Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications for (a) residential and (b) commercial developments have been (i) granted and (ii) declined in (A) Leicester and (B) England in each of the last five years; and what the most common reason for the rejection of such applications for (1) residential and (2) commercial developments was in that period. (276225)

The number of planning applications for residential and commercial developments that have been (i) granted and (ii) declined in Leicester and England in each of the last five years is set out in the following table:

*Planning decisions on residential and commercial developments in Leicester and England*
	Leicester¹	England²
	Dwellings	Commercial³	Dwellings	Commercial³
Period	Granted	Refused	Granted	Refused	Granted	Refused	Granted	Refused
2003-04	125	20	128	17	49,500	24,700	23,400	3,200
2004-05	132	49	176	28	56,600	29,600	22,600	3,600
2005-06	188	57	200	32	51,300	29,300	21,900	3,500
2006-07	150	90	180	41	49,500	27,900	21,000	3,600
2007-08	178	56	206	40	50,500	29,100	21,900	3,800
2008-09^4,5	118	25	142	13	33,400	18,900	15,000	2,500
¹ Figures as reported by Leicester. ² England figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 and include estimates for non-responding authorities. ³ Includes offices, research and development, light industry, general industry, storage, warehousing, retail distribution and servicing. ⁴ April 2008 to December 2008. Information for January to March 2009 to be published on 26 June 2009. ⁵ Provisional. Source: Communities and Local Government General Development Control Returns

Reasons for rejections for such applications are not collated centrally.

Volume 493: debated on Tuesday 2 June 2009