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Planning Permission: Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that parishes in areas without a parish council are (a) consulted on and (b) have the opportunity to provide (i) local insights and (ii) detail

answeredRichard TiceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
21 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that parishes in areas without a parish council are (a) consulted on and (b) have the opportunity to provide (i) local insights and (ii) detail

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    In areas with no Parish Council, Parish Meetings can make representations in relation to planning appeals and wider planning consultations.Beyond this, residents in these areas can engage directly with the various decision-making processes. Those that hav...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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