Question follow-through · 36502

New Towns Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled New Towns Taskforce: Terms of Reference, published on 18 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy o

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled New Towns Taskforce: Terms of Reference, published on 18 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy o

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 36088 on 14 March 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Flood Control

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Flood Control

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Flood Control

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Property Development: Floods

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Property Development: Floods

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time was between completion of a development in areas at risk of flooding and installation of flood defences agreed at planning stage since 2019; and how many de

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Planning: Environment Protection

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 7 of the ADAS and Stephenson Halliday report entitled Review of the implementation of National Planning Policy Framework para 186c, issued on 27 August 202

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Planning Permission: Forests

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the average number of planning permissions expected to be granted within 15 metres of ancient woodland each year for the next five years.

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Planning: Environment Protection

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 15 of the ADAS and Stephenson Halliday report entitled Review of the implementation of National Planning Policy Framework para 186c, issued on 27 August 20

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Property Development: Environment Protection

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) arboricultural reports and (b) impact assessments for major developments.

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Planning Permission: Environment Protection

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 4.4 of the ADAS and Stephenson Halliday report entitled Review of the implementation of National Planning Policy Framework para 186c, issued on 27 Augus

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Voting Rights: Young People

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the voting age to 16 on the electoral equality of parliamentary constituencies.

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Voting Rights: Young People

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the voting age to 16 on electoral equality in local council elections.