A question on #Housing #PlanningPermission tabled by Ben Maguire on 13-06-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing: Planning Permission
Question ID: 1812678
UIN: 59953
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-13
Asking Member ID: 5350
Asking Member display name: Ben Maguire
Asking Member handle: BenMaguireNC
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenMaguireNC
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that planning decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate account for local housing need in (a) areas where there is (i) acute deman
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Date answered: 2025-06-23
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The Planning Inspectorate is an arm’s length body, responsible for examining local development plans impartially to ensure they are legally compliant and sound, and for considering appeals against planning decisions.Inspectors will make decisions in light...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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