Question follow-through · 18045
University of Surrey: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to make a decision on the planning application for a solar facility at the University of Surrey.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to make a decision on the planning application for a solar facility at the University of Surrey.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2024
Answer published
The application in question is currently being considered by Guildford Borough Council.Following requests to call in the application, a holding Direction restricting the grant of permission was issued by MHCLG, to allow those requests to be considered.A d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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