Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 11218

Building Alterations: Planning Permission

Tabled: 28 October 2024

Answered: 31 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will remove the presumption in favour of granting planning permission for developments which build extra stories on top of occupied apartment blocks.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

As set out in our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, the government supports upward extensions as a route to urban intensification. Planning policy makes clear that local authorities should support upward extension...

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