Question follow-through · 36958
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local (a) planning teams and (b) councillors are aware of (i) housing and (ii) growth plans.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Sewers: Property Development · 13 May 2025
- Housing Estates: Unadopted Roads · 21 Oct 2025
- Parking: Public Consultation · 29 May 2026
- Leasehold: Reform · 23 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local (a) planning teams and (b) councillors are aware of (i) housing and (ii) growth plans.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
MHCLG Ministers and officials engage regularly with local planning authorities to ensure the government’s priorities are understood.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sewers: Property Development
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Housing Estates: Unadopted Roads
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support she is providing to protect residential estates that are on unadopted road in the event of inadequate residential management group maintenance.
Parking: Public Consultation
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on a private parking code of practice.
Leasehold: Reform
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 relating to the removal of marriage value in leasehold enfranchisement will be brought into force, and what the