Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 19892

Planning: Local Government

Tabled: 12 December 2024

Answered: 17 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government will take with respect to councils who do not meet the targets set out in the National Policy Planning Framework, announced on 12 December 2024.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government expects local planning authorities to explore and exhaust all options to deliver the homes their communities need.An authority’s ability to meet their housing need through plan-making will be tested at a public examination, which will asses...

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