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Brownfield Sites: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available to West Midlands local authorities to bring forward brownfield sites under the proposed changes to the planning system.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available to West Midlands local authorities to bring forward brownfield sites under the proposed changes to the planning system.

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 91369 on 27 November 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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