Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 79884

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have a five year housing land supply based on current delivery given the Government's housing targets.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Frameworks sets out that local authorities should identify and update annually a five-year housing land supply (5YHLS) of deliverable housing sites (with appropriate buffer) for decision making. This should be calculated again...

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