Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 35332

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 4 March 2025

Answered: 10 March 2025

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment on the potential impact of a planning authority being subsumed into a new unitary authority as part of local government reorganisation on housing n

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Local planning authorities are expected to use the government's revised standard method to assess housing needs. This is a starting point used by councils to inform the preparation of their local development plans.The government is clear all local plannin...

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