Written questions

Planning Permission: Reform

Commons · Question 85980 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders following the closure of the consultation on Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Nov 2025

My Department engages regularly with a range of stakeholders about our ongoing reforms to the planning system, including proposals to increase build out rates.