Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 17574

Local Government: Planning Permission

Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she uses to call in planning applications before they are discussed by local councillors.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Call-in decisions are inherently about process and not the merits of any given planning application.I refer the hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 26 March 2019 (HCWS1452), and on 26 October 2012, columns 71WS-72WS.All relevant matter...

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