§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in the light of the judgment of 21 October, in the High Court on the granting of planning permission by Ealing borough council in 1987 for a mosque and town houses on the Northolt industrial site, he will bring forward proposals to amend the law relating to the restrictions of planning permission by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 26 October 1990]: I will consider the implications of this case for the planning system when I have studied the judgment.
§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what powers local authorities have to rescind planning permissions granted for the building of religious buildings and town houses on industrial estates; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 26 October 1990]: Under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, if it appears to the local planning authority that it is expedient to revoke or modify any permission to develop land granted on a planning application made under part III of the Act, the authority may by order revoke or modify the permission to such extent as it considers expedient.