Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 1
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 14
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Reforms to national planning policy All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
National planning policy has been characterised by stop-start reform over several years. This has regrettably resulted in uncertainty among local authorities and across the planning sector. Contrary to the Government’s objective of facilitating plan- making, the short-term effect of its announcement of proposed planning reforms (6 December 2022) has been to halt the progress of local plans in a number of local authority areas.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 14, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).