Question follow-through · 9298
Planning: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted plans and that planning decisions remain accountable to loca
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Parking: Codes of Practice · 28 Aug 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
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted plans and that planning decisions remain accountable to loca
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
By law, planning applications must be determined in accordance with the development plan for the area, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The National Planning Policy Framework must be taken into account in preparing the development plan, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Parking: Codes of Practice
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the introduction of the Private Parking Code of Practice following the conclusion of the consultation.
Parking: Payments
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for motorists issued with private parking charges where payment systems are unavailable or malfunctioning.