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1732759

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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, whether she plans to take steps to support self and custom build housing.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	8192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included changes designed to strengthen support for self and custom build housing by means of encouraging mixed tenure development and strengthening the small sites policy.</p><p>The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with a view to publishing a government response before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/10/2024 12:34:00 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1732767

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 her Department’s guidance entitled New Homes Accelerator programme, published on 29 August 2024, whether her Department has a planned timetable on when 300,000 new homes could be delivered.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	8248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The New Homes Accelerator was first announced by the Chancellor on 8 July 2024 and is a key component of the government’s commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament. We are already working on sites in Liverpool Central Docks, Worcestershire Parkway, Northstowe, Langley Sutton Coldfield, Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community, Stretton Hall, and Biggleswade Garden Community, representing more than 28,000 homes.</p><p>A call for additional sites, launched on 29 August and closing on 31 October 2024, invites developers, local authorities and landowners to identify large-scale housing developments that are delayed or stuck so that we can better understand the scale of the challenge and evaluate what support might be provided.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/10/2024 12:40:09 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1732855

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 556 on Housing: Construction, when her Department plans to make changes to nutrient neutrality rules.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	8198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-07-17/556" target="_blank">556</a> on 26 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/10/2024 12:27:57 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1732866

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010, on Housing: Northstowe, if she will set out the remit of the accelerator taskforce.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	8207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.</p><p>As a result of issues relating to the planning process and delivery partners, Homes England will be taking a stronger leadership and delivery role to make sure that the quality of delivery matches the aspirations of the local community. This phase will include putting the new town centre in place. Homes England is entering into in a new partnership agreement with the private sector to support delivery of the next stage of the scheme. The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support.</p><p>The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support, through an in-house team consisting of senior multi-disciplinary built environment professionals.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 8208 question first answered 18/10/2024 12:29:24 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1732074

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving local councils compulsory purchase powers for stalled development sites with planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	James MacCleary
uin	7671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities already have various compulsory purchase powers to acquire and develop land which could include stalled development sites with planning permission. The Government is keen for authorities to make greater use of their compulsory purchase powers to support the regeneration and growth of their areas where appropriate, provided there is a compelling case in the public interest. To assist local authorities in using their powers, this Government has recently published updated guidance on the compulsory purchase process reforms introduced by the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. This can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fcompulsory-purchase-system-guidance&amp;data=05%7C02%7CWrittenPQs%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce8f9164c2f6042faceb608dcec2ac70f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638644915670766136%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VhCLFSKsZdsFfqF2yUpIfggiKtxgbaO2RkUMEspfA%2BI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 11:29:45 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5265

1730407

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, whether historical lead mining activities are considered when approving new housing targets.
tabling member constituency	Skipton and Ripon
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Smith
uin	6207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The proposed methodology to calculate local housing need figures for each local authority, is set out in the ‘Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system’ consultation documents. These can be found at gov.uk.</p><p>National planning policy makes clear that constraints on land availability, which could include risks arising from former activities such as mining, should be taken into account by local authorities when establishing a housing requirement for their area. Local authorities are expected to evidence and justify their approach through local plan consultation and examination.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 15:11:45 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith

1730627

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of higher Section 106 affordable housing quotas on (a) the sale price of non-subsidised new build private sector homes in the same development and (b) overall house prices.
tabling member constituency	North West Essex
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	6398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of the consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, the Government is seeking views on implementing golden rules to ensure development in the Green Belt is in the public interest.</p><p>These rules include a target of 50% affordable housing on land released from the Green Belt for residential development. The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with a view to publishing a government response before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 14:19:16 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1730769

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, whether she plans to use modular housing to increase the amount of available housing stock.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central and Headingley
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	6436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) can quickly deliver high-quality, energy efficient homes and they provide an important opportunity to improve productivity in the construction sector. MHCLG supports the use of all types of MMC, and we will share our approach to increase its use in housebuilding as part of the Government’s wider housing strategy.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 11:10:34 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1730856

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of routinely using S106 agreements to pay for new sewage treatment plants in order that large developers always make a direct contribution to upgrades of the water and sewerage network to support new housing.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	James Naish
uin	6712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>National planning policy sets out that local planning authorities should include policies in their Local Plan for making sufficient provision for water and sewerage infrastructure.</p><p>A developer can be required to enter into a section 106 agreement, as a requirement of obtaining planning permission, to make their development ‘acceptable in planning terms’. The section 106 requirement might, for example, require a contribution towards the provision of water and sewerage network upgrades needed due to the development.</p><p>Separately, developers also pay water companies for new connections to a water main, with water companies entitled to reclaim reasonable costs.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 14:43:47 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5047

1730904

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 Competition and Market Authority's publication entitled Housebuilding Market Study, published on 26 February 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings that (a) that some housebuilders may be sharing commercially sensitive information and (b) some estate management charges are (i) high and (ii) unclear to homebuyers.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	James Naish
uin	6720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Competition and Market Authority’s final report following their year-long market study on housebuilding. Government will carefully consider the Authority’s recommendations and respond in due course.</p><p>The Government is already clear that it is committed to bring the injustice of ‘fleecehold’ private estates and unfair costs to an end – we will consult on the best way to achieve this. We will also implement new protections for homeowners on private estates in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 14:51:41 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5047