Local Government Finance

(asked on 4th September 2023) - View Source

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

To ask His Majesty's Government how many councils do not have an up-to-date council plan; and, of these, how many have plans that are respectively more than (1) five years, (2) 10 years, and (3) 15 years out of date.


Answered by
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Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 21st September 2023

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that up-to-date local plans should provide a framework for addressing housing needs and other economic, social and environmental priorities.

All the information requested and more, on the status of Local Plan, is published by the Planning Inspectorate can be found on the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-plan-monitoring-progress

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