Question follow-through · 92065

Crown Lands and Estates: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on the minimum time and notice period required under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on the minimum time and notice period required under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Paragraph 60 of the government’s Planning Practice Guidance on Crown Development and Urgent Crown Development makes clear that once an application is ‘accepted’ under the Urgent Crown Development route the Secretary will notify the relevant local planning...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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