Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102765
Planning: Publications
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to update his department's Plain English guide to the planning system, published in January 2015.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government has no current plans to update the previous government’s ‘Plain English guide to the Planning System’. The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for deci...
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