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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the proposed consultation timescale is for his Department's white paper on neighbourhood planning.

Building more homes is central to this Government’s vision of a country that works for everyone. We expect to publish a Housing White Paper later this year, setting out measures to help us deliver this ambition.

Two separate consultations relating to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill were launched on 7^th September; one on neighbourhood planning, the other on planning conditions. Both have now closed and responses are being considered carefully.