Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72165

National Landscapes: Planning Permission

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Natural Landscapes on their role in planning consultations in relation to new housing developments.

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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