Question follow-through · 12685
Planning: Standards
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
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
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
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jul 2026
Answer published
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework. The proposed Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, sets out that the content of spatial development strategies (SDSs) should be genuinely strateg...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 April 2026, HCWS1520, on 80A Duty to report on air quality in England, whether (a) his department or (b) DEFRA intend to consult on
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