To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of enforcement notices were followed by successful retrospective planning applications in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. (106259)

The information requested is notheld centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of retrospective planning applications were approved in England in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. (106260)

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not record statistics on the number of retrospective planning applications received or approved by local authorities. However, a one-off survey carried out in 1999 showed that just over 3 per cent. of all applications to district planning authorities and county councils for planning permission were applied for retrospectively. The success rate for retrospective applications was 85 per cent. as against 88 per cent. overall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many appeals against (a) retrospective local planning applications and (b) local planning applications have been received by each local authority in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. (106321)

The following summary table shows the number of planning appeals received in England (a) against retrospective planning applications and (b) in total in each of the last six years. Data on appeals received for retrospective applications are basedon the appellant’s description of the nature of the development and therefore have limitations. Tables giving detailed breakdowns of the numbers for each local planning authority for each year have today been placed in the Library of the House.