Question follow-through · 6548
Planning: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that environmental assessments are undertaken at an early stage in the planning process.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 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
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that environmental assessments are undertaken at an early stage in the planning process.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
Environmental assessments are an iterative process undertaken throughout the planning process. The initial screening process determines whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required to ensure that decision-makers can take account of any likely si...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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