Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 14528

Environment Protection: Planning Permission

Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require local authorities to refer planning decisions where the Environment Agency objects for a call in.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Local planning authorities are currently required to refer certain planning applications where they are minded to grant planning permission. Such applications include proposals for major development in a flood risk area to which the Environment Agency has...
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