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57738

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date	04/06/2014
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: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to assess the saleability of new houses when determining the potential for five-year housing supply.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	198538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework requires local authorities to identify and update annually a supply of specific, deliverable sites sufficient to provide five years worth of housing against their housing requirements with an additional buffer of 5% (moved forward from later in the plan period) to ensure choice and competition in the market for land.</p><p> </p><p>Footnote 11 of the Framework sets out that, to be considered deliverable, sites should be available now, offer a suitable location for development now, and be achievable with a realistic prospect that housing will be delivered on the site within five years and in particular that development of the site is viable. Further guidance on viability is available at: <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/viability-guidance/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/viability-guidance/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/06/2014 14:46:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

57739

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 account he takes of local referendums on the desirability of specific sites being allocated to new housing.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	198539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This Coalition Government have given communities radical new rights to plan for their areas, deliver the development they want and control their future. Over 1,000 communities have applied for a neighbourhood planning area to be designated, and neighbourhood plans are receiving overwhelming support through local referendums. So far we have had 17 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A neighbourhood plan (including any specific sites within it) which has been supported by the majority of those voting in a referendum can form the basis for decisions on development in the local area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A neighbourhood development order, if endorsed by a local referendum, can also grant permission for specified developments in a neighbourhood area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/06/2014 14:54:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

58225

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, of how many local authority plans arising from which authorities he has rejected the proposed local development framework and required additional housing supply in excess of that specified in the regional spatial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	198800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 9 June 2014]</em></p><p>The Secretary of State has not rejected any Local Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Coalition Government has put Local Plans and local councils at the heart of planning. We have abolished the unpopular and ineffective top-down targets in Regional Strategies, shifting power and responsibility for housing and planning to local councils and local communities. Regional Strategies are no longer relevant for Local Plans coming forward for examination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Localism Act 2011 removed planning inspectors' powers to impose changes on local authorities' draft Local Plans. Instead, independent planning inspectors now report to the local authority and identify any conflicts between a draft Local Plan and national policy and regulatory process. They are able to recommend modifications to overcome these issues if they are asked to do so by the council itself. The local authority is free to choose to accept the inspector's modifications and adopt the draft plan, or resubmit a new plan. This approach is aimed at encouraging a more collaborative process as the public examination proceeds.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/06/2014 14:17:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 129 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann