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Synagogues: Planning Permission

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 24 February 2026UIN 109781

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new Jewish places of worship have been granted planning permission by local authorities in (a) England and (b) greater London in every year since 1997.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department does not hold the requested information. Although quarterly planning application statistics are collected and published on gov.uk here, separate figures on places of worship that have been granted planning permission are not collected.

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