A question on #WaterCompanies #Planning tabled by Alberto Costa on 25-11-2024 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Water Companies: Planning
Question ID: 1744153
UIN: 15758
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-25
Asking Member ID: 4439
Asking Member display name: Alberto Costa
Asking Member handle: albertocostamp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @albertocostamp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making water companies statutory consultees in planning applications.
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Date answered: 2024-12-03
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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: The government encourage water companies and other infrastructure providers to work proactively with local planning authorities to identify where supporting infrastructure will be required to meet the demands of new development.On 23 October, the governme...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true