Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72164

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 make an assessment of the potential merits of making Natural Landscapes statutory consultees in the housing planning system.

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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