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Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 19890

Planning: Local Government

Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of removing the role of elected councillors from certain planning processes under the new National Planning Policy Framework

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied. It makes no reference whatsoever to the role of elected councillors.In the King’s Speech, we set out our intention to use the f...
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