questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will direct the Planning Inspector to give greater consideration to draft local plans that have met early submission deadlines during the examination stage.
answerText: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out expectations in relation to the examination of local plans. I also refer the hon. Member to my July 2024 letter to the Planning Inspectorate about the examination of local plans, which remains in force and c...
heading: Local Plans