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Housing: Planning Permission

Asked by Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 21 April 2026UIN 126982

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties that have had planning permission for over six months yet no building work has yet commenced.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 122315 on 1 April 2026.

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