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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reason is for the time taken to make a decision on the Rushden Lakes development; and when he plans to announce that decision.

The Secretary of State issued his decision on this case on 11 June. He has decided to grant planning permission for this development. A copy of the decision letter and the Inspector's report has been sent to the hon. Member and to other interested parties, and these documents are available on the GOV.UK website at:

https://www.gov.uk/planning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals