Question follow-through · 103779
Public Houses: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 16 December 2025, page 100, for what reason he has repealed the written ministerial statement and associat
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Kent County Council: Best Value · 8 Jan 2026
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- Local Government: Reorganisation · 8 Jan 2026
- Second Homes: Council Tax · 8 Jan 2026
- Local Government: Reorganisation · 8 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
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 16 December 2025, page 100, for what reason he has repealed the written ministerial statement and associat
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes a list of Written Ministerial Statements and other documents where the planning policy stated within them is reflected in the proposed NPPF policies on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Kent County Council: Best Value
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96074 on Kent County Council: Best Value, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a Best Value interven
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the calculation of the base liability for the transitional relief in the 2026 business rates revaluation (a) includes and (b) excludes the application of Retail, Hospital
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87319, and to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58975, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remot
Local Government: Reorganisation
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement on 19 November 2025, HCWS1071, on Local Government Reorganisation, on what date will the shadow unitary authorities be elected; on what date wou
Second Homes: Council Tax
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88720 on Second Homes: Council tax, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of council tax evasion f
Local Government: Reorganisation
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025, to Question 97317, on Local Government: Reorganisation, and to the answer of 16 December 2025, to Question 95327, on councillors, if h
Local Government: Elections
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has his department given to local authorities on political restrictions on local authority staff running as candidates for election in other local authorities.
Local Government: Elections
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Councils offered flexibility to complete reorganisation, published on 18 December 2025, what evidence his Department use
Local Government: Elections
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Electoral Commission statement entitled Electoral Commission responds to potential election postponements, published on 19 December 2025, what is the Govern
Housing: Parking
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the draft National Planning Policy Framework of 16 December 2025, and the plans for the re-introduction of maximum parking standards, whether the Government int
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Appointments
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question 96897, on MHCLG: Public Appointments, when he plans to publish this data.
Espionage: China
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the oral statement of 19 November 2025, Official Report, Column 614, on China Espionage: Government Security Response, whether political parties will be given informat