Planning Applications (Hansard, 25 January 2001)

§ Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will list the planning applications for housing development in England on greenfield sites(a) which he has called in and (b) for which he has issued a holding direction since 7 March 2000, indicating the location, number of houses and area of land involved; [146075]
(2) if he will list the planning applications notified to him under the Town and Country Planning (Residential Development on Greenfield Land) (England) Directive 2000, indicating the location and number of houses and area of land involved in each case; [146074]

Planning applications for housing development on greenfield sites in England

Site, location and Government Office Region Size of site (hectares) Number of dwellings Departure Greenfield Land Direction Holding Direction Called-in

Government Office North West

Higher Lane, Liverpool 4.2 168 Yes Yes

Greensbridge Lane, Knowsley 8.6 ¹250 Yes

Tollemache Road, Wirral 2.6 ¹100 Yes

Cambridge Road, Sefton 0.1 2 Yes

Lawton Hall, Congleton 5.5 32 Yes Yes

Larch Road, Hyndburn 1 Yes

Manor School, St. Helens 0.7 25 Yes

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(3) if he will list the planning applications for housing development in England, involving green field sites, which have been referred to him as departure applications since 7 March 2000 and provide details of the number of homes and area of land involved in each case. [146073]

§ Mr. Raynsford
[holding answer 18 January 2001]: The information is set out in the table. The list of planning applications is based on information supplied to the Department by local authorities. Assumptions have had to be made about particular applications in order to present the information in the form sought. The information provided should not be taken as the definitive view of the Secretary of State for the purposes of decision-making.
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Planning applications for housing development on greenfield sites in England

Site, location and Government Office Region Size of site (hectares) Number of dwellings Departure Greenfield Land Direction Holding Direction Called-in

Woodlands Farm, Ellesmere Port 1 Yes

Danebank, Vale Royal 0.9 16 Yes

Woodfold Farm, Ribble Valley 1 34 Yes Yes Yes

Radcliffe Paper Mill, Bury 9 288 Yes

Whinney Carr Farm, Lancaster 17.8 535 Yes Yes ²—

Whittingham Hospital, Preston 28 950 Yes

Paddock Lane, Trafford 0.2 5 Yes

Government Office West Midlands

Lambert Cottage, Ash Magna, Shropshire 1 Yes Yes

Heathcote Home Farm, Warwick (Mid and Gen) 3.7 103 Yes

Heathcote Home, Farm, Warwick (McLean H) 3.4 127 Yes

Blackhorse Road, Bedworth 5.9 ¹116 Yes

Bridgetown, Stratford on Avon 20 ¹500 Yes

Old Farm House, Craven Arms, Shropshire 1 Yes

Silver Street, Walsall 9 ¹270 Yes

Newford Valley/Norton Colliery, Stoke on Trent 42.7 ¹500 Yes

Bishopton Lane, Stratford and land to SW of Birmingham Road, Stratford 11.8 ¹175 Yes

Park Farm Developments, Cannock 9.8 ¹425 Yes ²—

Bilton Road, Rugby 8.1 ¹215 Yes ²—

New Century Park, Coventry 6.2 ¹194 Yes ²—

Government Office Yorkshire and the Humber

Weatherhill Road, Lindley, Kirklees 10.5 315 Yes Yes

Willowgarth Farm, Whinmoor, Leeds 17 ¹350 Yes

Weeland Road, Eggborough, Selby 3 74 Yes Yes

Common Lane, East Ardsley, Leeds 0.1 3 Yes

Osmondthorpe Lane, Leeds 1.5 70 Yes

Mansfield Road, Aston, Rotherham 7 199 Yes Yes

Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham 67 ¹1,000 Yes Yes Yes

Government Office for the East of England

Winston Churchill Drive, Kings Lynn 21.9 548 Yes

Station Road, Watlington, Norfolk 5 ¹150 Yes

Aldham Mill Hill, Hadleigh, Suffolk 8.9 ¹220 Yes

Land North West of Soham, Cambridgeshire 12.5 225 Yes

Land off Sackvylle Street, Debenham, Suffolk 4.3 100 Yes

Off Bell Road, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire 0.8 14 Yes

East of England Showground, Peterborough 11 ¹300 Yes Yes Yes

Land off Fifth Avenue, Harlow 6.9 ¹200 Yes

Great Totham Road and Junction of Witham Road/Church Road, Wickham Bishops, Essex 2.2 26 Yes

Municipal College Playing Fields, Lifstan Way, Southend-on-Sea 3.7 ¹80 Yes

Land off Brompton Close, Luton 0.4 ¹12 Yes

Black Fan Road, Welwyn Garden City 2.5 77 Yes

Former allotment land, rear of Mill Road, St. Ippolyts, Hitchin 0.5 9 Yes

Government Office North East

East of Lesbury House, Lesbury 1.5 14 Yes

Redcar and Cleveland College, Redcar 2.5 60 Yes

Springwell Road, Sunderland 7.4 222 Yes

St. George's Hospital, Morpeth 13.2 ¹150 Yes Yes ²—

Roseberry Square, Redcar 14 560 Yes

Government Office South East

Slade Farm, Bicester, Cherwell 0.6 31 Yes

North Binfields, Old Basing, Basingstoke 26.7 326 Yes

Pye Land, Selsey, Chichester 6 ¹200 Yes

Singleton Hill, Ashford 13.5 ¹450 Yes

Singleton Hill, Ashford 5.6 ¹250 Yes

Appletree Farm, Ifield, Crawley 5.6 175 Yes

Tally Ho Farm, Winkfield 1 Yes

Lynch Gate House, Sandhurst 0.4 5 Yes

Salisbury Road, Hungerford 2.3 50 Yes

Abbey Park, Faversham 10.5 180 Yes Yes Yes

Cow Lane, Cosham, Portsmouth 0.3 8 Yes

Holt Lane, Hook, Hampshire 28 285 Yes

North Whiteley, Fareham 10.3 180 Yes

East of Botley Road, Fareham 2.6 22 Yes

Land at Hoadswood, Hastings 5.16 81 Yes

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Planning applications for housing development on greenfield sites in England

Site, location and Government Office Region Size of site (hectares) Number of dwellings Departure Greenfield Land Direction Holding Direction Called-in

Government Office East Midlands

Moss Drive, Bramcote, Nottingham 1.2 5 Yes Yes Yes

Dale Close, Chesterfield Road, Mansfield 1.3 ¹39 Yes

Talbot Road, Manton, Worksop 0.8 60 Yes

Birchwood Lane, South Normanton 6.1 140 Yes Yes ²—

Ashtree Farm/Morledge Farm, Matlock 9 280 Yes Yes

Pewit Golf Course, West End Drive, Ilkeston 6 150 Yes Yes ²—

Markham Works, Chesterfield 6 250 Yes

Avonmouth Drive, Derby 6.5 234 Yes

Ashover House, Malthouse Lane, Chesterfield 0.1 17 Yes

Woolstitch Farm, Netherseal, Derbyshire 1.9 11 Yes Yes Yes

Eureka Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire 2.6 53 Yes

Bretby Country Club, Bretby, Derbyshire 0.8 5 Yes Yes Yes

Fleckney Road, Kibworth, Leicestershire 18 300 Yes Yes ²—

Newark Road, South Hykeham, Lincolnshire 4.1 73 Yes Yes ²—

Weston, Lincolnshire 14.4 276 Yes Yes Yes

Bedford Road, Northampton 7.1 24 Yes

Bourne, Lincolnshire 115 2,000 Yes Yes

Desborough, Northamptonshire 26 450 Yes Yes Yes

Torksey, Lincolnshire 3.7 27 Yes

Bedford Road., Northampton 6.8 ¹204 Yes Yes

Pineham North, Northampton 20 350 Yes Yes

Ripingale, Lincolnshire 1.4 29 Yes Yes

Naseby, Northamptonshire 0.2 5 Yes Yes

Government Office South West

Crossways, Dorchester 4.8 150 Yes Yes

Betton Way, Moretonhampstead 4.7 ¹150 Yes Yes

Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford 4.9 ¹140 Yes

Oakfield, Tiverton 9.2 160 Yes

Old Hill, Helston, Cornwall 0.9 2 Yes

Ocotal Way, Swindon 3.6 145 Yes Yes

Haydon Road, Swindon 260 ¹5,500 Yes

St. George's, Weston-super-Mare 13.5 501 Yes

Mintons & Bruton Way, Chard 3.7 ¹130 Yes

Middle Hill, Crewkerne 5.7 76 Yes

Holton Heath, Wareham 93 1,350 Yes

¹ Estimated number of dwellings

² Decision from Secretary of State pending

Notes:
Column 1: Sites are those which are predominantly greenfield (i.e. not previously-developed as defined in Annex C of Planning Policy Guidance note 3 Housing) wherever located.
Column 2: Site size includes only those areas proposed for housing and directly associated uses
Column 4: Notified to the Secretary of State since 7 March 2000 in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Development Plans and Consultation) (Departures) Directions 1999.
Column 5: Notified to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Residential Development on Greenfield Land) (England) Direction 2000.
Column 6: Direction made since 7 March 2000 restricting the grant of permission in exercise of the Secretary of State's powers under Article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995.
Column 7: Planning application called in since 7 March 2000 for the Secretary of State's own decision under section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

§ Mr. Jack
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which organisations, political parties and individuals have, since 23 October 2000, made representations to(a) the planning inspectorate, (b) the Government office for the north west and (c) his Department on PNW/5290/219/32, about the proposed demolition of Blackburn House, Clifton Drive, North St. Annes and the erection of 26 dwellings with associated car parking and landscaping. [147219]

§ Mr. Raynsford
Other than correspondence from the right hon. Member for Fylde and a telephone call from the applicants to the Government office for the north west we are not aware of any further representations since the 23 October 2000.
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§ Mr. Jack
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the reasons for the release of planning decision PNW/5290/219/32 to the public before copies of the decision were received by the participants. [147220]

§ Mr. Raynsford
Normal practice is to post the decision letter to the applicant and all other parties who appeared at the public inquiry into the proposals, or asked to be notified of the decision, on the same day. It is also normal practice to notify the media at the same time as the other parties. However, I understand in this case due to an administrative error, the local media were notified of the decision electronically on the day the decision letter was posted. We are taking steps to prevent such an error being repeated.

Planning applications for housing development on greenfield sites in England
Site, location and Government Office Region	Size of site (hectares)	Number of dwellings	Departure	Greenfield Land Direction	Holding Direction	Called-in
Government Office North West
Higher Lane, Liverpool	4.2	168		Yes		Yes
Greensbridge Lane, Knowsley	8.6	¹250		Yes
Tollemache Road, Wirral	2.6	¹100	Yes
Cambridge Road, Sefton	0.1	2	Yes
Lawton Hall, Congleton	5.5	32	Yes			Yes
Larch Road, Hyndburn		1	Yes
Manor School, St. Helens	0.7	25	Yes