1989 vol 153 cc598-9W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those sites where ancient monuments have been covered by planning decisions.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The Department has no comprehensive information about the details of planning decisions made by local planning authorities. Information about planning decisions made by the Secretary of State, or decisions on scheduled monument consent applications, which have led to archaeological sites being covered by development could only be assembled at disproportionate cost.