Written questions

Housing: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 56042 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Katie Lam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of her Department’s proposed 1.5 million homes will be built in rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Jun 2025

The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a new Standard Method for assessing housing needs that is aligned to our Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new safe and decent homes in England by the en...