§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the total number of public inquiries held by the Scottish Office into planning applications, (b) the total costs of these inquiries and (c) the number of public inquiries for each Scottish local authority, for each financial year since 1979–80. [25340]
§ Mr. KynochThis information is available only by callendar year. The answer to part(a) is set out. Regarding part (b), the Scottish Office is responsible for the reporter's salary, travelling and subsistence expenses and the hire of the accommodation. The remainder of the costs are borne by the participating parties. It is therefore not possible to give details of the total costs of these inquiries. Information regarding part (c) is not available.
Calendar Year Public Local enquiries held 1979 163 1980 121 1981 166 1982 155 1983 158 1984 123 1985 116 1986 122 1987 95 1988 99 1989 96 1990 116 1991 87 1992 78 1993 88 1994 47
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of(a) planning applications passed to the Scottish Office for consideration and (b) planning application refusals overturned by the Scottish Office for each year since 1979–80. [25341]
§ Mr. KynochThis information is only available by calendar year and is as set out.
Calendar year Planning appeals Appeals allowed 1Applications notified to the Secretary of State 1979 446 68 62 1980 569 75 65 1981 549 117 60 1982 500 136 63 1983 533 144 54 1984 566 149 42 1985 606 166 75 1986 723 193 87 1987 724 223 129 1988 764 233 93 1989 959 247 63 1990 1,139 348 85 1991 1,130 313 67 1992 1,019 294 45 1993 916 267 41 1994 871 177 56 1 These figures relate to the number of applications, in each given year which planning authorities were minded to grant consent to, but which, for various reasons, were required to be notified to the Secretary of State so that he could decide whether or not to call them in for his own determination.