Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 112405
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 24 February 2026
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the number of new homes that could be delivered by reducing the average time taken to determine planning applications.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department routinely assesses the impact of regulatory changes in terms of their impact on housing supply.