§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will arrange for a non-statutory public inquiry into the proposal of Trinity House to erect a Loran C transmitter at Amble, Northumberland.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe arrangement of a non-statutory public inquiry into this proposal would be a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. Since no Crown development is involved in the proposal, the question of such an inquiry under Department of Environment circular 18/22 does not arise.
§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has been notified as the developing department of the strong objections of the local planning authority to the proposal by Trinity House to erect a 700ft mast at Amble, Northumberland; and whether he will apply the procedures set out in circular 18/84 in response to these objections so as to enable a public local inquiry to take place.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 10 June 1991]: The Department of Transport is aware of the objections of the local planning authority to the proposal by Trinity House to erect a mast near Amble in Northumberland. The Department is not however the developing Department; indeed no Crown development is involved in the proposal. Accordingly the question of using procedures under Department of the Environment circular 18/84 does not arise.