Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 101688

Land Banking

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking tackle developers who bank land instead of building homes, such as the 2,000 new homes with planning permission in Woking where construction h

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
In May 2025, the government published a Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out inviting views on further action the government should take to speed up homes being built. It can be found on gov.uk here. On the same day, we launched a technica...

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