Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75784

Planning Permission: Property Development

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require local planning authorities to consider the financial viability and track record of developers as part of the planning process.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
On 25 May, the government published a Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out (which can be found on gov.uk here) which included proposals to implement a new power for authorities to decline to determine planning applications made by develope...

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