Written questions

Housing: Construction

Lords · Question HL633 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Lord Jamieson

To ask His Majesty's Government what additional support and powers they will provide to local authorities to ensure that suitable land is made available by landowners and developers actually build when planning permissions has been granted.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 16 Sep 2024

The Government is committed to building 1.5m homes over the next parliament. To meet our target will require record levels of housebuilding. That is why we are making changes to planning rules that will unblock the system and ensure the homes we need get ...