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...