Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 18356

Infrastructure: Planning Permission

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 23 July 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on infrastructure planning in local authority areas where emerging Local Plans have been de

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government remains determined to drive local plans to adoption as quickly as possible in order to achieve our ambition of universal plan coverage and to ensure that plans contribute positively to increasing rates of housebuilding and infrastructure de...

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