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Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) planning policy and (b) precedent prevents (i) land promoters and (ii) developers from materially altering an agreed development layout at a site allocated within a Loca

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
9 Dec 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) planning policy and (b) precedent prevents (i) land promoters and (ii) developers from materially altering an agreed development layout at a site allocated within a Loca

  2. 9 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that site allocation policies should be deliverable over the plan period. Planning practice guidance states that where sites are proposed for allocation, sufficient detail should be given to provide clari...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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