Green Belt: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 94681 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to ensure that the expanded use of intervention and call-in powers does not weaken legitimate local democratic oversight of planning decisions, particular
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Dec 2025
The Written Ministerial Statement of 2012 sets out the circumstances in which the Secretary of State will use his powers to intervene. All called in planning applications and appeals will continue to be considered against adopted local plans, in line with...