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Lord BurnettLiberal Democrat- Quote
- asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the stages and dates of the progress made by each English local planning authority (from first attempt) in producing their local development framework. [HL5963]
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews)Labour- Quote
- All local planning authorities are required to agree with the Secretary of State and publish a local development scheme (LDS) which sets out the number, type and timing of proposed development plan documents and publish the scheme on their websites. When and where the scheme is revised, local planning authorities are required to publish the revised scheme on their website with two weeks. Local development scheme details can be viewed on local authority websites and summaries can be viewed on the planning portal at www.planningportal.gov.uk.
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Lord HanningfieldNon-affiliated- Quote
- asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions during 2008 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has overturned a planning inspector's recommendation; and how many times this was done in 2006 and 2007. [HL6016]
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- Baroness AndrewsLabour
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- These figures cover decisions on called-in planning applications, recovered appeals and cost applications. The information requested is given in the table below. YearTotal number of decisionsNo. of decisions where the Secretary of State went against inspector2006301172007188212008*12112 * As of 31 October 2008.
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- Lord HanningfieldNon-affiliated
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- asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the average period of time between submission of a planning application and a decision being reached by the relevant authority in each of 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; and how the figures compare with the average time in the three years preceding the coming into force of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. [HL6017]
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- Baroness AndrewsLabour
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- The department does not hold information on the average length of time for planning decisions to be reached. However, we do hold data on the number of decisions meeting the 13-week target for decision-making (for major applications) and the eight-week target (for minor and other applications). These are presented in the table below: Percentage of decisionsMajor planning applications determined within 13 weeksMinor planning applications determined within 8 weeks2000-0145%53%2001-0243%53%2002-0343%52%2003-0451%60%2004-0557%67%2005-0666%74%2006-0771%76%2007-0871%77% Source: CLG Development Control Statistics returns.
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