Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 57293
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using rural exception sites for delivering affordable housing.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe National Planning Policy Framework expects local planning authorities to support opportunities to bring forward rural exception sites to provide affordable housing to meet identified local needs. In the government response to the revised NPPF publishe...
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