Gavin Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Williamson on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals resulted in local authority decisions being overturned by the planning inspector in South Staffordshire in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013.
Nick Boles
Planning is a quasi-judicial process; it is a long-standing feature of the planning system that there is a right of appeal, just as there are with other local quasi-judicial decisions such as on licensing applications, gambling applications or parking fines.
The table below shows planning appeal decisions by calendar year for South Staffordshire District Council. To assist public scrutiny, I have provided comparative figures for a similar period before 2010.
|
Calendar Year |
Allowed |
Split |
Dismissed |
Total |
|
2007 |
25 |
0 |
37 |
62 |
|
2008 |
27 |
1 |
53 |
81 |
|
2009 |
14 |
0 |
26 |
40 |
|
2010 |
18 |
0 |
35 |
53 |
|
2011 |
19 |
0 |
33 |
52 |
|
2012 |
16 |
0 |
26 |
42 |
|
2013 |
8 |
0 |
22 |
30 |
Whilst the precise number of appeals will fluctuate from year to year, this table shows that the number of appeals both (a) received and (b) allowed has fallen in recent years.
