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Social Rented Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 87014 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 7 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to promote (a) traditional craftsmanship and (b) traditional British architectural styles in the building of new social housing developments.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 7 Nov 2025

National planning policy makes clear that local planning authorities should prepare their own local design guides and design codes in line with the principles set out in national design guidance. The guidance encourages integration of a mix of tenures and...