{"value":{"id":1679110,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-12-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"7626","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of simplifying neighbourhood plans.","answeringBodyId":211,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4652,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-01-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Neighbourhood planning is an effective tool that enables a community to shape development in its areas to meet local needs. Through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act we are introducing neighbourhood priorities statements which will provide communities with another way to set priorities and shape development in their local areas.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Neighbourhood Plans","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1679110","method":"GET"}]}