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Playing Fields: Planning Permission

Volume 477: debated on Monday 16 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if he will break down by region the sites where planning applications relating to playing fields were accepted on sites that Sport England considered resulted in a detrimental impact to sport, in each year since 2001; (210441)

(2) how many planning applications relating to playing fields were accepted on sites that Sport England considered (a) resulted in a detrimental impact to sport and (b) did not result in an improvement to sport, in each year since 1997 for which figures are available.

Sport England has provided the following information on the number of planning applications which (a) resulted in a detrimental impact to sport, and (b) did not result in an improvement to sport, since 2001. Sport England does not hold this information by region nor do they hold central records relating to this prior to 2001.

Applications

2001-02

52

2002-03

76

2003-04

52

2004-05

47

2005-06

40

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many planning applications there were relating to playing fields, on which Sport England were consulted, in 2005-06, broken down by region. (210443)

Sport England has advised that the numbers of planning applications on playing fields, on which Sport England were consulted, in 2005 - 2006, by region is as follows:

Region

Applications

East

219

Midlands

96

London

46

North-east

80

North-west

112

South-east

259

South-west

138

West midlands

182

Yorkshire

174

Total

1,306