§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what planning matters in relation to county hall, London SE1, have been considered by his Department. [33829]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn recent years, the Secretary of State for the Environment has determined a number of appeals on county hall planning and listed building consent applications.
The Secretary of State dismissed appeals on 20 October 1987 for change of use of the county hall complex to hotel and residential use, but allowed a change to offices.
On 5 September 1991, the Secretary of State allowed a second set of appeals and consents to demolish all the buildings within the complex and for their replacement by new office buildings, apart from the listed riverside building. Consent was given for the riverside building to be refurbished and altered to provide hotel and conference facilities and some 300 residential flats.