HL Deb 19 June 1997 vol 580 c142WA
Lord Skelmersdale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was (a) the shortest and (b) the longest time taken from initiation to result of a planning application in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Baroness Hayman

Information on the time between receipt and determination for individual planning applications is not collected centrally, except, in England, for applications relating to mineral extraction and waste disposal. These account for fewer than 1 per cent. of all planning applications and will therefore be unrepresentative of the remainder.