Question follow-through · 20570
Planning: Powers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what differentiating powers she plans to provide to (a) unitary authorities and (b) mayors in (i) considering individual planning applications and (ii) developing local and spati
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Unitary Councils: Powers · 19 Dec 2024
- Housing: Construction · 19 Dec 2024
- Property Development: Green Belt · 25 Mar 2025
- Supported Housing: Regulation · 8 Apr 2025
- Greenbelt: Property Development · 15 Jul 2025
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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
17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what differentiating powers she plans to provide to (a) unitary authorities and (b) mayors in (i) considering individual planning applications and (ii) developing local and spati
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2025
Answer published
The English Devolution Bill will create in law the concept of a strategic authority, which will include all combined authorities and combined county authorities, both mayoral and non-mayoral, as well as the Greater London Authority.The Bill will place a d...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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