§ Lord Skelmersdaleasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the average length of time between an application for planning consent for retail development in Northern Ireland and its final determination during the last five years.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Planning Service under its Chief Executive, Mr. T. W. Stewart. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Lord Skelmersdale from the Chief Executive, of the Planning Service, Mr. T. W. Stewart, dated 18 March 1997.
I have been asked to reply to your recent Question about decision times on planning applications for retail developments in Northern Ireland.
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Trunk road schemes in Scotland over £10 million Schemes currently under construction Tender price and P&S and Land £ million Estimated completion date A96 Blackburn/Kintore Bypass 30.4 Open to traffic Autumn 1998 M90/A92 Halbeath Interchange 10.6 Open to traffic May 1998 Unfortunately, it will take a few days to extract the information from our records. I will write to you again when the information is available.