Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 64926

Social Rented Housing: Planning Permission

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to amend the local plan process to (a) include a stronger needs assessment for social housing across the plan period and (b) require local authorities

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
On 2 July, the government published a plan setting out the foundations for a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing. This is focused on delivering the biggest increase in supply in a generation, alongside a transformational and lasting change ...

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