Harvard, which tightened its policy slightly, saw early applications fall 47 percent.

At the following week's Klan meeting, the room was nearly empty; applications for new membership had fallen to zero.

In some areas over 50 per cent of planning applications fall into these categories.

The university also said applications from blacks fell by 28 percent.

Such applications fell 4.6 percent, to 1.06 million, after falling 10.1 percent in April.

The application does not fall within the Structure Plan for the area and to allow it would create a precedent.

But applications for new foreign projects fell 60 percent last year.

They wanted to make sure that every application fell into either the basic or enhanced service.

Most applications fall into one of the following two broad categories:

Others might not face publication if their applications fall under a secrecy order (those have to come from the government's national security agencies).