Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 83201
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's housing targets are as a proportion of available brownfield land in (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) England.
Answer
Matthew PennycookLocal housing need is expressed as a total number of dwellings for each local authority area. It is not broken down as a proportion of the population, nor as a proportion of available brownfield land or per square mile.