Question follow-through · 66166
Neighbourhood Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood planning policies in involving local communities in the planning process.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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- Affordable Housing: West Midlands · 15 Jul 2025
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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
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood planning policies in involving local communities in the planning process.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
As set out in Paragraph 30 of the National Planning Policy Framework, neighbourhood planning gives communities the power to develop a shared vision for their area. Neighbourhood plans can shape, direct, and help to deliver sustainable development, by infl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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