Question follow-through · 38047
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of planning applications decided by the casting vo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 21 Mar 2025 · 8 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
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of planning applications decided by the casting vo
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Mar 2025
Answer published
My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pay
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) staff and (b) outsourced contractors are paid (i) below, (ii) at and (iii) above the London Living Wage.
Fast Food: Planning Permission
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 97 of the National Planning Policy Framework, last updated on 7 February 2025, whether her Department categorises (a) Greggs, (b) Pret a Manager and (
Environmental Delivery Plans
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether measures included in Environmental Delivery Plans are funded through (a) her Department or (b) income from the Nature Restoration Fund.
Planning
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she consulted with external organisations on the content of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill before it was published.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Cost Effectiveness
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 34282 on MHCLG: Cost Effectiveness, if she will itemise the individual efficiency savings made on communications in the 2024-25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 34282 MHCLG: Cost Effectiveness, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her Department's use of consulta
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to re-introduce the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill.
Political Parties: Finance
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Parliamentary Parties Panel, (b) usual channels and (c) Privy Council on political finance reform before publishing her proposals on tha
Local Government: Reorganisation
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 34877 on Local Government: Reorganisation, for what reason Surrey’s unitary reorganisation has been placed on a quicker timeta
Community Relations
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 34860 on MHCLG: Greenpeace, and of 11 March 2025 to Question HL5100 on Community Relations, whether her Department’s decision
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 3 March 2025 on Anti-Muslim Hate/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, HCWS487, to which Minister that group will report; and if the report
Freeports
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 34283 on Freeports: Trade Unions, whether freeport boards members are subject to a similar fiduciary duty.