Question follow-through · 28338
Sewers: Property Development
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, which new measures within the framework have implications for sustainable urban drainage
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 10 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
3 Feb 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, which new measures within the framework have implications for sustainable urban drainage
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to securing the delivery of high-quality sustainable drainage systems to help manage flood risk and adapt to the effects of climate change.The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 amended ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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