Question follow-through · 18618
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of whether the revised National Planning Policy Framework will increase the number of planning permissions granted before supporting infrastructure is
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Housing: Land Use · 1 Sept 2026
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- Social and Affordable Homes Programme · 1 Sept 2026
- Housing: Construction · 2 Sept 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
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of whether the revised National Planning Policy Framework will increase the number of planning permissions granted before supporting infrastructure is
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2026
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2024 makes clear that local planning authorities should plan positively for the provision and use of shared spaces, community facilities, transport and other infrastructure to enhance the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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