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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Housing Targets: Planning System

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Levelling Up Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Section 21 Evictions

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Written Question
Planning Permission: Appeals
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for planning appeals.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Inspectorate has been implementing actions to maintain performance in the areas currently performing well and to improve end-to-end times for other casework. In the short term those actions are focused around increasing capacity by:

  • increasing the available capacity for inspectors/other decision makers by recruiting more. The Inspectorate is on track to recruit the planned 50 inspectors/other decision makers this year and are also recruiting 30 more;
  • using contract (non-salaried) inspectors to the full extent of their availability and running a procurement exercise seeking to increase the pool of this resource; and
  • training inspectors to handle different casework to increase flexibility.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Homes and Buildings: Levelling Up Health and Wellbeing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Homes and Buildings: Levelling Up Health and Wellbeing

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