Question follow-through · 12835
Development Corporations: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to establish new powers for development corporations in coastal communities.
About this written question
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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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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Coastal Areas: Economic Growth · 29 Jun 2026
- Coastal Areas: Devolution · 29 Jun 2026
- Infrastructure: Education · 30 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to establish new powers for development corporations in coastal communities.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
My Department has made no specific assessment on the potential impact of Development Corporations in accelerating the conversion of vacant upper floors in town centres into residential accommodation. The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 included measu...
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.
Coastal Areas: Economic Growth
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing dedicated funding mechanisms for coastal and former industrial towns not directly impacted by growth in nearby
Coastal Areas: Devolution
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of devolution settlements for coastal towns located on the periphery of combined authority areas.
Infrastructure: Education
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the role of community infrastructure in improving educational attainment in disadvantaged communities.