Written Question
Tuesday 7th July 2020
Asked by:
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the public inquiry planning decisions he has made during the covid-19 lockdown.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
Since the evening of 23 March 2020, the following decisions have been made. They are all publicly available on the gov.uk website.
Date | Case |
1/4/20 | Station Rd, Long Melford (Babergh DC) |
7/4/20 | Barbrook Lane, Tiptree (Colchester BC) |
9/4/20 | Vauxhall Bus station (LB Lambeth) |
9/4/20 | Land nr Whittlesford, Hinxton (S Cambs DC) |
22/4/20 | 160 Stanley Rd, Cheadle Hulme (Stockport MBC) |
24/4/20 | Oxford Brookes Uni, Wheatley (S Oxon DC) |
29/4/20 | Burgess Business Park, (LB Southwark) |
13/5/20 | Moor Lane, Woodthorpe, (City of York) |
14/5/20 | Hawthorns, Farnham, Surrey (Waverley BC) |
3/6/20 | Love Lane, Woolwich (LB Greenwich) |
3/6/20 | VIP Trading Estate, SE7 (Greater London Authority) |
3/6/20 | Wolborough Barton, Devon (Teignbridge DC) |
15/6/20 | Levitt’s Field, Cambs (Cambs County Council) |
25/6/20 | Newport Rd, Woburn Sands (Milton Keynes Council) |
25/6/20 | Newcombe House, Notting Hill Gate (Greater London Authority) |
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Written Question
Thursday 7th June 2018
Asked by:
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process planning applications for shale gas extraction.
Answered by Dominic Raab
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on planning policy made by the Secretary of State on 17 May (HCWS689), which announced a range of planning measures to facilitate timely decisions on shale planning applications.
Written Question
Thursday 7th June 2018
Asked by:
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time taken to process a shale gas exploration application was in each of the last three years.
Answered by Dominic Raab
Mineral Planning Authority decisions to grant or refuse planning permission for shale gas exploration proposals in England over the last three years have taken between 17 and 83 weeks, from the date of validation of that application to the date the decision was issued.