Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 18619
Planning Authorities: Housing
Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 23 July 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local planning authorities which will meet the housing requirements generated by the revised standard method; what estimate he has made
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe standard method identifies a minimum annual housing need figure and ensures that plan-making is informed by an unconstrained assessment of the number of homes needed in an area. It does not produce a housing requirement figure. Once local housing need...
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