Planning Permission

(asked on 14th March 2019) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many planning applications (1) have been called-in, and (2) are awaiting a decision, by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government; and how long each such application has been awaiting determination.


This question was answered on 28th March 2019

Following a decision to call in a planning application, a public inquiry is held by an independent Planning Inspector before the case comes to the Secretary of State for determination.

As the Noble Lord’s question specified no timeframe, the answer below covers the position since the commencement of the current Parliamentary session in June 2017.

In that period, the Secretary of State has called in 17 cases for his determination, of which 12 remain undetermined.

Of the 12 undetermined cases, 6 are yet to come before the Secretary of State, and 6 are currently with him. Of the 6 cases with him, 2 have been before him for 7 months, and 4 have been before him for 5 weeks.

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