Question follow-through · 34629
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new mayors in combined county authorities will have powers to (a) revoke, (b) amend or (c) disregard the agreed local plans of local planning authorities.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Greenpeace · 3 Mar 2025
- Parish and Town Councils · 3 Mar 2025
- Parish and Town Councils · 3 Mar 2025
- Local Government: Reorganisation · 3 Mar 2025
- Unitary Councils · 3 Mar 2025
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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
28 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new mayors in combined county authorities will have powers to (a) revoke, (b) amend or (c) disregard the agreed local plans of local planning authorities.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
Mayors in combined county authorities will not be given any new powers to revoke, amend or disregard adopted local plans. There are existing provisions set out in Schedule A1 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which allow the Secretary of S...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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