HC Deb 12 May 1999 vol 331 cc168-70W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many non-determination appeals have been made to the Planning Appeals Commission for each district in Northern Ireland; how many were upheld; and in how many cases the Commission disagreed with the main recommendations of the commissioner hearing the appeal in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [82904]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The information requested in relation to non-determination appeals is included in the table. The table covers the last five years, and provides information in the format requested.

Article 33 (Non-determination) appeal statistics-1994-95 to 1998-99
District council AL DS W/D N/D T C
1994-95
Armagh
Belfast
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Cookstown
Craigavon
Coleraine
Derry 1 1
Down
Dungannon
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
Total 1 1

District council AL DS W/D N/D T C
1995–96
Armagh
Belfast 1 2 3
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Cookstown
Craigavon
Coleraine
Derry 2 2 1
Down
Dungannon 1 1
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt 1 1
Newtownabbey 1 1
North Down 1 1 1
Omagh 1 1
Strabane 1 1 1
Total 3 4 4 11 3

District council AL DS W/D N/D T C
1996–97
Armagh
Belfast 2 2
Carrickfergus 1 1
Castlereagh 1 1 2
Cookstown
Craigavon 1 1 1
Coleraine
Derry 3 2 5
Down 1 1
Dungannon
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn 1 1 2 1
Magherafelt
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh 1 1
Strabane 1 1
Total 8 4 4 16 2

District council AL DS W/D N/D T C
1997–98
Armagh
Belfast 1 1
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Cookstown
Craigavon
Coleraine
Derry 3 3 1
Down
Dungannon
Larne 1 1
Limavady
Lisburn 3 1 4 1
Magherafelt
Newtownabbey
North Down 1 1
Omagh
Strabane
Total 8 1 1 10 2

District council AL DS W/D N/D T C
1998–99
Armagh 1 1 2
Belfast 3 3 6
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Cookstown 1 1
Craigavon 4 2 6 1
Coleraine 1 1 2
Derry 2 2 4
Down
Dungannon
Larne
Limavady 1 1
Lisburn 2 1 1 1 5
Magherafelt 1 1 2
Newtownabbey 1 1
North Down 4 2 6
Omagh
Strabane
Total 17 4 7 8 36 1

Key

AL = Allow, DS = Dismiss, W/D = Withdrawn/Invalid, N/D = Not Decided, T = Total, C = Decision different from Member's Recommendation