Question follow-through · 70802
Gardens Trust: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the planning system on (a) local planning authorities, (b)
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 17 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
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the planning system on (a) local planning authorities, (b)
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s ambitions for growth. As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), we intend to consult on rem...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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