Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 113645

Planning Permission

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026, to Question 102811, on Planning Permission, whether any other guidance has been given on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child i

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Neither the government nor the Planning Inspectorate has issued guidance in respect of the treatment of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the planning system.