Question follow-through · 16948

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides on the processes to be followed by other Government departments making representations on the potential call-in or recovery of a planning ap

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
3 Dec 2024
Answer
5 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides on the processes to be followed by other Government departments making representations on the potential call-in or recovery of a planning ap

  2. 3 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There is no separate guidance provided to other government departments regarding making representations on the potential call-in or recovery of a planning application or appeal. Processes are laid out in the House of Commons Library research briefing ‘Cal...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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