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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183562 on Housing: Construction, what assessment he has made of whether 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 meet the threshold for recovery as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 June 2008, column 44WS, in the context of (a) proposals which raise important or novel issues of development control, and/or legal difficulties and (b) 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.

In line with the practice of successive administrations, it would not be appropriate to comment on specific planning applications.