Question follow-through · 122415
Local Plans: West Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposing different start dates for the preparation of new local plans on local planning authorities, in the context of loc
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Empty Property · 13 Apr 2026
- Empty Property: Chichester · 13 Apr 2026
- Housing: Planning Permission · 13 Apr 2026
- Parish and Town Councils: Accountability · 21 Apr 2026
- Parish and Town Councils: Accountability · 21 Apr 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
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposing different start dates for the preparation of new local plans on local planning authorities, in the context of loc
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
The transitional provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, set out the dates by which local planning authorities are required to start plan-making. It is the responsibility of individual local planning author...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Empty Property
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties there are in the UK.
Empty Property: Chichester
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties in Chichester constituency.
Housing: Planning Permission
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties that have had planning permission for over six months yet no building work has yet commenced.
Parish and Town Councils: Accountability
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take legislative steps to make parish councils more accountable to their constituents.
Parish and Town Councils: Accountability
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take legislative steps to tackle the mismanagement of parish councils.
Parish and Town Councils
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing parish councils' staff with additional support.
Housing: Sales
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will he review the requirements for house sellers to declare any neighbour dispute when selling their properties, so that owners are not dissuaded from tackling short term issues
Sheltered Housing: Sales
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of i) service charges, ii) daily standard charges for electricity, and iii) ground rent on retirement home sales in Chichester
Local Government: West Sussex
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to West Sussex Council leaders sent on 25 March 2026, if he will share his Department's financial modelling for the two proposed unitary authorities.
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that Fire and Rescue Services (a) nationally and (b) in West Sussex are sufficiently resourced.
Housing Occupancy
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is considering measures to encourage those with under-occupied homes to downsize.
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the use of service charges in social housing.