PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Planning Permission (28 January 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on ensuring that applications for planning consent make clear who the developer is.

Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)

The Government specifies the information that must be contained on planning application forms; this information includes the name of the applicant. Information about the applicant is not normally a material consideration in the determination of planning applications because planning permission runs with the land and is not awarded to individuals.

Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
2 February 2015