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506322

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
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 plans to provide to housing association tenants on the right to buy after Royal Assent to the Housing and Planning Bill.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	32809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government runs a Right to Buy website which provides comprehensive information for interested tenants (<a href="https://righttobuy.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://righttobuy.gov.uk</a>). This was recently updated with information about the voluntary Right to Buy pilot scheme. In addition, the Government’s official Right to Buy Agent service provides free, impartial advice to tenants interested in understanding and taking up the existing right to buy products. We are working closely with the National Housing Federation on the guidance available to housing association tenants under the voluntary right to buy agreement with the sector, and would look to ensure it is published before the roll out of the main scheme.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/04/2016 15:59:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

506323

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, whether any expressions of interest have been received from neighbourhood planning groups for small-scale sites consisting of starter homes to be included in their neighbourhood plans.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	32810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/04/2016 16:17:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

506324

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of housing development sites which were previously seen as financially unviable that may now be developed under the Starter Home initiative.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	32811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. The Housing and Planning Bill and national planning policy changes will set the framework to deliver our starter homes commitment; and once in force will apply to all housing development planning applications. Section 106 agreements may of course be re-negotiated at any time by mutual consent. Planning guidance is clear that local planning authorities should be flexible in their requirements, taking into account site specific circumstances and changing circumstances, including regarding viability.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/05/2016 15:12:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

506325

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Starter Home scheme on the level of home ownership among people under 40 years of age.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	32808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Over the last twenty years, the proportion of under 40 year olds who own their home has fallen by over a third from 61% to 38%, and the average house price to earnings ratio for successful first time buyers is now 4.3 compared to 2.7 in 1993.</p><p>The Government is determined to change this and ensure that more young people can afford to buy their own home. That’s why we are committed to building 200,000 starter homes to provide affordable homes for purchase with a minimum 20% discount for first-time buyers under the age of 40.</p><p>Starter homes are an important innovation to improve the level of home ownership in this age category.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/05/2016 15:42:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

506327

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, whether requirements for starter homes will be retrospectively placed on developments which have received planning permission but are not yet built.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	32837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Requirements for starter homes will not be placed retrospectively on developments that have received planning permission.</p><p>Section 106 agreements may of course be renegotiated at any time by mutual consent. Planning guidance is clear that local planning authorities should be flexible in their requirements, taking into account site specific circumstances and changing circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/04/2016 16:05:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

384586

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Green Belt
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 the report entitled Green Belt Under Development by Glenigan Constructing Insight, dated August 2014, what assessment he has made of the causes of the changes in the number of planning approvals on the green belt over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	3395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Most planning approvals in Green Belt are non-residential, many in support of agriculture. National planning policy makes clear that most forms of development in Green Belt are inappropriate. Local planning authorities, in consultation with local communities, are in charge of protecting their Green Belt in line with policy in the National Planning Policy Framework. If inappropriate development is proposed, the local planning authority has to determine whether the harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and whether there are very special circumstances to justify planning permission.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/06/2015 11:18:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

381837

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Planning Permission: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to enable planning fees to be levied more flexibly so that the revenue raised from applications more adequately reflects the diverse workloads they generate.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	2859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government have no plans to make changes to planning fees at present, but will keep the level of charges under review.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/06/2015 11:40:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

349978

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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 steps he is taking to streamline the Neighbourhood Planning process.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	2145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Over 1,500 communities, representing over 6 million people, have started the process of neighbourhood planning. The Government wants to support communities that actively seek to meet local housing and other development needs through neighbourhood planning, and our £22.5 million support programme for 2015-18 offers a range of financial and technical support and online resources to support neighbourhood planning. The Queen's Speech to Parliament also set out that the Housing Bill would include measures to speed up the neighbourhood planning process. We will be publishing more details in due course. These reforms will build on the reforms to speed up and simplify the process that took effect in February.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 15:09:38 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy