Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 123093

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on the ability of charitable housing providers to me

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, did not propose to amend the NPPF definition of affordable housing to i...

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