Question follow-through · 26298
Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, what her Department’s timescales are for implementing the provisions relating to paragrap
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, what her Department’s timescales are for implementing the provisions relating to paragrap
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2025
Answer published
The policies in paragraphs 148 and 155 of the revised National Planning Policy Framework came into effect on the day of publication, 12 December 2024.Transitional arrangements in relation to the implementation of these policies are set out in Annex 1.Furt...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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