Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 94682

Green Belt: Planning Permission

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his proposal to determine certain called-in applications by written representations rather than inquiry, what assessment he has made of the implications for the

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Written Ministerial Statement of 2012 sets out the circumstances in which the Secretary of State will use his powers to intervene. All called in planning applications and appeals will continue to be considered against adopted local plans, in line with...

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