Planning Permission: Appeals
Commons · Question 120247 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit speculative planning applications for sites that have been deemed unsuitable for development by the Planning Inspectorate.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Mar 2026
Local planning authorities have the power to decline to determine applications if planning permission has been refused for two or more substantially similar applications on the same site within the past two years. This includes any appeals dismissed by th...