Question follow-through · 21341
Planning Permission: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the commitment to safeguard the Best and Most Versatile agricultural land will be applied to planning decisions called in by the Secretary of State .
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jan 2025 · 22 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
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the commitment to safeguard the Best and Most Versatile agricultural land will be applied to planning decisions called in by the Secretary of State .
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jan 2025
Answer published
The government places great importance upon our agricultural land and food production.The National Planning Policy Framework sets out how the best and most versatile agricultural land should be reflected in planning policies and decisions. We are maintain...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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