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Baroness Pinnock (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2025

Debate

Planning Delivery: Acceleration

Contribution

My Lords, the ONS reported that, of the 2.7 million homes that were given planning consent since 2015, only 1.7 million have actually been built, which means that 1.2 million are still on the books of the big housebuilders. This points to serious systemic issues, such as land banking, yet the current focus is only on the planning system. Does the noble Baroness agree that just changing the planning system will fail to resolve the urgent need to build more homes?

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