Written questions

Local Plans: Housing

Commons · Question 75868 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Planning Inspectorate to help ensure that local plans developed by planning authorities include achievable housing targets.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 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...