Planning Permission: Equality
Commons · Question 105975 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of vulnerable groups to access planning consultations.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Jan 2026
Under the Equality Act 2010, all public bodies have a Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) to have due regard to certain equality considerations when exercising their functions, this includes public engagements such as planning consultations. Planning consu...