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Mr. Warren
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning decisions taken by local authorities have been sustained, and how many have been overruled, on appeal to him in each of the last five financial years.
Mr. Waldegrave
The number of planning appeals decided and allowed in each of the last five financial years was as follows:
| Year | Appeals decided | Appeals allowed |
| 1983–84 | 11,119 | 3,612 |
| 1984–85 | 12,714 | 4,166 |
| 1985–86 | 14,130 | 5,581 |
| 1986–87 | 15,613 | 6,208 |
| 1987–88 | 18,474 | 6,955 |