David Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Morris on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for new homes or conversions of existing buildings have been made in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since June 2015.

Brandon Lewis

The Department does not collect information on the number of planning applications by parliamentary constituency.

However it collects the numbers of decisions made at a local planning authority level. In the six months to 31 December 2015 Lancaster City Council, within which the hon, Member’s constituency falls, has made decisions on applications for:

– 18 major residential developments

– 27 minor residential developments

– Permitted development rights for one ‘office to residential’ scheme and nine ‘agricultural to residential’ schemes