Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“For what reason the proposed revised National Planning Policy Framework removes the requirement for new housing to be beautiful.”
Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 2 September 2024
Asked by
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Angela Rayner)
Beauty is always part of the proposals. The hon. Member, if he had read our proposals in the NPPF, would know that we have not removed all references to beauty; we have simply changed additional references made by the Conservatives that the Royal Institute of British Architects said could lead to development being turned down.