Part of Housing, Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at on 14 June 2021.
Christopher Pincher
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The planning for the future consultation closed in October 2020, and it generated an enormous amount of interest, with 44,000 responses. We are analysing those responses and will respond to the consultation in due course. We are committed to planning reforms that are intended to provide better protection for environmental assets. I have worked closely with my right hon. Friend the Environment Secretary as well as with my hon. Friend Gareth Bacon on the measures in the Environment Bill, and the planning reforms complement and reflect these.