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Planning: Reform

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 26 July 2024UIN 345

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) conservation areas and (b) listed buildings are treated sensitively during planning reform.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Government will set out proposed changes to national planning policy in the forthcoming National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) update. We remain committed to conserving and enhancing areas of special architectural or historic interest and buildings of the highest significance.

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