Question follow-through · 119293
Housing: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the consistency of Planning Inspectorate decisions where local plans are absent, emerging or under review; how often inspectors have cited housing
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the consistency of Planning Inspectorate decisions where local plans are absent, emerging or under review; how often inspectors have cited housing
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
My Department has made no such assessment. The Planning Inspectorate does not compile data on the number of instances Inspectors have cited Housing Land Supply shortfalls to allow an appeal on designated land, such as a protected site.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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