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
Labour — Suffolk 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 PennycookOn 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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