Question follow-through · 900288
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities work collaboratively when preparing local plans.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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Recorded timeline
27 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities work collaboratively when preparing local plans.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
Local authorities should already be working together when preparing development plans under the current plan making system as the Duty to Cooperate remains in place.The consultation on proposed reforms to the NPPF published on 31 July included proposals t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Council Tax: Single People
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Freeports: Trade Unions
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Local Government: Leicestershire
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Local Government: Employers' Contributions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
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Local Government: Leicestershire
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce local referenda on local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.
Night Shelters: Pets
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