Written questions

Planning Permission: Judicial Review

Commons · Question 25492 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average duration of judicial review proceedings relating to major planning decisions in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 8 Sep 2026

The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on judicial review cases in England and Wales as part of the Civil Justice statistics quarterly bulletin (Civil justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK). The consolidated figures for all judicial review cases...