Written questions

Housing: North East

Commons · Question 86834 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 7 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Northumberland County Council and (b) Newcastle City Council on (i) housing targets and (ii) local planning development.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 7 Nov 2025

Officials from my Department met with officers from Newcastle City Council on 11 June 2025 to discuss bringing forward a new local development plan under the new plan-making system. The Chief Planner also met senior planners from Newcastle City Council an...