Question follow-through · 31224
Change of Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take legislative steps to instruct councils to overturn decisions on use class properties.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take legislative steps to instruct councils to overturn decisions on use class properties.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
The government has no plans to legislate to require planning decisions, including those related to change of use, to be overturned.Local planning authorities have the power to revoke or modify planning permission under section 97 of the Town and Country P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing: Sales
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties in the UK are currently unable to be sold because they are part of probate negotiations.
Private Rented Housing: Regulation
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of regulation of rented homes on landlords.