A question on #LocalGovernment #Reorganisation tabled by Sir Oliver Dowden on 09-06-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Local Government: Reorganisation
Question ID: 1810678
UIN: 58237
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-09
Asking Member ID: 4441
Asking Member display name: Sir Oliver Dowden
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sir Oliver Dowden
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local plans will need to be updated following local government reorganisation.
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Date answered: 2025-06-17
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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: Where reorganisation occurs, new unitary authorities are expected to promptly prepare a local development plan covering the whole of their area. Until that new plan is adopted, existing constituent local plans remain in force as part of the development pl...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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