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Planning: Inquiries

Volume 705: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

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Lord Burnett

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many planning public inquiries are waiting to be heard; and [HL5960]

How many planning public inquiries were waiting to be heard on 29 October 2007; and [HL5961]

What is the current average time between a planning appeal being received by the planning inspectorate and a public inquiry being held. [HL5962]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government
(Baroness Andrews)

The number of planning appeals, made to the Planning Inspectorate, that were waiting to be heard at a public inquiry on 29 October 2007 were 514 and the number that were waiting to be heard at a public inquiry on 29 October 2008 were 448.

Based on planning appeals received by the inspectorate for the first half of the financial year 2008-09, the current average time between the appeal being received and the public inquiry being opened, or a date for the inquiry being arranged, was 26 weeks.