Planning: Public Inquiries
(asked on 11th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 140674, on Planning: Public Inquiries, how many and what proportion of decisions of public planning inquiries, as a result of call-ins only, did not follow the advice of the planning inspector in each year since 2010 up to the most recent year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
The table below shows the number of decisions on called-in applications made by Ministers since 2010, together with the proportion of decisions which did not follow the Planning Inspector’s recommendation.
Calendar Year | Number of Cases decided | Number of Cases not in line with Inspector's recommendation | Percentage of decisions not in line with Inspector's recommendation |
2010 | 19 | 6 | 31% |
2011 | 6 | 1 | 16% |
2012 | 6 | 1 | 16% |
2013 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
2014 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
2015 | 8 | 2 | 25% |
2016 | 16 | 4 | 25% |
2017 | 7 | 1 | 14% |