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...