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Neighbourhood Plans

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 5073, tabled on 10 September 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3747 on Neighbourhood Plans, what plans she has for the role of neighbourhood plans in planning policy when a planning authority has a (a) five-year and (b) three-year land supply.

Answered on

8 October 2024

Under the Government’s proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, the protections from speculative development for areas with a qualifying neighbourhood plan are retained.

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