Question follow-through · 91185
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to make it easier for local planning authorities to decline repeat applications for development that has already been refused.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Local Government: Reorganisation · 25 Nov 2025
- New Towns · 26 Nov 2025
- Local Government: Reorganisation · 15 Dec 2025
- Property Development: Planning Permission · 22 Jan 2026
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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
14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to make it easier for local planning authorities to decline repeat applications for development that has already been refused.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
Under Sections 70A and 70B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, local planning authorities already have powers to decline to determine applications if they have previously refused permission for two or more substantially similar applications on the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government: Reorganisation
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on local authorities who do not wish to engage in local government reorganisation.
New Towns
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 90424 on New Towns, in which sections of the New Towns Taskforce: Report to government and the Initial government response
Local Government: Reorganisation
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 97317 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether he expects the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners and the re-org
Property Development: Planning Permission
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure local planning authorities enforce Construction Environmental Management Plans.
Leasehold: Service Charges
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services.
Mayors: Hertfordshire
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to establish a Mayor for Hertfordshire.