Sir Oliver Dowden

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will ensure local people are consulted on planning applications.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which stakeholders her Department has consulted on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s planned timetable is for publication of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s policy is on planning applications for solar plants on agricultural land.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much grey belt land there is in (a) England and (b) Hertsmere constituency.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes her Department plans to build on grey belt land in 2024.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department will take steps to ensure brownfield development is incentivised by planning policy instead of development on greenfield sites.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes her Department plans to build on Green Belt land.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on top-down housing targets in the National Planning Policy Framework.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which stakeholders her Department have consulted on the National Planning Policy Framework.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of retaining the National Planning Policy Framework in its current form.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to reform the National Planning Policy Framework.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect the Green Belt in (a) England and (b) Hertsmere.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government plans to change the requirements in new developments for affordable housing.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on ensuring that properties looking to erect an additional floor require planning permission.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Charities Act 2022: implementation plan, published April 2022, what plans do the Government have to bring sections 15 and 16 of the Act into force.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Restitution

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Charities Act 2022 on decisions by trustees of national museums to consider the moral claims of restitution claimants.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Restitution

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the implementation of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022 on the ability of trustees of national museums to seek author

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Plans: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities are required to hold a new public consultation when an (a) existing and (b) proposed local plan is replaced by a new local plan

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Solar Power: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the approval of planning applications for solar plants on agricultural land.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Hertsmere

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of building housing on the site proposed for the Radlett Rail Freight Interchange in Hertsmere constituency.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to allow pre-legislative scrutiny of the forthcoming Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide an update on the Government's policy on digital market competition.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to ensure brownfield development is incentivised by planning policy instead of development on greenfield sites.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to address local housing projections which are based on out-of-date numbers.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the ability for the Planning Inspectorate to override planning decisions made by local councils.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Recreation Spaces: Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government will take to ensure local authorities can put in place Local Plans which ensure the protection of local green spaces.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will take steps to protect the Green Belt in the National Planning Policy Framework.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to prevent overdevelopment of Green Belt land in its future planning reforms.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the calculation of new housing targets in local authorities which are predominately made up of Green Belt land.