Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 56020

Land Banking

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of land banking by developers.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department does not routinely collect data from private developers on their land holdings or contracts over land.