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1086737

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless families housed in temporary accommodation which has been converted into residential use through the permitted development rights process.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	230916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Permitted development rights for change of use to residential are making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes and have delivered over 46,000 homes to buy or rent in the three years to March 2018. We do not collect information on how many are sold or rented, or on who subsequently lives in them.</p><p>As announced in the written ministerial statement made on 13 March 2019, HCWS1408, we will continue to consider the design of a permitted development right to allow commercial buildings to be demolished and replaced with homes. We also intend to review permitted development rights for conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 230914 230917 question first answered 14/03/2019 14:53:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1081837

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on local authorities of providing services to support new development taken forward under the office to residential permitted development rights process.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	228113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The national permitted development rights for change of use are making a valuable contribution to housing delivery. In the three years to March 2018, 46,000 homes were delivered under the rights, including 42,000 from office to residential. The prior approval process provides a streamlined planning process, and this is reflected in the fee. To support local planning authorities planning fees were increased by 20 per cent in 2018. This increase was ring fenced to ensure the funding benefited planning services directly. We continue to keep resourcing under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 228114 228115 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1081838

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on local authority finances of providing services to support residential development on commercial sites under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	228114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The national permitted development rights for change of use are making a valuable contribution to housing delivery. In the three years to March 2018, 46,000 homes were delivered under the rights, including 42,000 from office to residential. The prior approval process provides a streamlined planning process, and this is reflected in the fee. To support local planning authorities planning fees were increased by 20 per cent in 2018. This increase was ring fenced to ensure the funding benefited planning services directly. We continue to keep resourcing under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 228113 228115 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1081839

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 assessment his Department has made of effect on local authority finances of conversion of office space to residential units under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	228115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The national permitted development rights for change of use are making a valuable contribution to housing delivery. In the three years to March 2018, 46,000 homes were delivered under the rights, including 42,000 from office to residential. The prior approval process provides a streamlined planning process, and this is reflected in the fee. To support local planning authorities planning fees were increased by 20 per cent in 2018. This increase was ring fenced to ensure the funding benefited planning services directly. We continue to keep resourcing under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 228113 228114 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1081840

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 recent estimate his Department has made of the number of former office blocks that have been converted to residential units under permitted development rights for use as temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	228116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The permitted development right for change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes and has delivered over 42,000 homes to buy or rent in the three years to March 2018. We do not collect information on how many are sold or rented.</p><p>We have taken important steps to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. We have committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period, and have implemented the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean people will get the help they need sooner.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 228117 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:41:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1081841

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Change of Use
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of housing homeless individuals and families in former office blocks converted to residential units through permitted development rights.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	228117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The permitted development right for change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes and has delivered over 42,000 homes to buy or rent in the three years to March 2018. We do not collect information on how many are sold or rented.</p><p>We have taken important steps to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. We have committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period, and have implemented the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean people will get the help they need sooner.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 228116 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:41:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

985747

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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	Change of Use
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 recent assessment he has made of the quality of homes that were converted into residential dwellings under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	178243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>National permitted development rights play an important role in the planning system, providing flexibility, reducing bureaucracy and making the most effective use of existing buildings. Permitted development rights for change of use are making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country. All homes, whether granted permission on a planning application or through a permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations, including fire safety.</p><p>A local authority building control body is required to hold a record of any compliance certificate issued in relation to Building Regulations. Where there are outstanding non-compliance issues in relation to building regulations it is for the local authority to consider enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2018 10:21:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

967432

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research conducted by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Assessing the impacts of extending permitted development rights to office-to-residential change of use in England, published in May, which suggests that developers are using permitted development applications to circumvent space standards; and whether they plan to review relevant legislation in the light of this research.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL9930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>National permitted development rights play an important role in the planning system, providing flexibility, reducing bureaucracy and making the most effective use of existing buildings. The permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country. Nationally, over 17,700 homes were delivered under the right in the year to March 2017, accounting for 8 per cent of national housing delivery.</p><p>All homes, whether granted permission on a planning application or through a national permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations, including fire safety.</p><p>Local planning authorities can make an Article 4 direction to remove a permitted development right where it is felt that it is necessary to protect the amenity or wellbeing of an area. This then requires a planning application which the local planning authority can determine in accordance with local plan policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9931 HL9932 HL9933 question first answered 18/09/2018 11:41:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

967433

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ publication, Assessing the impacts of extending permitted development rights to office-to-residential change of use in England, published in May, that minimum space standards should apply to permitted development schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL9931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>National permitted development rights play an important role in the planning system, providing flexibility, reducing bureaucracy and making the most effective use of existing buildings. The permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country. Nationally, over 17,700 homes were delivered under the right in the year to March 2017, accounting for 8 per cent of national housing delivery.</p><p>All homes, whether granted permission on a planning application or through a national permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations, including fire safety.</p><p>Local planning authorities can make an Article 4 direction to remove a permitted development right where it is felt that it is necessary to protect the amenity or wellbeing of an area. This then requires a planning application which the local planning authority can determine in accordance with local plan policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9930 HL9932 HL9933 question first answered 18/09/2018 11:41:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

967434

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ publication, Assessing the impacts of extending permitted development rights to office-to-residential change of use in England, published in May, that permitted development has “allowed extremely poor-quality housing to be developed”, and only 30 per cent of ‘studio’ flats built under the legislation meet national space standards; and whether they plan to review relevant legislation in the light of this.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL9932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>National permitted development rights play an important role in the planning system, providing flexibility, reducing bureaucracy and making the most effective use of existing buildings. The permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country. Nationally, over 17,700 homes were delivered under the right in the year to March 2017, accounting for 8 per cent of national housing delivery.</p><p>All homes, whether granted permission on a planning application or through a national permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations, including fire safety.</p><p>Local planning authorities can make an Article 4 direction to remove a permitted development right where it is felt that it is necessary to protect the amenity or wellbeing of an area. This then requires a planning application which the local planning authority can determine in accordance with local plan policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL9930 HL9931 HL9933 question first answered 18/09/2018 11:41:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew