Question follow-through · 24887
Quarrying: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason guidance from the Institute for Air Quality Management has been adopted for use in quarry (a) planning and (b) development control decisions.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason guidance from the Institute for Air Quality Management has been adopted for use in quarry (a) planning and (b) development control decisions.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2025
Answer published
Planning policy for minerals is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. This is supported by Planning Practice Guidance, including details on how planning authorities should assess the environmental impacts of mineral extraction.By law, plannin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to mandate standards committees with lay member involvement in principal authorities to ensure impartiality in misconduct cases.
Councillors: Disciplinary Proceedings
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