House of Lords written question – answered at on 23 January 2009.
Lord Judd
Labour
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals were lodged against planning decisions by each of the National Park authorities in England and Wales in each of the past five years; how many such planning decisions were upheld; how many were rejected; and what was the total cost to each of the authorities.
Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
The table below shows the number of planning appeals for national park authorities in England and Wales received by the Planning Inspectorate from 2004 to 2008. Also shown is the number of appeals decided and, of those, the number allowed (planning authorities' decision overturned) and the number dismissed (planning authorities' decision upheld).
Information on costs incurred by local planning authorities in relation to planning appeals is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| National Park Authority | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed |
| England | ||||||||
| The Broads | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Dartmoor | 31 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 10 |
| Exmoor | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Lake District | 57 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 58 | 65 | 45 | 20 |
| New Forest | ||||||||
| North Yorkshire Moors | 23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| Northumberland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peak District | 37 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 39 | 26 | 13 |
| Yorkshire Dales | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Wales | ||||||||
| Brecon Beacons | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire Coast | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Snowdonia | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| National Park Authority | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed | Received | Decided | Dismissed | Allowed |
| England | ||||||||||||
| The Broads | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Dartmoor | 30 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 8 |
| Exmoor | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Lake District | 44 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 14 |
| New Forest | 87 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 71 | 80 | 39 | 41 | 75 | 65 | 46 | 19 |
| North Yorkshire Moors | 20 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 14 |
| Northumberland | 0 | 1 | 0 | I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peak District | 49 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 44 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 16 |
| Yorkshire Dales | 18 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Wales | ||||||||||||
| Brecon Beacons | 20 | 19 | 16 | 3 | I1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| Pembrokeshire Coast | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| Snowdonia | 12 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Note: New Forest did not take up powers as planning authority until 2006.
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