Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 32529

Planning Permission: National Park Authorities

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to require new local authorities to consult National Park authorities on potential planning applications.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
New local authorities, including unitary authorities, are required to consult the National Park authority concerned on “development likely to affect land in a National Park,” as prescribed in Sch. 4 of The Town and Country (Development Management Procedur...

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