Question follow-through · 105633
Green Belt: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications which re-designate green belt as grey belt land there have been since December 2024; and how many of those applications were approved for each Engl
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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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
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications which re-designate green belt as grey belt land there have been since December 2024; and how many of those applications were approved for each Engl
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2026
Answer published
My Department does not hold the information requested.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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