Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 43692

Planning Permission: Costs

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed compliance costs associated with local authority planning approvals.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Ensuring compliance with planning approvals is a matter for local planning authorities. As such, the Department has not made an assessment of the costs involved.