Question follow-through · 18622
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what circumstances will permit an application that would otherwise be delegated to a planning officer to be referred to a planning committee; what role ward councillors will have
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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 · 8 Sept 2026
- Housing: Construction · 8 Sept 2026
- Housing: Sales · 8 Sept 2026
- Housing: Sales · 8 Sept 2026
- Housing: Walsall · 8 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 circumstances will permit an application that would otherwise be delegated to a planning officer to be referred to a planning committee; what role ward councillors will have
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2026
Answer published
My Department has published statutory guidance setting out how the national scheme of delegation will operate, including the arrangements for referral to planning committees and transparency and reporting requirements. This can be found on gov.uk here. An...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing: Land Use
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Housing: Construction
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18619 on 23 July 2026, on Planning Authorities: Housing, if her Department will commission an assessment of the number, location and outcome of
Housing: Sales
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 16442 on 15 July 2026 on Housing: Sales, which industry datasets her Department uses to monitor failed residential property transactions; what
Housing: Sales
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 16442 and 16443 on 15 July 2026, on Housing: Sales, what modelling her Department has undertaken of the potential impact of the proposed refo
Housing: Walsall
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which railway stations serving Walsall Borough meet the definition of a well-connected station in the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 17 August 2026; what geogra
Housing: Walsall
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 17 August 2026, on the number of homes that Walsall Counci
Housing: Walsall
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Planning: Railway Stations
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Local Plans: Walsall
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Department has made of the potential effect of the National Planning Policy Framework published on 17 August 2026 on the preparation of the Walsall Borough Lo
Housing: Walsall
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Department has made of the amount of brownfield land in Walsall Borough that is (a) suitable, (b) available and (c) viable for housing development; how many h
Parking: Planning
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities may set parking standards above national expectations where proposed development would otherwise increase on-street parking or congestion; and
Social and Affordable Homes Programme: Walsall
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Walsall Council applied for strategic partnership status under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme; and what support will be available to enable Walsall Council to