Question follow-through · 12150

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to Green Belt and Grey Belt planning policy in the National Planning Policy Framework since July 2024 apply to planning applications and enforcement appeals relat

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Housing and planning

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to Green Belt and Grey Belt planning policy in the National Planning Policy Framework since July 2024 apply to planning applications and enforcement appeals relat

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) must be taken into account in preparing local development plans and is a material consideration in planning decisions. National planning policy is clear that it is the responsibility of local planning authorit...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flats: Greater Manchester

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (i) audits, (ii) evaluations and (iii) assessments have taken place of use of Greater Manchester Combined Authority's Housing Investment Loans Fund investment provided by MH

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Planning: Standards

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex 14: Strategic planning, of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, May 2025, page 11, through what mechanism he will ensure that the new

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Political Parties: Finance

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of corporate information published on Companies House to help political parties meet the proposed (a) ‘revenue’ test and Person of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Council Tax: Greater London

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109623 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment he has been made of the potent

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 111684 on Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission, whether he plans to introduce primary legislation to facilitate ref

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

1 Carlton Gardens: Council Tax

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question 124734, on 1 Carlton Gardens, whether the legal liability for the new council tax surcharge for the Deputy Prime Minist

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Housing: Greater Manchester

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what Homes England or departmental conditions or restrictions are in place in relation to developers receiving loans from the Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loans Fund pay

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Travellers: Caravan Sites

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to commission an independent research report on the effect of the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) Human Rights Act 1998 on the ability of local author

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Planning

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Planning Inspectorate decision, reference: APP/A5840/W/25/3366760, whether he considered recovering the Peckham’s Aylesham Centre planning appeal; and what assessm

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 response, Ref: FOI2026/08477 of 20 April 2026, if he will publish the names of the organisations who submitted oral or writt

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government: Sanctions

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026, to Question HL16644, on Local Government: Sanctions, if he will make it is his policy to use his Best Value intervention powers aga

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Housing: Construction

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124799, on Housing: Construction, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the ban on new homes connect