questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department last reviewed the list of statutory consultees; and when the Department next plans to review it.
answerText: On 18 November 2025, the government launched a consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, which sought views on the scope of what statutory consultees advise on, and removing statutory consultee status from certain bodies. The consultation...
heading: Planning Permission