[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 8 weeks from 18/11/2025 until 13/01/2026:

Consultation document:

• November 2025: Reforms to the statutory consultee system (link) (pdf print version of HTML webpage).

Notes:

• The "Scope of this consultation" section at the start of the above consultation document includes the following information:
  - "This consultation seeks views on the following proposals:
  >>> removing statutory consultee status from certain bodies
  >>> reviewing the scope of what statutory consultees advise on
  >>> improving performance management across existing statutory consultee bodies in the planning system more widely".