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Planning Permission: National Park Authorities

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32529

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to require new local authorities to consult National Park authorities on potential planning applications.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

New local authorities, including unitary authorities, are required to consult the National Park authority concerned on “development likely to affect land in a National Park,” as prescribed in Sch. 4 of The Town and Country (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.

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