Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 128017

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 16 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers for people seeking to self-build their own properties in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 includes measures designed to strengthen support for self and custom build housing by promoting mixed tenure development, including plots for self and custom build, and st...

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