Question follow-through · 112405
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the number of new homes that could be delivered by reducing the average time taken to determine planning applications.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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- Planning Permission: National Security · 29 May 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
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the number of new homes that could be delivered by reducing the average time taken to determine planning applications.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2026
Answer published
My Department routinely assesses the impact of regulatory changes in terms of their impact on housing supply.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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