Planning: Local Government
Commons · Question 20293 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the policies set out in her Department’s policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees, publi
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Dec 2024
The government believe that planning committees have an integral role in providing local democratic oversight of planning decisions. It is however vital that in exercising that democratic oversight, planning committees operate as effectively as possible.T...