Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 8916

Private Rented Housing: Construction

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 23 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of (a) trends in level of planning applications granted for buy-to-let developments and (b) the potential impa

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The department does not hold data on planning applications for buy-to-let developments and we are therefore unable to assess the impact of trends in applications on first-time buyers.