Housing: Planning
Commons · Question 60676 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not making water companies statutory consultees in planning consultations on new housing developments.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Jun 2025
Water companies are not statutory consultees on individual planning applications, but they are consulted as part of the preparation of local development plans. The government recently declared a moratorium on any new statutory consultees, along with a rev...