Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees

Overview

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

Enquiries

For any enquiries about this working paper please contact: 

planningcommittees@communities.gov.uk  

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. 

If you cannot respond via Citizen Space, you may send your response by email to: planningcommittees@communities.gov.uk