Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 104020

Gardens Trust: Planning

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential risks to rural landscapes posed by removing the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the English planning system.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
On 17 November 2025, my Department published a consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system. That consultation closed on 13 January 2026 and can be found on gov.uk here. No decision will be made on the Garden Trust’s role until responses to t...

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