§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many planning applications he has called in each of the last five years on which a tribunal has sat. [146080]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe number of planning applications called in each year for the last five years are:
Year Number 1995–96 144 1996–97 139 1997–98 147 1997–98 138 1999–2000 136 All called in planning applications are considered by a Planning Inspector who, since the Franks Report, has traditionally been regarded as a one-person tribunal.