Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals from Northumberland have been heard by Ministers since 2010.

In the period 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2017, 275 appeals were decided for the unitary authority Northumberland County Council and a further 8 for the Northumberland National Park Authority (NPA). All those for the NPA were decided by Inspectors under delegated powers. 9 of the 275 for the unitary authority were decided by the Secretary of State, with the remainder by Inspectors under delegated powers.