Planning: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 57895 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Aphra Brandreth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages will be able to contribute to planning decisions, in the context of the national s
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 Jun 2025
Following the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, people living in rural communities and villages will continue to be able to make representations on individual planning applications, irrespective of who the decision maker is.On 28 May 2025, ...