Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 42133
National Parks: Planning Permission
Tabled: 27 March 2025
Answered: 4 April 2025
Question
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planning applications without clear necessity on the boundaries of national parks on those areas.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government has made no such assessment. Impacts of development on National Parks are assessed by local planning authorities.National Park authorities are the local planning authority within the National Park and are a statutory consultee for planning ...
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