Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59934

Planning Permission

Tabled: 13 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authority planning decisions have been overturned by the Planning Inspectorate in the last 12 months.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 the Planning Inspectorate overturned 4,747 planning decisions made by Local Planning Authorities (LPAs). These represent 31% of the 15,344 decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate on LPA planning cases in this per...

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