Question follow-through · 61864
Public Houses: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to simplify the planning permission process for pubs.
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
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2025 · 9 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
- Antisocial Behaviour: Housing Associations and Local Government · 17 Nov 2025
- Housing: Broxtowe · 1 Dec 2025
- Planning Permission: Flood Control · 2 Dec 2025
- Property Development: Flood Control · 2 Dec 2025
- Retail Trade: Urban Areas · 25 Feb 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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to simplify the planning permission process for pubs.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2025
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should plan positively for the provision and use of community facilities, such as pubs. On 28 May 2025, the government published the Planning Reform Working Paper: Reform...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Antisocial Behaviour: Housing Associations and Local Government
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage housing associations work with local councils on an agreed anti-social behaviour protocol.
Housing: Broxtowe
1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will confirm whether Government supported new homes will be built on known flood plains in Broxtowe.
Planning Permission: Flood Control
2 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to provide additional powers to local authorities to reject planning applications that do not make adequate provision for flooding.
Property Development: Flood Control
2 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to require the creation of additional flood plains in all new developments.
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the high streets of the Broxtowe towns of (i) Beeston, (ii) Stapleford, and (iii) Eastwood.
Community Relations: Religion
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support community cohesion and interfaith in (i) the constituency of Broxtowe, (ii) Nottingham, (iii) the East Midlands, (iv) and England a