Question follow-through · 38770
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact neighbourhood plans will have on planning decisions following reforms to the national planning process.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 7 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
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact neighbourhood plans will have on planning decisions following reforms to the national planning process.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 is clear as to the important role that neighbourhood plans play in the planning system and includes important protections for neighbourhood plans from speculative developm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Rented Housing: Melksham and Devizes
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the amount of social housing in Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Local Government Finance
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve funding for local councils.
Housing: Construction
20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including water companies as a statutory consultee in the planning process to advise on (a) the impacts o
Estate Agents: Regulation
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team on the (a) prevalence of conditional selling practices by estate agents and (b) the
Homelessness: Young People
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Department will undertake a formal review of how local authorities assess young people who present as homeless under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
Homelessness: Young People
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to ensure consistency in how local authorities interpret and apply statutory duties to young people presenting as homeless.
Homelessness: Young People
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department plans to undertake a formal review to understand why the rate of young people presenting as homeless has continued to rise.
Homelessness: Young People
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Department monitors local authority performance in supporting young people facing homelessness.