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1464960

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Flats: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 85168 on Flats: Construction, what safeguards have been put in place to ensure that leaseholders do not have to pay for remedial works to apartment blocks caused by (a) faulty design and workmanship by contractors and (b) inadequate supervision by freeholders; whether he plans to introduce additional safeguards for leaseholders; if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on liability for remedial works of the use of ad hoc limited companies by contractors and freeholders to (i) carry out works and (ii) nominally take over ownership of such blocks after the completion of remedial work; and if he will make it his policy to require planning authorities that permit the construction of additional storeys to existing apartment blocks to conduct annual surveys on the (A) frequency of defective outcomes and (B) implications for existing leaseholders for their (1) costs, (2) property values and (3) quality of life.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	6662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The landmark Building Safety Act 2022 delivers robust and far-reaching protections for leaseholders in buildings above 11 metres in height or with at least five storeys from the costs associated with historical building safety defects. A leaseholder qualifies for the protections if, on 14 February 2022, the property was their principal home, or if they owned up to three UK properties in total.</p><p>The Act protects qualifying leaseholders from all costs related to the remediation of unsafe cladding and the costs for remediation of non-cladding defects and interim measures like waking watches are subject to a firm cap. Once the leaseholder caps have been reached, landlords will be unable to demand further non-cladding costs from leaseholders. Qualifying leaseholders will be protected from costs associated with both shoddy workmanship and faulty design: the protections safeguard against costs associated with any defect that has arisen in the past 30 years because of anything done or not done, or anything used or not used in connection with works to the building that also causes a building safety risk. This includes defects associated with the provision of professional services, for example those of an architect.</p><p>The Act ensures that corporate structures cannot be used to evade liability for building safety defects. Freeholders with links to the building’s original developer, such as where the freeholder is a subsidiary of the developer, will need to meet remediation costs for their buildings in full. As the Act looks at the situation on 14 February 2022, any future buyer of the freehold will assume the same liabilities of the previous freeholder; as such, freeholders will not be able to simply sell off their buildings to evade liability. The Act also grants a power to the High Court allowing them to extend specific liabilities for one company to associated companies, removing the protection afforded to developers and contractors by special purpose vehicles.</p><p>All development, whether allowed through a permitted development right or an application for planning permission, must meet building regulations including fire and other building safety requirements. The Government has no plans at present to review the permitted development rights for building upwards.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/05/2022 15:54:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1464553

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Housing and Planning Authorities: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) local authority planning and (b) housing departments at providing adequate services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>We currently monitor the effectiveness of local authority planning departments in the speed and quality of decision-making. As part of our proposals to change the planning system through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, we intend to consult on proposals to introduce a new planning performance framework that monitors the effectiveness of local authority planning across a broader set of metrics.</p><p>Additionally, in the Levelling Up White Paper, we announced that we will strengthen transparency for local people and publish rigorous, comparable data on performance of local authorities on the services they deliver. A new body will be set up to drive this, empowering citizens with information about their local area, strengthening local leaders’ knowledge of their services, and increasing central government’s understanding of the sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/05/2022 16:32:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464014

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Tooting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Minister for Housing's oral contribution of 20 April 2022, Official Report, columns 183-4, if he will consider Fleming House for funding under the Building Safety Fund on an exceptional basis, despite its being under 11 metres tall.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	4658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The owner of any residential building should make sure that their building is safe in line with legal requirements. Remediation or mitigation works should be appropriate and proportionate. Low-rise buildings like Fleming House are less likely than high-rise buildings to require costly remediation to make them safe and it follows that risk assessments based on PAS 9980 principles in low-rise buildings are more likely to find that lower-cost mitigation is more appropriate and proportionate than higher-cost remediation.</p><p>The Department is therefore examining cases that have been brought to our attention in which it is proposed to carry out costly remediation works in buildings which are under 11 metres in height, with a view to challenging those who insist on transferring those costs to leaseholders if appropriate. We are aware of the Fleming House case and others like it, and will take it into account in deciding how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:55:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1464024

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Tooting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which Fitzgerald House is yet to receive funding from the Building Safety Fund, despite the original registration having been submitted in July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	4659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Fitzgerald House has applied to the Building Safety Fund and has been awarded pre tender support funding to support the applicant to undertake the design, specification and tendering required to start the remediation of the unsafe cladding on the building. Fitzgerald House has applied to the Building Safety Fund and has been awarded pre tender support funding to support the applicant to undertake the design, specification and tendering required to start the remediation of the unsafe cladding on the building. The Department expects to award further funding for the project once the applicant submits a full application which meets fund requirements.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 17:02:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1463480

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps will he take to ensure local people in York are consulted as part of the process of deciding the types of housing tenure that will apply to the houses planned for the York Central development.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>I hope the Honourable Member for York Central will appreciate that as this is a live planning matter I cannot comment on the specifics of the case due to my quasi-judicial role in the planning system.</p><p>What I can say is that local planning authorities should use their local plans to set out the expected level of tenure mix for housing developments in their area, which underlines the importance of having an up to date plan which reflects local aspirations – and I am encouraged by the progress the council in the Honourable Member’s constituency has made recently in this regard.</p><p>We are clear that communities must be at the heart of the planning process and that is why our Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill we will introduce reforms to make the plan-making process simpler and faster for communities to engage with. We will also increase and enhance the opportunities for involvement in the planning system to ensure that development is brought forward in a way that works best for local people.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:46:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1463556

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Plans: Tameside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the forthcoming allocations in the Local Plan for Tameside can deviate from Greater Manchester’s Places for Everyone allocations.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Places for Everyone is a joint development plan document which sets out strategic policies for 9 of the 10 Greater Manchester Councils, including Tameside. Delivery of an up to date development plan is key to ensuring the infrastructure and development is in place to contribute towards our goal to Level Up Britain, to boost economic growth, and to progress opportunities for regeneration.</p><p>Each of the 9 Councils agreed the pre submission version of Places for Everyone before consultation took place in 2021. The plan was then submitted for examination by a panel of independent Inspectors in February 2022. The strategic policies and allocations proposed in Places for Everyone will be examined for their soundness as part of the examination process, including those in Tameside. If the Plan is found sound the 9 Councils will then decide whether to adopt the plan.</p><p>Places for Everyone is a strategic plan and it does not include more detailed area specific policies and allocations, these will be included in each borough’s local plan, such as the emerging Tameside Local Plan, which is at an early stage of preparation with consultation expected later this year.</p><p>The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires that in preparing a plan the authority needs to have regard to other local development plan documents. Whilst Tameside Council have indicated they will prepare their plan in conformity with Places for Everyone, legislation does not preclude the local plan from deviating from other local development plan documents, such as Places for Everyone, if there is sound evidence for doing so.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:44:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1463559

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Plans: Tameside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the difference in status will be between Greater Manchester's Places for Everyone and Tameside's Local Plan.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Both the submitted Places for Everyone Plan and an emerging Tameside Local Plan are development plan documents. If both Places for Everyone and the Tameside Local Plan are found sound and adopted they will together form the development plan for the Tameside area.</p><p>Plans gain weight in decision making as they progress through the plan making process.</p><p>Places for Everyone has been submitted for examination, but until a plan is found sound and has been adopted it has limited weight in decision making. The Tameside Local Plan is still at an early stage of preparation and there has been no consultation on a draft plan as yet.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:45:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1463716

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the appropriateness of the housing quota in Romford following local dissatisfaction on the number of houses being built.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Romford is within the London Borough of Havering. The distribution of housing and other development needs within London are matters that are delegated to the Mayor of London to address via his London Plan. The current London Plan was published in March 2021 and sets housing requirements for all planning authorities within London.</p><p>The London Plan sets out that Havering should provide 12,850 homes over the 10 years 2019/20 – 2028/29. Havering adopted its current Local Plan in November 2021 with a very similar housing requirement.</p><p>Romford is designated as an Opportunity Area within the London Plan with a requirement to accommodate at least 5000 new homes. The Havering Local Plan also recognises Romford as a Strategic Development Area and states that over 6000 homes are expected to be delivered.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:40:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463717

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many houses were built in (a) Romford and (b) the Borough of Havering during the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling completions for Havering in each of the last 5 years, are shown in Live Table 253, at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.</p><p>The department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:41:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463745

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Urban Areas: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that developments in Romford are in keeping with the historic market town style.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework was amended last year to ask all local councils to set design standards in design guides and codes that reflect local character and design preferences. The Framework also asks local councils to refuse permission for development that is not well designed, while giving significant weight to schemes that reflect local design policies and government guidance on design. The Government’s National Design Guide and National Model Design Code provide local councils with a toolkit to help them set standards which take account of local history, culture and heritage, based on effective community engagement. The Office for Place is working with local councils and neighbourhood planning groups in every region of England to test the National Model Design Code and provide exemplars for others to follow. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will require every local planning authority to produce a design code for its area, which will have full weight in making decisions on development, either through forming part of local plans or being prepared as a supplementary plan.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/05/2022 15:42:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell