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 the average length of time is taken by his Department to issue a Compulsory Purchase Order to a local authority.

Nick Boles

Since May 2012 (when the National Planning Casework Unit took responsibility for this area of work) the average length of time to make a decision on opposed planning Compulsory Purchase Orders is 10-11 weeks.