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Written question asked by Lord Laird (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 March 2006.


Planning: Northern Ireland

Question
How many planning applications have been received by the Northern Ireland Planning Service since 2000 in areas administered by (a) Larne Borough Council; (b) Carrickfergus Borough Council; (c) Newtownabbey Borough Council; and (d) Belfast City Council.
Answer

Details of the number of residential and non-residential planning applications received by the Planning Service for each year since 2000 in (a) Carrickfergus Borough Council area, (b) Larne Borough Council area, (c) Newtownabbey Borough Council, and (d) Belfast City Council area are provided in the table below.

Number of Planning applications* received between 2000 and 2005
District 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Carrickfergus 282 297 317 331 309 315
Lame 361 350 374 397 462 427
Newtownabbey 602 603 671 691 716 677
Belfast 2,372 2,590 2,365 2,570 2,658 2,460
* Some of these will be duplicate application and some will be withdrawn prior to decision.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3924; 679 c122WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Belfast Planning permission Newtownabbey Larne Carrickfergus
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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