§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to complete determination for listed building consent to demolition of the Beccles Maltings, reference E1/73535/4/2/4.
§ Mr. Yeo[holding answer 15 July 1991]: The application for listed building consent to demolish the Maltings at Beccles has been referred by the Department to English Heritage for advice on whether the application should be called in for the Secretary of State to decide or left for decision by the local planning authority. There has been some delay in dealing with the case while English Heritage has obtained a structural engineers' report on the building and sought the views of the national amenity societies on the proposed demolition.
This information is now with English Heritage and the Secretary of State expects to receive a recommendation on call-in shortly. I will write to the hon. Member when the recommendation is received.