Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 012, Reference ID: 16-012-20140306, of the Government’s Appeals Planning Practice Guidance, what estimate he has made of the number of minerals applications appealed as non-determinations as a result of a breach of the 13-week determination limit since 2011.
From 2011 to 2017, 7 appeals were made following the failure of the local planning authority to determine the application within the statutory timescale.