Written questions

Local Plans: West Midlands

Commons · Question 98480 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning reform proposals on the timescales for the adoption of local plans by local authorities in the West Midland

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 17 Dec 2025

Local planning authorities are responsible for publishing the intended timeframes for the production and adoption of their local plans. The government is determined to drive local plans to adoption as quickly as possible in order to achieve our ambition o...