Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88652
Planning Permission: Mortgages
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mortgage in possession clauses in planning applications on (a) housebuilding and (b) other development.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the impact of mortgage in possession clauses in planning applications. It is for local planning authorities to consider whether otherwise unacceptable development could be made acceptable through t...
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