Planning Permission: Impact Assessments
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45696 on Planning Permission, what the topic was of each equality impact assessment that has been produced by her Department since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The following topics of planning practice guidance have been updated or introduced since 4 July 2024:
- Enforcement and post-permission matters
- Natural environment
- Housing supply and delivery
- Viability
- Plan-making
- Housing and economic needs assessment
- Effective use of land
- Green Belt
- Crown Development and Urgent Crown Development
- Fees for planning applications
The Secretary of State considered the Public Sector Equality Duty in issuing these updates.
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