Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98480

Local Plans: West Midlands

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning reform proposals on the timescales for the adoption of local plans by local authorities in the West Midland

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Local planning authorities are responsible for publishing the intended timeframes for the production and adoption of their local plans. The government is determined to drive local plans to adoption as quickly as possible in order to achieve our ambition o...

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