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Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 29172

Affordable Housing and Planning Permission

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to (a) revise the National Planning Policy Framework and (b) redefine affordable housing.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government published a revised National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024, including an amended definition of affordable housing in its glossary.