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Planning: Reform

Asked by Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 2 August 2024UIN 1680

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of retaining the National Planning Policy Framework in its current form.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

A consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, including in relation to brownfield development, began on Tuesday 30 July and closes on Tuesday 24 September.

We will consider the responses to that consultation carefully.

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