DebateGeneral CommitteeTuesday, 30 June 202616:30

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

Parliamentary debate

This committee debate examines draft regulations that would allow local planning authorities in England to delegate certain planning functions to other bodies or individuals. The regulations clarify which planning decisions can be handed off and under what conditions, affecting how councils manage development control and planning applications across their areas.

These regulations reshape planning governance at the local level. Councils will gain flexibility in how they resource planning decisions, potentially speeding up approvals or cutting costs—but delegation risks inconsistency if oversight is weak. The change touches every development project in England, from housing to commercial schemes, making it material to housing supply, economic development, and local accountability.

Local Government Housing & Planning

MPs most likely to speak

Miatta FahnbullehLabour and Co-operative Party

Peckham

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government, housing (82 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: supportive, local-government: supportive, housing: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Matthew PennycookLabour Party

Greenwich and Woolwich

Minister of State — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government, housing (273 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: supportive, housing: neutral, housing: opposed (30pts)Voting record

David SimmondsConservative and Unionist Party

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Shadow Levelling Up — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government, housing (195 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: questioning, housing: opposed, local-government: opposed (30pts)Voting record

Matthew PatrickLabour Party

Wirral West

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government, housing (17 times, 30pts); Known positions: local-government: supportive, local-government: questioning, local-government: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Florence EshalomiLabour and Co-operative Party

Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Spoken on local-government, housing (98 times, 40pts); Known positions: housing: supportive, local-government: questioning, housing: questioning (30pts); Committee: housing, communities and local government committee (Chair) (25pts)Voting record

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026

MPs most likely to speak

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