Written questions

Planning Permission: Costs

Commons · Question 43692 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed compliance costs associated with local authority planning approvals.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 7 Apr 2025

Ensuring compliance with planning approvals is a matter for local planning authorities. As such, the Department has not made an assessment of the costs involved.