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Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 92367 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance issued to local planning authorities on the increase in housing delivery targets through revisions to the National Plannin

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 26 Nov 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...