Written questions

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...