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Consultation outcome

Planning committee reform: draft regulations and guidance

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Published
26 March 2026
Last updated
1 June 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Planning committee reform: statutory consultation on draft regulations and guidance – government response

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Detail of outcome

This government response provides a summary of the responses received to the statutory consultation on the draft regulations and guidance related to the reform of planning committees. It also sets out the government’s response on each of the consultation proposals.​

Alongside this government response, we are laying the draft regulations for Parliamentary scrutiny and publishing the accompanying statutory guidance. The intention is that the final regulations will be made in July and come into force on 31 October 2026.

Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on draft regulations and guidance underpinning planning committee reforms in the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025.

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Consultation description

This statutory consultation seeks views on the draft regulations and guidance underpinning the government’s planning committee reforms from the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025.

It covers the:

  • delegation of planning decisions to officers
  • size of planning committees

Documents

Planning committee reform: statutory consultation on draft regulations and guidance

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Draft: Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions Regulations

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Planning Committees and the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions: Draft guidance for local planning authorities in England

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Updates to this page

Published 26 March 2026
Last updated 1 June 2026 Show all updates

  1. Added government response to the consultation.

  2. First published.

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