Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 80997

Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether borough local plans have precedence over parish level neighbourhood plans.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Once passed at referendum, neighbourhood plans form part of the development plan. Policies in a neighbourhood plan may become out of date, including if they conflict with policies in a local plan adopted after the making of the neighbourhood plan. In such...

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