§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what costs were incurred by his Department in preparing for the public inquiry scheduled for 30 March into a planning application for a waste incinerator plant by S. and J. Engineering at Ealand; and when he was notified the appeal had been withdrawn.
§ Mr. MacleanThe staff and other internal costs of arranging, and preparing for, individual planning inquiries are not separately identified within the overall cost of the administration of the appeals system. The Department incurred no external costs in this case. The appeal was withdrawn on 24 March.