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1457289

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Help to Buy Scheme
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in the rate of inflation on homeowners on the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	154236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The changes in the rate of inflation and the impact this will have on homeowners is of great importance. Help to Buy customers pay no interest for the first five years of their loan. Interest fees that begin in year 6 start at 1.75% and increase each year by CPI + 2%. Affordability assessments are carried out by both the main mortgage provider and our Help to Buy Agents at the outset of the loans. These checks assess and stress-test the borrower’s long-term ability to meet their mortgage repayments and future fee payments. We are, however, monitoring the situation closely and will continue working with Homes England ensure we have the correct policies in place to support homeowners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/04/2022 16:39:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1457372

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Parking: Planning Permission
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 he plans to review the National Planning Policy Framework to produce a plan for adequate overnight commercial vehicle parking facilities.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	154413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have made our expectation clear in the National Planning Policy Framework that plans and decisions should recognise the importance of providing adequate overnight lorry parking facilities, taking into account any local shortages, to reduce the risk of parking in locations that lack proper facilities or could cause a nuisance. The Framework is also clear that proposals for new or expanded distribution centres should also make provision for sufficient lorry parking to cater for their anticipated use. We have also published planning practice guidance setting out how local planning authorities can assess the need for and allocate land to logistics land uses.</p><p>We recognise the importance of adequate overnight commercial vehicle parking facilities, and this Government is committed to addressing the national need for more and better lorry parking facilities. In co-ordination with my colleague the Secretary of State for Transport, we recently laid a Statement before this House setting out our plans to address this need. Our Statement of 8 November 2021 reminded local authorities of the pressing need to apply this policy to local plans and decisions, and committed to taking forward a review of how the freight sector is currently represented in guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 154414 question first answered 26/04/2022 16:37:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1457373

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Freight: Planning Permission
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 plans he has to include guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework on the number of commercial vehicle parking spaces that should be included when submitting planning applications for new haulage distribution centres.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	154414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have made our expectation clear in the National Planning Policy Framework that plans and decisions should recognise the importance of providing adequate overnight lorry parking facilities, taking into account any local shortages, to reduce the risk of parking in locations that lack proper facilities or could cause a nuisance. The Framework is also clear that proposals for new or expanded distribution centres should also make provision for sufficient lorry parking to cater for their anticipated use. We have also published planning practice guidance setting out how local planning authorities can assess the need for and allocate land to logistics land uses.</p><p>We recognise the importance of adequate overnight commercial vehicle parking facilities, and this Government is committed to addressing the national need for more and better lorry parking facilities. In co-ordination with my colleague the Secretary of State for Transport, we recently laid a Statement before this House setting out our plans to address this need. Our Statement of 8 November 2021 reminded local authorities of the pressing need to apply this policy to local plans and decisions, and committed to taking forward a review of how the freight sector is currently represented in guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 154413 question first answered 26/04/2022 16:37:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1457400

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Wind Power: Planning Permission
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 discussions he has had with (a) onshore wind providers and (b) local authorities on footnote 54 of the National Planning Policy Framework regarding the presumption against wind energy development applications.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	154416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have no immediate plans to discuss footnote 54 in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) with onshore wind developers or with local authorities. We understand the strength of feeling that some people have about the impact of wind turbines. Whilst we have not introduced wholesale changes to planning policy for on-shore wind in England, we have committed to developing local partnerships for a limited number of supportive communities who wish to host new on-shore wind infrastructure, in return for a range of benefits including lower energy bills. We will launch a consultation later this year on developing these partnerships.</p><p>Regarding applications for wind energy development, the NPPF is clear that local planning authorities should approve applications if their impacts are or can be made acceptable. A proposed wind energy development is expected to be located in an area identified as suitable for wind energy in the local plan, and to demonstrate that the local community has consented to the development.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:38:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1457401

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Wind Power: Planning Permission
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 launch a public consultation on reviewing footnote 54 relating to onshore wind energy development applications in the National Planning Policy Framework in the context of rising energy prices.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	154417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear in national planning policy that the planning system should support the transition to a low-carbon future, including supporting renewable and low carbon energy and associated infrastructure. Local planning authorities should approve applications for renewable and low carbon energy generation if the impacts are or can be made acceptable. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) expects any proposed wind energy development to be located in an area identified as suitable in the local plan, and to demonstrate it has the consent of the community. We announced in the British Energy Security Strategy that we won’t introduce wholesale changes to planning regulations for onshore wind now.</p><p>We recognise that the cost of on-shore wind has fallen significantly over the last ten years. That is why in our energy strategy, we committed to develop on-shore wind partnerships that will enable supportive communities to host new on-shore wind infrastructure and enjoy the benefits of doing so, through developers supporting the local energy discounts and new community infrastructure projects. We will launch our consultation later this year on developing these partnerships for a limited number of supportive communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:40:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1457411

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason a Help to Buy ISA cannot redeem its discount benefit against existing property, only new build properties; and if he would consider amending that condition in response to the starter home building rate in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	154173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Help to Buy ISA can be used to purchase both new build and second hand properties. The Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, however, is only available on new build homes and has property price caps which set the maximum purchase price in each region. The reason the equity loan is only available on new build homes is that a key objective of the scheme is to increase housing supply. Making the scheme available on older homes would not have the same supply impact. Further, the Government has reviewed the Help to Buy price caps and continue to be satisfied they allow good availability of first-time buyer type properties in each region. Therefore, there are no plans to amend the scheme rules. For customers who are not able to utilise the Help to Buy scheme, the Government has a range of other housing products to support people into homeownership such as First Homes and the mortgage guarantee scheme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/04/2022 16:38:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1457455

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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: Construction
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 he is taking to help ensure that new housing developments deliver the infrastructure that communities require.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	154401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>It is important that new housing development is supported by the provision of infrastructure and appropriate services. Local authorities have responsibilities for planning for local development and the infrastructure to support it.</p><p>Where new development is proposed, contributions from developers play an important role in delivering the infrastructure to support communities and local economies. Local planning authorities can use the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 planning obligations (together called ‘developer contributions’) to secure funding from new development to contribute towards the delivery of infrastructure.</p><p>However, the existing developer contributions regime is discretionary, subject to negotiation and renegotiations based on developers’ viability assessment.</p><p>The Government has proposed to introduce a new ‘Infrastructure Levy’, to replace the existing system of developer contributions, which aims to capture a greater share of the uplift in land value that comes with development. Through the Levy, local authorities will have greater flexibility to determine how contributions are spent to shape and support both existing and new communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:35:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1457721

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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: Fire Prevention
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reasons why mortgage lenders are requiring completion of an ESS1 certificate on all flats situated in blocks of less than five stories even where cladding is not present.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	154178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>An EWS1 form is not a statutory or regulatory requirement nor ​a​ safety ‘test’. Not all lenders ask for an EWS1, but when or whether they do remains a commercial decision. The measures in the January Statement provide a clear framework for proportionate risk assessments whilst encouraging lenders to base their risk management on the presumption that medium and low rise buildings are safe, unless there is evidence to the contrary.</p><p>The Department publishes quarterly data on the number of EWS1s required on mortgage valuations by the 7 largest lenders, including for medium- and low-rise buildings on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fews1-or-equivalent-lender-data-on-mortgage-valuations-for-flats-april-to-december-2021-united-kingdom&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C93aab47fa1154a1256ba08da22eb8dbf%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637860692327987926%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VmaWejqgxKrfNx4jfkxfV9xn0jdGKIm4Ot5ugf%2FABIw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. The latest data published on 17 February 2022 shows that lenders required completion of an EWS1 form or equivalent for 2% of valuations for flats in 1-4 storey blocks between October and December 2021. We will continue to work with lenders to enable them to accept forms of assurance other than EWS1s, such as a comprehensive fire risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:33:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1457824

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Rathlin Energy: East Riding
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 assessment he has made of the request to review the planning application from Rathlin Energy for four more wells and 20 years of oil extraction at the West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire; whether he plans to call in the project; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	153878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Planning permission has been granted by the local council and as such the Secretary of State cannot now call-in the application. A request seeking revocation of the planning permission is currently being considered against revocation policy.</p><p>I hope you will understand that I cannot comment on the matter further, as to do so might prejudice the Secretary of State’s position.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:34:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1457972

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Affordable Housing: Finance
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 he has made an assessment of the reasons behind trends in the level of overall affordable housing support.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	154072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is taking action on a number of fronts to help make housing more affordable. We are investing over £12 billion in new affordable housing over five years - the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme for 2021-26, which will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow. This will include around 32,000 Social Rent homes. Since 2010, over 574,100 new affordable homes have been delivered - including over 403,400 affordable homes for rent. We continue to provide support through the welfare system to help households meet the cost of housing in both the private and social rented sectors. We are helping to bring home ownership within reach of many more people through Help to Buy and Shared Ownership. Measures to increase overall housing supply will also help to make housing more affordable. The Government will continue working towards our ambition of delivering 300,000 new homes per year in England to create a more sustainable and affordable housing market.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/04/2022 16:35:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders