Written questions

Local Plans: Finance

Commons · Question 16501 · Tabled 27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 5 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure the provision of adequate funding to support (a) up-to-date local plans and (b) high-quality design codes.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Dec 2024

Within weeks of taking office, the government consulted on increasing planning fees to put planning services on a firmer footing and to reflect the real costs of the services they provide.Subject to the outcome of our consultation on proposed reforms to t...