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1722486

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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, with reference to the speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, how her Department defines stalled housing sites.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	1002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has identified a large number of housing schemes where progress is behind plan.</p><p>There are a wide variety of site-specific reasons as to why the schemes in question are either not progressing at the pace required or have stalled entirely.</p><p>Through the accelerator taskforce, barriers to development on such schemes will be identified and where appropriate the necessary support will then be provided to accelerate delivery, including funding in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1003 1008 1009 1010 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:05:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1721871

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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, with reference to the speech entitled Chancellor Rachel Reeves is taking immediate action to fix the foundations of our economy, published on 8 July 2024, what estimate she has made of how many houses need to be built in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26, (d) 2026-27 and (e) 2027-28 to meet the target of 1.5 million homes in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>In our manifesto we committed to building 1.5 million homes over the duration of the parliament. We will update Parliament on our progress in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 587 question first answered 22/07/2024 15:29:43 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1721872

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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, with reference to the speech entitled Chancellor Rachel Reeves is taking immediate action to fix the foundations of our economy, published on 8 July 2024, what methodology she plans to use to confirm that the target of 1.5 million homes over the next five years has been met.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>In our manifesto we committed to building 1.5 million homes over the duration of the parliament. We will update Parliament on our progress in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 586 question first answered 22/07/2024 15:29:43 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1355476

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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, if he will review the five-year plan to assume that homes will be built within five years to remove incentives for developers to delay development and speculate on land.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	49185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that local planning authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years' worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies.</p><p>The Government wants to see homes built faster and expects house builders to build out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted.</p><p>Where build-out is delayed, it is for councils and developers to work closely together to overcome any barriers. To support them, this Government is looking at strengthening the tools available to local authorities to encourage faster build out rates. We are considering the responses to the Planning for the Future consultation and will publish our response.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/09/2021 16:48:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1351286

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 his Department has to improve water efficiency in new-build houses in order to protect the long-term viability of rare and important chalk stream habitats, such as the Ver, Lea and Hiz in Hitchin and Harpenden.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	41160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Currently, the Building Regulations require that new homes are built to a standard of 125 litres of water used per person per day, or 110 litres per person per day if required by the local authority</p><p><br>In 2019 DEFRA launched a consultation and call for evidence on further measures to reduce personal water use. The consultation sought views on labelling water-using products, building regulations for water efficiency, metering and behaviour change.</p><p>In July of this year, Government published its summary of responses to the consultation, and a Written Ministerial Statement, which set out a number of measures that Government is taking to support water efficiency in homes.</p><p>The summary of responses to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwater-conservation-measures-to-reduce-personal-water-use&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C40e16d32e8ec4894241a08d96d4acc53%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637660990286030378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jDgVRdv5ND9FiWtGF6RReT45dV5GVZ1np%2Bjg6OZebLU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/water-conservation-measures-to-reduce-personal-water-use</a></p><p>The Written Ministerial Statement can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2021-07-01%2Fhcws140&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C40e16d32e8ec4894241a08d96d4acc53%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637660990286040334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=g7pIZGYgDHtHWo9AMzX2DNVnIPWJ6AAWO2tvayTeRKc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-01/hcws140</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:39:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1351706

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the housing targets allocated to each council area; whether there is an expectation, as evidenced by the Housing Delivery Test, that they will be (1) met or (2) exceeded; and on what grounds targets could be negotiated downwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL2392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2021 answer text <p>A crucial first step in making sure the country has the right amount of homes, is to plan for them. The National Planning Policy Framework expects local authorities to calculate local housing need using the standard method. However, our standard method is only the starting point in the process of planning for new homes. It is not a target. Local authorities will still need to consider the constraints they face locally to assess how many homes can be delivered in their area in setting their own housing targets when preparing their local plans.</p><p>The Housing Delivery Test exists to offer greater transparency on housing delivery in an area and encourages local authorities to be realistic about likely rates of delivery from sites in plans. Where delivery falls, policy consequences are applied to ensure more land is brought forward. The latest results show that the majority of those delivering 75% or less of the housing they need had a plan over 5 years old at the time of publication – this underlines the importance of having an up to date plan and proactively supporting development in a plan-led way.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/08/2021 09:16:18 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1349722

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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 steps his Department has taken to ensure that new housing development plans do not overload with traffic existing roads that are unsuitable for heavy numbers of vehicle movements, such as Giantswood Lane in Congleton.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	38247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out clear policies in the National Planning Policy Framework to ensure that when assessing sites for development in plans or for specific planning applications, any implications of the development for the transport network (in terms of capacity and congestion) or on highways safety can be cost effectively mitigated to an acceptable degree. All developments that will generate significant amounts of movement should be required to provide a travel plan, and the application should be supported by a transport statement or transport assessment so that the likely effects of the proposal can be assessed. Development should only be prevented or refused on highways grounds if there would be an unacceptable effect on highway safety, or the residual cumulative effects on the road network would be severe. Ultimately, it is the local planning authority's responsibility to consider whether a scheme or allocation meets these policy tests or whether it does not.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:12:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1347884

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	What steps he is taking to increase the supply of new homes.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	902870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government cares deeply about building more homes. Since 2010, we have delivered over 1.8 million new homes, including 542,400 new affordable homes, so homes are there where people need them.</p><p>We are investing in supply, with over £12 billion in affordable housing over five years, the largest investment in a decade, and £7.1 billion in the National Home Building Fund, to unlock up to 860,000 homes over the lifetime of the projects, including much-needed new homes on brownfield land.</p><p>As set out in the Planning for the Future White Paper, the Government will speed up the planning system, enabling us to build homes more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 902867 question first answered 19/07/2021 16:26:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1347980

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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, when the Government plans to publish its response to the raising accessible housing standards consultation that concluded on 1 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	35644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 35645 question first answered 27/07/2021 09:03:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347981

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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, whether all new homes will be required to meet the accessible and adaptable standard following the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, which concluded on 1 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	35645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 35644 question first answered 27/07/2021 09:03:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon