Question follow-through · 101107
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration is given within the planning system to the potential impact of housing developments on nearby (a) small businesses and (b) local employment.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Affordable Housing: Surrey Heath · 18 Dec 2025
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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
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration is given within the planning system to the potential impact of housing developments on nearby (a) small businesses and (b) local employment.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2026
Answer published
Local planning authorities are expected to assess economic needs as part of their evidence base and to consider these issues when determining individual applications, including the potential effects of new housing development on nearby businesses and on o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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