Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 December 2022, Official Report, column 546, on forthcoming changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to defend the green belt, if he will recover planning appeals (a) 5/21/3194, Land North of Chiswell Green Lane: APP/B1930/W/22/3312277 and (b) 5/22/0927, Land South of Chiswell Green Lane: APP/B1930/W/22/3313110 for his determination.

As has been the case under successive administrations, including when Liberal Democrats served in Government, decisions on whether to recover planning appeals are made in line with policy as set out in a Written Ministerial Statement of 30 June 2008 (Column 44WS).