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1105297

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 220837 on Local Plans, whether his Department has no plans to set a deadline for local authorities to have a local plan.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 22 February 2019 to Question UIN 220837.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/04/2019 14:09:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1105299

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2019 to Question 220835 on Housing: Construction, when his Department will be setting out space standards for new homes.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Nationally Described Space Standard for new homes has been in place since 2015. The Government will be considering the Nationally Described Space Standard as part of its programme to review planning practice guidance and building regulations guidance.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/04/2019 14:37:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1105300

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 220834, what progress his Department has made since 2017 in increasing transparency on who owns land privately held and the options held over it.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The total amount of freehold land registered with HM Land Registry continues to increase at an average rate of 0.1 per cent a month, and now stands at 86.5 per cent (87.4 per cent in England and 80.6 per cent in Wales). HM Land Registry receives, on average, around 400 registrations of land each day which extends the Land Register.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/04/2019 14:10:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1105301

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 220826 on Housing: Construction, whether his Department has made an estimate of the amount of Section 106 funding lost to local authorities when new homes are created under permitted development rather than through granted planning permission.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, with over 46,000 homes to rent or buy delivered under the rights in the three years to March 2018. Where additional floor space is created through exercise of the permitted development rights, community infrastructure levy is payable where an authority has a charging schedule in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/04/2019 14:10:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1105303

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 220840 on Housing: Construction, whether his Department has made no assessment of the suitability of the location of housing created under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	237090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Data is collected on how many homes are created under permitted development rights for change of use in each local authority. This does not include information on their location within the authority area. The National Planning Policy Framework recognises that local planning authorities can tailor planning controls to local circumstance, and make an Article 4 direction to remove a permitted development right where it is necessary to protect the amenity or well-being of the area.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/04/2019 14:08:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1090895

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Housing on the 4th March, Official Report Volume 655, Column 659, if he will include in the social housing Green Paper proposals for decent home standards for (a) the private rented sector and (b) homes created through permitted development.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	233493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In August 2018, the Government’s Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are any changes to what constitutes a decent home that Government should consider. The consultation closed in November 2018 and we are currently analysing responses.</p><p>In January 2019, Government also commissioned the first stage of a review to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice. This review will consider the introduction of minimum standards across all rental tenures.</p><p>In the Secretary of State's Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2019 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-13/HCWS1408/" target="_blank">HCWS1408</a>) he announced his intention to review permitted development rights for conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2019 16:04:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1060848

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Department has to carry out an assessment of the costs of providing infrastructure to deliver new homes.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>In general, it is for Local Planning Authorities to assess infrastructure needs and set out contributions required from developers to support new homes in their local plans. Where local authorities have bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock homes, the Government is assessing these to ensure good value for money</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2019 13:46:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1060851

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of Section 106 funding lost from local communities when new homes are created under permitted development rather than through granted planning permission.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>National permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, bringing forward additional homes that may not otherwise have been developed. Nationally over 46,000 homes to rent or buy were delivered under the rights in the three years to March 2018. My department publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">Live tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings</a> which includes information on the homes developed under permitted development rights in each local authority district.</p><p>In bringing forward permitted development rights we have recognised that the only additional funding to local planning authorities through planning obligations will be where additional floor space is created and there is a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 220827 220828 220840 question first answered 22/02/2019 11:43:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1060852

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the number of affordable homes lost to local communities under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>National permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, bringing forward additional homes that may not otherwise have been developed. Nationally over 46,000 homes to rent or buy were delivered under the rights in the three years to March 2018. My department publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">Live tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings</a> which includes information on the homes developed under permitted development rights in each local authority district.</p><p>In bringing forward permitted development rights we have recognised that the only additional funding to local planning authorities through planning obligations will be where additional floor space is created and there is a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 220826 220828 220840 question first answered 22/02/2019 11:43:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1060854

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the type of households living in permitted development compared to housing delivered through planning permission.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>National permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, bringing forward additional homes that may not otherwise have been developed. Nationally over 46,000 homes to rent or buy were delivered under the rights in the three years to March 2018. My department publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">Live tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings</a> which includes information on the homes developed under permitted development rights in each local authority district.</p><p>In bringing forward permitted development rights we have recognised that the only additional funding to local planning authorities through planning obligations will be where additional floor space is created and there is a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 220826 220827 220840 question first answered 22/02/2019 11:43:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods