Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 65787
Neighbourhood Plans
Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the role of neighbourhood plans in the planning process.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government remains of the view that neighbourhood plans can play an important role in the planning system. Communities can continue to prepare neighbourhood plans where they consider that doing so is in their best interests.