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1523225

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	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 the Government's policy is on ensuring that properties looking to erect an additional floor require planning permission.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>To support the supply of new homes, national planning policy expects that local planning policies and decisions should respond positively to suitable opportunities to deliver additional new homes above existing residential and commercial premises.</p><p>We have introduced new permitted development rights to allow certain existing residential and commercial buildings to extend upwards by up to two storeys to create new homes and extra living space. The rights are subject to prior approval by the local planning authority on specific matters, including potential impacts on the amenity of neighbours. This ensures that people who might be affected by such a development can feed their views into the decision making process.</p><p>We continue to keep the rights under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/10/2022 15:33:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507236

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Planning: Green Belt
	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 Government will take steps to prevent overdevelopment of Green Belt land in its future planning reforms.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority should not propose to alter a Green Belt boundary unless there are exceptional circumstances and it can show at examination of the Local Plan that it has explored every other reasonable option: including using brownfield land or optimising the density of development. Within Green Belt, most types of new building are questioned and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, as determined by the local authority. These strong protections for Green Belt land are to remain firmly in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:03:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507237

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Planning: Green Belt
	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 will take steps to protect the Green Belt in the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority should not propose to alter a Green Belt boundary unless there are exceptional circumstances and it can show at examination of the Local Plan that it has explored every other reasonable option: including using brownfield land or optimising the density of development. Within Green Belt, most types of new building are questioned and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, as determined by the local authority. These strong protections for Green Belt land are to remain firmly in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 10/10/2022 10:33:47 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507240

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Planning Permission: Appeals
	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 Government's policy is on the ability for the Planning Inspectorate to override planning decisions made by local councils.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The right of appeal following the refusal of an application is an important part of a planning system. The Planning Inspectorate are required to determine an appeal in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. <br> <br> Currently, around two thirds of appeals are refused.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:16:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507242

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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: Derelict Land
	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 Government will take steps to ensure brownfield development is incentivised by planning policy instead of development on greenfield sites.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that planning policies and decisions should make efficient use of land and give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements. To support this approach we have introduced a number of planning measures including uplifting local housing need in the top 20 most populated cities to make the most of brownfield land and existing infrastructure, and required every local authority to publish a register of local brownfield land suitable for housing. We have also revised Permitted Development and Use Class rules so that yet more homes can be created and commercial buildings can change more easily between uses, helping make best use of existing buildings.</p><p>To support these policies we are providing significant tax payer subsidy for the take-up and completion of brownfield redevelopment. We have set the £1.5 billion Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund and the £550 million Brownfield Housing Fund. Around half the projects in the £4.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund programme are mostly on brownfield land and a further £180 million of taxpayer subsidy has been made available to help authorities release smaller brownfield sites for housing.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/09/2022 09:52:49 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1523226

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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
	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 Government plans to change the requirements in new developments for affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Should any proposals to change aspects of housing policy be deemed reasonable and proportionate, we will bring forward those proposals in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/10/2022 16:38:32 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1521397

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Solar Power: Agriculture
	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 Government's policy is on the approval of planning applications for solar plants on agricultural land.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	61977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>National planning policy is clear that local authorities should have a positive strategy in place to promote energy from renewable and low carbon sources such as solar plants. <br> <br> The National Planning Policy Framework also outlines that planning decisions should “contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment” by recognising the “benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land”. <br> <br> Planning guidance outlines that local planning authorities will need to consider “focussing large scale solar farms on previously developed and non agricultural land, provided that it is not of high environmental value”.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/10/2022 09:44:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507239

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Recreation Spaces: Local Plans
	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 the Government will take to ensure local authorities can put in place Local Plans which ensure the protection of local green spaces.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Local planning authorities must prepare a local plan as the primary basis for identifying what development is needed in an area, deciding where it should go and dealing with planning applications. Local Plans provide greater certainty for communities, businesses, and developers, enabling local areas to set out their strategy for future development and their approach to protecting and enhancing local character, as well as securing community buy in.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework acknowledges the importance that open and green space makes to achieving sustainable development. The Framework is clear that local planning authorities through their local plan, and local communities through their neighbourhood plan, can identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them by formally designating them as Local Green Space. This is then classed as a protected area by the Framework and policies for managing development within a Local Green Space should be consistent with those for Green Belts.</p><p>Whether to designate land as Local Green Space is a matter of local discretion. The space should be demonstrably special to the local community and hold a particular local significance, for example because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value tranquillity or richness of its wildlife. This could be in rural or urban settings and can include space created as part of new development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:13:41 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507235

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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: Green Belt
	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 Government's policy is on the calculation of new housing targets in local authorities which are predominately made up of Green Belt land.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>Existing Government policy is to help make home ownership affordable for more people and to help more people rent their own home. To do that, we will need to deliver more homes. The standard method for assessing local housing need is used by councils to inform the preparation of their local plans and, as part of the local plan process, Councils are responsible for determining the best approach to development in their areas, including taking into consideration important matters such as Green Belt.</p><p>The previous Government undertook a review of the standard method formula in 2020 and, after carefully considering consultation responses, they retained the existing formula providing stability and certainty for planning and for local communities. As with all policies, we are monitoring the standard method, particularly as the impact of changes to the way we live and work and levelling up become clear.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 53435 question first answered 10/10/2022 10:35:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507241

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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
	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 the Government is taking to address local housing projections which are based on out-of-date numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>Existing Government policy is to help make home ownership affordable for more people and to help more people rent their own home. To do that, we will need to deliver more homes. The standard method for assessing local housing need is used by councils to inform the preparation of their local plans and, as part of the local plan process, Councils are responsible for determining the best approach to development in their areas, including taking into consideration important matters such as Green Belt.</p><p>The previous Government undertook a review of the standard method formula in 2020 and, after carefully considering consultation responses, they retained the existing formula providing stability and certainty for planning and for local communities. As with all policies, we are monitoring the standard method, particularly as the impact of changes to the way we live and work and levelling up become clear.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 53430 question first answered 10/10/2022 10:35:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden