Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 38316
Local Plans
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 21 March 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how new unitary authorities will be required to (a) merge their existing local plans and (b) set new local plans following reorganisation.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe legal status of local plans is not impacted by local government reorganisation. Where reorganisation occurs new unitary authorities are expected to promptly prepare a local plan covering the whole of their area. Until that new plan is adopted, existin...
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