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Planning Permission: Disclosure of Information

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 February 2026UIN 111132

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Section 321 directions have been issued to allow for closed planning hearings in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

In the last ten years Section 321 directions have been issued in relation to two applications.

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