Written questions

Housing: Bricks

Commons · Question 62367 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage the use of swift bricks in newbuild homes in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) in Lancashire.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 2 Jul 2025

The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and providing net gains for biodiversity, including by incorporating featur...