A question on #Planning #DevonAndSomerset tabled by Rachel Gilmour on 09-01-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Planning: Devon and Somerset
Question ID: 1754013
UIN: 23075
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-09
Asking Member ID: 5252
Asking Member display name: Rachel Gilmour
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rachel Gilmour
Member interest: true
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the resources available to local government for planning enforcement in (a) Devon and (b) Somerset.
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Date answered: 2025-01-29
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: In the answer to Question UIN 16501 on 5 December 2024 I set out the government’s investment to support capacity and capability in local authorities. This will be further underpinned by increases in planning fees that will help improve the resourcing of p...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true