Planning Permission: Applications
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2025, to Question 81310, on Universal Studios: Bedfordshire, if he will make it his policy to publish all online written representations to planning applications for Special Development Orders.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
Special Development Orders are a long-established part of the planning system, and each case is considered on its individual merits.
In July 2025, my Department set out how it intends to inform the public of its decision on a request for planning permission for an Entertainment Resort Complex and associated development in Bedford.
There is no statutory requirement to publish representations received in relation to Special Development Orders and the government has no plans to change this.
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