§ Mr. Brandon-BravoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a further statement on the strategic guidance which he gives to local planning authorities in former metropolitan counties.
§ Sir George YoungThe Secretary of State has given strategic guidance for London and all the former metropolitan county areas to assist the London borough and metropolitan district councils in the preparation of their unitary development plans. The strategic guidance has been published in Department of the Environment planning policy guidance notes (PPGs) and regional policy guidance notes (RPGs) as follows:
Three give regional planning guidance, more recent regional planning guidance can be found in the regional planning guidance (RPG) series begun in 1989 which now has five titles. The total publication cost to the Department is £49,509 for the 16 PPGs and £11,553 for the five separate RPGs.