Sean Woodcock MP: written questions

Written questions

• Planning: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129388More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel have been allocated to support the drafting of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation in pursuit of planning reform

  Answer: Within the Office of Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) and Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) legal teams there are lawyers working on MHCLG related business, alongside members in the Government Legal Department. There is no group of ...

  Answered 28 Apr 2026

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• Aerials: Planning PermissionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129387More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her department has made of the potential economic impact of an increase in notifications to mobile telecommunications companies under the Notice to Quit regime.

  Answer: The Electronic Communications Code allows for site providers to serve Notices to Quit in specific limited circumstances, including if land is to be redeveloped and is no longer suitable to host telecommunications apparatus, or needs to be moved. We recogn...

  Answered 29 Apr 2026

  Original Parliament record
• Aerials: Planning PermissionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129386More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reforming the Notice to Quit regime to reduce disruption to mobile data coverage and capacity.

  Answer: The Electronic Communications Code allows for site providers to serve Notices to Quit in specific limited circumstances, including if land is to be redeveloped and is no longer suitable to host telecommunications apparatus, or needs to be moved. We recogn...

  Answered 29 Apr 2026

  Original Parliament record
• Mobile Broadband: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129384More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the report published by TYI on 18 March 2026, titled ‘Small Changes, Big Rewards: Ensuring planning connects with mobile infrastructure ambitions’.

  Answer: On December 18 2025, my Department, in conjunction with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, launched a joint Call for Evidence on reforming planning rules to accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure. This Call for Evidence closed...

  Answered 29 Apr 2026

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