Legacy system local plan extension: letter from the Housing Minister
What was announced
Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Right Honourable Matthew Pennycook MP, to Local Planning and Minerals and Waste Authorities in respect of the deadline for legacy system local plans.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- On 23 October 2026, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, wrote to Local Planning and Minerals and Waste Authorities extending the deadline to submit plans for examination in the legacy plan-making system to 31 March 2027.
- The amended deadline will apply to all authorities who have reached Regulation 19 consultation by 31 December 2026 and are not subject to formal local plan intervention.
Who and where
People
- Matthew Pennycook (MP for Greenwich and Woolwich (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (UK government department) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Greenwich And Woolwich.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Local Plans.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legacy-system-local-plan-extension-letter-from-the-housing-minister
- Published 2026-10-23 13:34:46 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-10-23 19:45:33 UTC from GOV.UK
- Saved copy: receipt 774, with its SHA-256 fingerprint
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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