HC Deb 13 January 2000 vol 342 c213W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the impact on farming of local planning regulations in(a) Gloucestershire and (b) the South West. [103790]

Ms Beverley Hughes

Development control policies, and their impact upon any particular sectoral interest, are matters for the local planning authorities concerned, as set down in their development plans and having regard to national and regional planning policy guidance.