§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 28 February,Official Report, column 631, if he will give, in each case of called-in application, the length of time which has elapsed following the local inquiries being completed and the decision from the inspector and the determination by his Department. [22913]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordDue to an administrative error within the Department, for which I apologise, the number of called-in planning applications awaiting decision by my right hon. Friend was incorrectly stated in my answer of 28 February,Official Report, column 631.
The number of applications awaiting decision following receipt of the inspector's report was in fact 22, not 42. For these applications, the information requested is shown by Government office regions in the following table. None of these applications has yet been decided.
Region Development proposal Date inquiry completed Date Inspector's report received North West Retail development, Cockermouth, Cumbria 3 February 1995 3 July 1995 West Midlands Retail development, Oldbury W. Midlands 14 July 1995 8 November 1995 East Midlands Retail development, Daventry, Northants. (3 applications) 2 March 1995 5 June 1995 Eastern Highway development, Baldock By-pass, Herts. (2 applications) 25 May 1995 23 November 1994 Motorway service areas, M25, Epping, Essex(5 applications) 25 May 1995 25 January 1996 South West Retail development, Tewkesbury, Gloucs. 11 August 1995 21 December 1994 Retail development, Falmouth, Cornwall 26 July 1995 17 October 1995 Residential development, Tredarrup, Cornwall 6 September 1995 24 November 1995 Retail development, Chard, Somerset (2 applications) 20 September 1995 28 November 1995 South East Gypsy sitedevelopment, Dunsfold, Surrey 1 December 1995 22 January 1996 Residential development, Wraysbury, Berks. 6 December 1994 29 January1995 London Leisure centre/ student accommmodation, Elephant and Castle, SE1 2 December 1994 27 February1995 Residential/leisure complex, Battersea, SW11 3 August1995 4 October1995 Leisure/retail complex, Beckton, E6 19 October 1995 28 November 1995