Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit speculative planning applications for sites that have been deemed unsuitable for development by the Planning Inspectorate.

Local planning authorities have the power to decline to determine applications if planning permission has been refused for two or more substantially similar applications on the same site within the past two years. This includes any appeals dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate.