Gardens Trust: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 104409 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what regard he has given to representations from the Gardens Trust about his Department's plans to remove it as a statutory consultee in the planning system.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 14 Jan 2026
On 17 November 2025, my Department published a consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system. That consultation closed on 13 January 2026 and can be found on gov.uk here. No decision will be made on the Garden Trust’s role until responses to t...