Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 9 February 2023Answered: 20 February 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
Local plans are the best way for communities to shape decisions about how to deliver the housing and wider development that their areas need. We want more people to be involved in the development of those local plans, and a key objective of our digital planning reforms is increased public engagement with them. Measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will ensure planning committees play their proper role in scrutinising development without obstructing it, while maximising the use of experienced professional planners.