Committees

Planning issues

Inquiry

The Committee has been monitoring the changes to permitted development rules in relation to business and householder extensions and changes of use following the introduction of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013

House of Commons Library briefing note on key planning reform 24 June 2013

The Committee has exchanged correspondence with the Department for Communities and Local Government and held an oral evidence session with the Planning Minister Nick Boles MP. Members decided to ask the general public for suggested questions for the Minister on planning practice guidance.

The session focused on the economic benefits of, and how local authorities will cope administratively and financially with, the new measures; and planning issues regarding free schools, the review of planning practice guidance and what will happen when the new rules expire in 2016.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter to the Chair from Brandon Lewis MP, dated 6 October 2014, relating to the use of Local Development Orders on brownfield land
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Letter to the Chair from Nick Boles MP, dated 2 July 2014, relating to use of brownfield land
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Letter from Nick Boles MP, dated 19 May 2014, re: planning issues
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Evidence

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HC 309-i
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1975 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA