David Lammy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Lammy on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average length of time is taken by his Department to make a decision on a planning application referred to it.

Nick Boles

During 2013/14, 272 planning applications were referred to the Secretary of State under the Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009. Records indicate that the average number of days it took to make a decision was 21 days.