Planning Applications (Hansard, 4 March 1994)

§ Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will state the number of occasions each year since 1979 when his Department has brought forward planning applications using special urgency procedure;

(2) what discussion his Department has had with Buckinghamshire county council, Hughenden Valley parish council, Lacey Green parish council and other organisations about the likely impact of the construction traffic on local roads during the building of the proposed F block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe; and if he will make a statement;

(3) what is his planned timetable for the construction and completion of the proposed F block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe; and what is the planned cost;

(4) what criteria he uses to decide which planning applications by his Department use the special urgency procedure;

(5) what effect he expects the defence costs study to have on his Department's need to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe;

(6) what environmental impact assessment his Department has made of its proposals to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe;

(7) what steps he has taken to consult Hughenden Valley parish council over his Department's plans to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe;

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(8) what plans he has to consult the Chiltern Society about his Department's plans to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe;

(9) how long after the completion of the proposed F block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe, his Department proposes to demolish the temporary buildings now being used;

(10) if he will state the nature of the special urgency which led his Department to invoke special urgency procedure in the case of its proposal to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe;

(11) what criteria he uses in determining the design of new Ministry of Defence buildings in areas of green belt or areas of outstanding natural beauty;

(12) if he will give the reasons why his Department decided to use special urgency procedure for consultation over its proposal to build a three-storey office block at Headquarters Strike Command, High Wycombe.