Policy paper

Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees

This paper invites views on how the government could reform planning committees to support a plan-led system and ensure appropriate democratic oversight.

Applies to England

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Details

The government is committed to getting Britain building again. This paper forms part of a series of working papers on different aspects of planning reform, designed to inform further policy development in collaboration with the wider sector. 

It proposes options for change to planning committees in England that would support the plan-led system, including the introduction of a national scheme of delegation, a new system of targeted committees for strategic development, and mandatory training for committee members.

Contact

For any enquiries about this working paper, please contact: [email protected].

How to respond

Please note that this is not a formal consultation and is instead intended to inform discussions with the sector, to determine whether and how to take these proposals forward. Alongside these discussions, we welcome responses to the series of questions that are posed at the end of the paper. There is no formal deadline, and we will confirm next steps on these proposals in due course.

Citizen Space is the department’s preferred route for receiving responses. We strongly encourage responses to be made via Citizen Space, particularly from organisations with access to online facilities such as local planning authorities, representative bodies and businesses.

Using Citizen Space greatly assists our analysis of responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised.

Written responses should be sent to:

Planning Development Management
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Floor 3
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

When you respond, it would be very useful if you can confirm whether you are replying as an individual or submitting an official response on behalf of an organisation and include:

  • your name
  • the name of your organisation (if applicable)

Please make it clear which question each comment relates to and ensure that the text of your response is in a format that allows copying of individual sentences or paragraphs, to help us when considering your view on particular issues.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2024

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