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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2021 to Question 33952 on Permitted Development Rights and the Written Statement of 1 July 2021, Official Report, HCWS145, if his Department will publish the analysis on the changes announced in that Written Statement.

An analysis of the implication of the changes in the policy for Article 4 directions, in order to comply with the public sector equality duty, as required by s149 of the Equality Act 2010, was undertaken. A summary of this analysis is included in the Government Response to the National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: Consultation Proposals which was published on 20 July 2021. [https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/national-planning-policy-framework-and-national-model-design-code-consultation-proposals/outcome/government-response-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-national-model-design-code-consultation-proposals]