§ Sir Gerard VaughanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the dates and circumstances in the last five years when an application for gravel extraction has been refused by his Department.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested has been placed in the Library of the House.
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Local authority Decision date Main issues Essex County Council 6 April 1987 Effect on landscape: Noise/disturbance: Traffic, highway safety, congestion: Fulfilment of need for mineral Shropshire County Council 12 June 1987 Minerals policy: Effect on landscape Gloucestershire County Council 6 October 1987 Minerals policy Dorset County Council (Enforcement notice appeal) 28 October 1987 Restoration and future use Durham County Council (Planning Appeal and enforcement notice appeal 19 November 1987 Policy on countryside and coastal areas: Effect on landscape: Trees/ woodlands: Fulfilment of need for mineral: Restoration and future use 1988 Nottinghamshire County Council 21 January 1988 Minerals policy: Noise/disturbance Northamptonshire County Council 22 March 1988 Minerals policy Shropshire County Council 8 November 1988 Effect on landscape: Dirt, dust etc.: Fulfilment of need for mineral Shropshire County Council 12 December 1988 Noise/disturbance: Traffic, highway safety, congestion: Effect on listed buildings, buildings of historic merit, ancient monuments: Fulfilment of need for mineral 1989 Berkshire County Council 10 February 1989 Minerals policy: Fulfilment of need for mineral South Cambridgeshire District Council 15 March 1989 Minerals policy: Traffic, highway safety, congestion: Other minerals issues Hampshire County Council 24 May 1989 Agricultural land policy: Fulfilment of need for mineral Staffordshire County Council 10 July 1989 Countryside and coastal area policy: Effect on landscape: Dirt, dust etc.: Noise/disturbance: Surface water drainage: Fulfilment of need for mineral Hampshire County Council 27 July 1989 Effect on landscape: Noise/disturbance: Storage of Hazardous substances: Fulfilment of need for mineral Hereford and Worcester County Council 15 August 1989 Effect on landscape Hampshire County Council 8 September 1989 Dirt, dust etc.: Noise/disturbance: Traffic, highway safety, congestion 1990 to date Hereford and Worcester County Council (two planning appeals) 1 March 1990 Minerals policy: Dirt, dust etc. Suffolk County Council (two planning appeals) 22 March 1990 Countryside and coastal area policy: Effect on listed buildings, buildings of historic merit, ancient monuments etc. Buckinghamshire County Council 27 September 1990 Effect on neighbouring buildings/surrounding area: Dirt, dust etc.: Noise/disturbance: Fulfiment of need for mineral Hampshire County Council 1 Novembr 1990 Effect on landscape: Fulfilment of need for mineral London Borough of Hounslow (Called-in planning application) 12 November 1990 Effect on neighbouring buildings/surrounding area: Fulfilment of need for mineral