§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many appeals for(a) the demolition and (b) the 968W conversion of nursing and residential homes the Planning Inspectorate has considered in the past 12 months. [45296]
§ Ms KeebleThe provision of information on planning appeals is the responsibility of the Planning Inspectorate. I have asked the Inspectorate's Chief Executive, Mr. Chris Shepley, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Chris Shipley to Mr. Chris Grayling dated 26 March 2002:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about planning appeals involving the demolition or conversion of nursing and residential homes.The Planning Inspectorate does not record the existing land use of a site that is subject to appeal; just the proposed one, together with the development description give at the time of the planning application. To identify any appeals that fall into the categories you require, we have had to rely on the description also including existing usage.We can identify a total of 13. Four included the demolition of a home, all of which were dismissed. Of the nine involving converting a home to another use, five were allowed and four dismissed.