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<p>Wherever possible we want to allow decisions about the future of areas to be taken
locally without the involvement of central government.</p><p>Because of his quasi-judicial
role in the planning system, the Secretary of State is unable to comment on the detail
of local plans at examination. The authorities involved in the Joint Spatial Plan
for the West of England, including South Gloucestershire, have choices to make about
how they want to proceed with their plan given the recommendation from their Planning
Inspectors that it should be withdrawn. The policies in any revised plan will be locally
determined and will then be assessed by independent Inspectors for their soundness.</p><p>The
National Planning Policy Framework is clear that housing needed for different groups
in the community should be assessed and reflected in planning policies, including
making sufficient provision for affordable housing.</p><p>The government is committed
to increasing the supply of social housing and has delivered over 430,000 affordable
homes since 2010. We have made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme
to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range
of tenures, including at least 12,500 for social rent.</p><p>On 18 September 2018
we announced an additional £2 billion of long term funding certainty for housing associations.
This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider
building ambitions, through strategic partnerships.</p><p>On 27 June 2019, we opened
bidding on £1 billion of this funding through Homes England.</p><p><br></p>
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