Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 25
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 116
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 ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
Each draft NDMP should be subject to full and proper parliamentary scrutiny before coming into force. Any draft NDMP which would have the effect of superseding the plan-led system should be carefully considered in Parliament on a case-by-case basis. 40 Reforms to national planning policy The Government should table an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to make NDMPs subject to similar parliamentary requirements as National Policy Statements, as outlined in section 9 of the Planning Act 2008.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 116, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).