questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) metrics and (b) performance measures his Department plan to use to assess whether changes to the statutory consultee system are meeting their goal of (i) providing timely expert advice and (ii) supporting high quality develop; and how he plans for these to be monitored.
answerText: I refer the hon. Member to the consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system that took place between 18 December 2025 and 13 January 2026. It can be found on gov.uk here. We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our re...
heading: Planning Permission