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<p>We place great importance on the provision of suitable homes for older people.</p><p>Having
an up-to-date plan in place is essential to planning for our housing requirements
and the housing needs of older people.</p><p>Our planning rules already mean councils
must consider the needs of older people when planning for new homes. In 2019 we published guidance
to help councils implement the National Planning Policy Framework policies.</p><p>On
19 January 2021 our Written Ministerial Statement set the expectation that all authorities
should have up to date plans in place by the end of 2023.</p><p>Further to this, the
<em>Planning for the Future</em> white paper sets out our vision of a simpler, quicker
and more accessible planning system, where Local Plans are visual, digitised and map-based,
prepared to a new statutory timetable, and judged against a single ‘sustainable development’
test at examination.</p>
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