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Planning Permission: Costs

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 43692

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed compliance costs associated with local authority planning approvals.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Ensuring compliance with planning approvals is a matter for local planning authorities. As such, the Department has not made an assessment of the costs involved.

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