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Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 5417 · Tabled 11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information (a) her Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate holds on which local authorities have (i) slowed and (ii) stopped house building due to nutrient neutrality

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Oct 2024

At present, advice on the need to achieve nutrient neutrality applies to areas of land within approximately sixty local planning authorities. However, the provision of such advice does not mean that housebuilding in these areas is necessarily being stoppe...