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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the case People Over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta (C-323/17), when he plans to issue guidance regarding local plans; and if he will make a statement.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is actively considering the implications of the Sweetman 2 (People Over Wind) judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union. We are working closely with Natural England and Defra, including on how to take forward any external guidance that may be necessary.