Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 18619 on 23 July 2026, on Planning Authorities: Housing, if her Department will commission an assessment of the number, location and outcome of planning applications and appeals determined under the presumption in favour of sustainable development following introduction of the revised standard method; and whether that assessment will include the legal and administrative costs incurred by local planning authorities.

My Department has no plans to undertake such an assessment for the reasons set out in the answer to Question UIN 18619 on 23 July 2026.

We publish quarterly statistics on the number of planning applications received, determined, and granted by each local planning authority, as well as the number of decisions allowed by appeal. These can be found on gov.uk here.