questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex 14: Strategic planning, of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, May 2025, page 11, through what mechanism he will ensure that the new strategic authority planning documents will be kept high level.
answerText: Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework. The proposed Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, sets out that the content of spatial development strategies (SDSs) should be genuinely strateg...
heading: Planning: Standards