HC Deb 14 June 1990 vol 174 cc291-2W
Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of planning appeals made to his Department against decisions made by each local authority in Greater Manchester in(a) 1985, (b) 1986, (c) 1987, (d) 1988 and (e) 1989, together with the number of appeals upheld in each year against each authority.

Mr. Moynihan

The information requested is as follows:

Appeals 1985–86
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Greater Manchester 4 4 0
Bolton 58 51 22
Bury 20 9 3
Manchester 28 21 10
Oldham 31 31 10
Rochdale 20 15 6
Salford 29 21 9
Stockport 42 39 14
Tameside 29 29 12
Trafford 57 44 20
Wigan 49 22 8

Appeals 1986–87
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Greater Manchester 2 5 1
Bolton 53 53 27
Bury 28 23 9
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Manchester 30 21 9
Oldham 34 31 11
Rochdale 21 16 3
Salford 30 28 9
Stockport 60 46 20
Tameside 44 30 15
Trafford 45 41 20
Wigan 38 39 13

Appeals 1987–88
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Greater Manchester — 1 0
Bolton 60 60 26
Bury 28 31 11
Manchester 17 22 11
Oldham 22 24 10
Rochdale 30 30 16
Salford 25 20 11
Stockport 51 46 16
Tameside 53 50 20
Trafford 54 34 16
Wigan 51 44 18

Appeals 1988–89
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Greater Manchester — 1 0
Bolton 53 47 19
Bury 26 23 9
Manchester 22 14 6
Oldham 29 23 5
Rochdale 36 24 13
Salford 26 19 13
Stockport 55 47 17
Tameside 53 55 32
Trafford 63 44 18
Wigan 49 52 18

Appeals 1989–90
Local authority Received Decided Allowed
Greater Manchester — — —
Bolton 63 47 22
Bury 33 24 11
Manchester 38 21 9
Oldham 41 32 10
Rochdale 41 36 15
Salford 33 22 11
Stockport 80 61 27
Tameside 61 43 24
Trafford 64 48 21
Wigan 51 29 9

Notes:

1. Appeals received do not equal those decided. Cases decided in any one year were not necessarily received in that year.

2. The Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Council was abolished in 1986.