HC Deb 24 May 1989 vol 153 cc601-2W
Mr. Patchett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of planning appeal decisions for each of the last five years; and on which occasions he over-ruled the advice of his inspectors.

Mr. Howard

In the last five years a total of 81,992 planning appeals have been decided—78,669 by inspectors and 3,323 by the Secretary of State. In only 114 were the inspectors' recommendations not accepted.