Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72163

National Landscapes: Planning Permission

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty to consult Natural Landscapes on all development proposals.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government is clear that the bar for being a statutory consultee in the planning system, and therefore having to be consulted on planning applications by law, should be high. In January 2025 the government declared a moratorium on any new statutory co...

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