Written question asked by Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 12 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 15 March 2024 (named day). It was answered by Lee Rowley (Conservative) on Friday, 15 March 2024 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

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Planning Permission: Reform

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 16913 on Planning Permission: Reform and with reference to the consultation entitled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy, published on 22 December 2022, and paragraph 35(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, if he will publish the justification for retaining 'and is informed by agreements with other authorities, so that unmet need from neighbouring areas is accommodated where it is practical to do so and is consistent with achieving sustainable development' in that Framework.