Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 103397

Planning Inspectorate: Pay

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the drivers of and reasons for the doubling of the wage and salary costs of the Planning Inspectorate since April 2017.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Planning Inspectorate deals with a range of planning and environmental casework from across government including: planning and environmental appeals, including against refusals of planning related applications by Local Planning Authorities and refusal...

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