Question follow-through · 26367
Planning Permission: Internal Drainage Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current role of Internal Drainage Boards on the planning process.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 12 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
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current role of Internal Drainage Boards on the planning process.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
The government recently declared a moratorium on any new statutory consultees, along with a review of the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. Any further announcements will be subject ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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