Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 38770

Planning Permission

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Brian Mathew

Liberal DemocratMelksham and Devizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact neighbourhood plans will have on planning decisions following reforms to the national planning process.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 is clear as to the important role that neighbourhood plans play in the planning system and includes important protections for neighbourhood plans from speculative developm...

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