Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 27292

Planning Permission

Tabled: 29 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Dave Robertson

LabourLichfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making water and sewerage undertakers statutory consultees on applications for planning permission.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
As part of the Chancellor’s planning reform announcement on 26 January 2025, the government declared a moratorium on new statutory consultees and a review of the existing arrangements for statutory consultees to ensure they align with the government’s amb...

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