Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 79880

Sewers: Planning Permission

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to reject planning applications from developers on the basis of previous failures to (a) build and (b) maintain sustainab

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government is committed to securing the delivery of high-quality sustainable drainage systems to help manage flood risk and adapt to the effects of climate change. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that developments of all sizes shoul...

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