Written question asked by Nigel Waterson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 1999. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 1999 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) out-of-town shopping mall and (b) superstore planning applications in England have been refused, and on what principal grounds, on appeal in the past year. - Inc fig.

Answer: Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many (a) out-of-town shopping mall and (b) superstore planning applications in England have been refused, and on what principal grounds, on appeal in the past year. [75504] Mr. Raynsford: Planning permission has been refused, on appeal, in respect of two applications for superstores in England, in 1998, primarily on the grounds that they failed the policy tests in PPG6.

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