Written questions

Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 38607 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that housing developments agreed through the accelerated planning process under the Planning and Infrastructure Bill align with the unique

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 26 Mar 2025

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will improve certainty and decision-making in the planning system, including through introducing a new scheme of delegation to modernise local planning committees, and increasing the capacity of local planning authorit...