Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 13932
Permitted Development Rights: Roads
Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights for development of roads within road corridors akin to those already in
Answer
Matthew PennycookThere are already permitted development rights – set out in Part 9 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (England) 2015, as amended – which grant planning permission for development relating to roads. We cont...
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