Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 33705

Planning: Climate Change

Tabled: 25 February 2025

Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that planning decisions support the Government’s climate targets.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, and the planning system can play a powerful role in helping to mitigate and adapt to its effects.The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 made som...

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