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Planning: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government will take with respect to councils who do not meet the targets set out in the National Policy Planning Framework, announced on 12 December 2024.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government will take with respect to councils who do not meet the targets set out in the National Policy Planning Framework, announced on 12 December 2024.

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The government expects local planning authorities to explore and exhaust all options to deliver the homes their communities need.An authority’s ability to meet their housing need through plan-making will be tested at a public examination, which will asses...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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