Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 54974

Land Use: Planning

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans for the Land Use Framework to be afforded material consideration in relevant planning policy documents.

Answer

Mary Creagh
By law, planning applications are determined in accordance with the development plan for the area, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. What constitutes a material consideration is very widely defined and it is for the local planning authori...

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