Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 57895

Planning: Rural Areas

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Aphra Brandreth

ConservativeChester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that people living in rural (a) communities and (b) villages will be able to contribute to planning decisions, in the context of the national s

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Following the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, people living in rural communities and villages will continue to be able to make representations on individual planning applications, irrespective of who the decision maker is.On 28 May 2025, ...

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