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National Landscapes: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 72166 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require Natural Landscapes to be statutory consultees for housing developments in (a) all areas with high levels of natural landscapes and (b) West Dorset co

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 2025

The government is clear that the bar for being a statutory consultee in the planning system, and therefore having to be consulted on planning applications by law, should be high. In January 2025 the government declared a moratorium on any new statutory co...