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 Pennycook
The 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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