Written questions

Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 123093 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on the ability of charitable housing providers to me

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 31 Mar 2026

Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, did not propose to amend the NPPF definition of affordable housing to i...