Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 60676

Housing: Planning

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not making water companies statutory consultees in planning consultations on new housing developments.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Water companies are not statutory consultees on individual planning applications, but they are consulted as part of the preparation of local development plans. The government recently declared a moratorium on any new statutory consultees, along with a rev...
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