Stockton City Challenge

HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc211-2W

Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what decision he has reached on the application by Stockton city challenge to redevelop the north end of Stockton high street. [8069]

Sir Paul Beresford

The Secretary of State received the report of the inspector who conducted the public inquiry on 3 June 1996, and is considering it. Following receipt of the report, he was asked to reopen the public inquiry by one of the non-statutory objectors to the compulsory purchase order, and this required some further consultation with the parties involved in the inquiry.

Those consultations are now complete and are also being considered. The decision will be issued as soon as it is practicable to do so.