Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59591
Planning Permission: Standards
Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure local authorities are able to require standards in excess of legal minimums as conditions for planning approval.
Answer
Matthew PennycookPlanning conditions attached to the grant of planning permission can be used to require development to meet certain standards. However, as the National Planning Policy Framework states, such conditions should only be imposed where they are necessary, rele...
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