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date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on support for town and parish councils to initiate a neighbourhood plan when (a) there is no local plan, (b) a local plan is being considered by an inspection and (c) there is doubt about housing numbers.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	224890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning guidance sets out the action an authority should take where a neighbourhood plan comes forward before an up-to-date Local Plan is in place (further details can be found at: <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/</a>)<br><br>A local planning authority should take a proactive and positive approach, working collaboratively with a parish or town council or a designated neighbourhood forum particularly sharing evidence and seeking to resolve any issues to ensure that the draft neighbourhood plan has the greatest chance of success at independent examination. <br><br>Town and parish councils and designated neighbourhood forums can also use the planning guidance on housing and economic development needs assessments to identify specific local needs that may be relevant to a neighbourhood but any assessment at such a local level should be proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:40:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

222454

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release Pickles cuts stealth taxes on new homes and boosts small builders, published on 28 November 2014, if he will publish the business cases for each element of the initiatives announced in that press release.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	224643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 12 February 2015, Questions 223173 and 223176. We announced in December that we are setting aside £25 million of the Builders Finance Fund, specifically to provide loans to schemes of between 5 – 14 units in size to better support smaller builders.</p><p> </p><p>We published a revised prospectus in January which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/builders-finance-fund-prospectus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/builders-finance-fund-prospectus</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/03/2015 17:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 46559 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts