Correspondence

Local Plan examinations: letter to the Interim Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate (July 2026)

This letter lays out the government’s expectations on the exercise of flexibility in the examination of local plans.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Matthew Pennycook MP
• Published: 15 July 2026

Applies to England

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Local Plan examinations: letter to the Interim Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate (July 2026)

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The Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, has written to the Planning Inspectorate to emphasise the importance of taking an appropriately pragmatic and proportionate approach in respect of deliverability and viability when examining local plans.

Published 15 July 2026