Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 86377
Planning Permission: Disclosure of Information
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring the disclosure of the true beneficiary of a planning application to enhance public scrutiny.
Answer
Matthew PennycookPlanning permissions relate to plots of land and so the identity of the applicant and the ownership of land are not normally material considerations in planning decisions. Disclosure of the true beneficiary of a planning permission would therefore not aff...
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