Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of an increase in the non-residential limit for collective enfranchisement on the composition of retail streets in London’s Central Activity Zone.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. The Impact Assessment considers the non-monetised impact of increasing the non-residential for collective enfranchisement claims including the potential impact on freeholders, high streets, and businesses.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which overseas investors will benefit from an increase in the non-residential limit for collective enfranchisement under proposed leasehold reforms.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. The Impact Assessment considers the non-monetised impact of increasing the non-residential for collective enfranchisement claims including the potential impact on freeholders, high streets, and businesses.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many high streets in local authority ownership will be affected by an increase in the non-residential limit for collective enfranchisement under proposed leasehold reforms.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. The Impact Assessment considers the non-monetised impact of increasing the non-residential for collective enfranchisement claims including the potential impact on freeholders, high streets, and businesses.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of which region will see the largest transfer of marriage value from freeholder to leaseholder under proposed leasehold reforms.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website (attached) at: Leasehold and Freehold ReformBill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value on different groups and regions.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed removal of marriage value under proposed leasehold reforms on (1) property investors and (2) foreign investors.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website (attached) at: Leasehold and Freehold ReformBill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value on different groups and regions.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government when was the last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 was used to support delivery of a new community.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 were used in England was in 1964 with the designation of Washington, Tyne and Wear New Town. The New Towns Act 1946 was subsequently consolidated into the New Towns Act 1965 and the Central Lancashire New Town in 1970 was the last new town in England designated under that Act. There have been no new towns designated in England since then.
Well planned, well-designed, locally led garden communities will play a vital role in helping to meet this country’s housing need well into the future, providing a pipeline of new homes. We are supporting 47 locally led Garden Community projects across the country, with the capacity to deliver around 300,000 homes by 2050.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available; and what percentage of those had private gardens.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below. This information is also readily available on gov.uk.
Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-221.
2004-05 | 185553 |
2005-06 | 202653 |
2006-07 | 214936 |
2007-08 | 223534 |
2008-09 | 182767 |
2009-10 | 144870 |
2010-11 | 137394 |
2011-12 | 134896 |
2012-13 | 124722 |
2013-14 | 136605 |
2014-15 | 170693 |
2015-16 | 189645 |
2016-17 | 217345 |
2017-18 | 222281 |
2018-19 | 241877 |
2019-20 | 242702 |
2020-21 | 211865 |
2021-22 | 232816 |
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Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing
1 Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.
The Department does not hold figures on what percentage of those had private gardens.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available, broken down between (1) flats, and (2) houses.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-221.
2004-05 | 185553 |
2005-06 | 202653 |
2006-07 | 214936 |
2007-08 | 223534 |
2008-09 | 182767 |
2009-10 | 144870 |
2010-11 | 137394 |
2011-12 | 134896 |
2012-13 | 124722 |
2013-14 | 136605 |
2014-15 | 170693 |
2015-16 | 189645 |
2016-17 | 217345 |
2017-18 | 222281 |
2018-19 | 241877 |
2019-20 | 242702 |
2020-21 | 211865 |
2021-22 | 232816 |
Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing
1 Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.
Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.
Estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build dwelling completions by flats or houses for England, in each financial year, are shown in Table 2 below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.
Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-222.
| House | Flats |
2004-05 | 59 | 41 |
2005-06 | 54 | 46 |
2006-07 | 53 | 47 |
2007-08 | 52 | 48 |
2008-09 | 50 | 50 |
2009-10 | 55 | 45 |
2010-11 | 65 | 35 |
2011-12 | 64 | 36 |
2012-13 | 67 | 33 |
2013-14 | 71 | 29 |
2014-15 | 75 | 25 |
2015-16 | 77 | 23 |
2016-17 | 75 | 25 |
2017-18 | 77 | 23 |
2018-19 | 78 | 22 |
2019-20 | 80 | 20 |
2020-21 | 81 | 19 |
2021-22 | 83 | 17 |
2022-23 | 82 | 18 |
Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building
2. Approximately half of the data used to produce the house building statistics are supplied by the National House-Building Council. These data contain additional detail on the size and type of new homes being completed and can be used to provide annual estimates of the proportion of new build dwellings that are houses as opposed to flats. The caveat is that these estimates are indicative only, as based on just 1 of the 3 sources of building control data (Local Authority Building Control, Independent Approved Inspectors and National House Building Council Data).
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes were completed each year since 2005 for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-221.
2004-05 | 185553 |
2005-06 | 202653 |
2006-07 | 214936 |
2007-08 | 223534 |
2008-09 | 182767 |
2009-10 | 144870 |
2010-11 | 137394 |
2011-12 | 134896 |
2012-13 | 124722 |
2013-14 | 136605 |
2014-15 | 170693 |
2015-16 | 189645 |
2016-17 | 217345 |
2017-18 | 222281 |
2018-19 | 241877 |
2019-20 | 242702 |
2020-21 | 211865 |
2021-22 | 232816 |
Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing
1 Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.
Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.
Estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build dwelling completions by flats or houses for England, in each financial year, are shown in Table 2 below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.
Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-222.
| House | Flats |
2004-05 | 59 | 41 |
2005-06 | 54 | 46 |
2006-07 | 53 | 47 |
2007-08 | 52 | 48 |
2008-09 | 50 | 50 |
2009-10 | 55 | 45 |
2010-11 | 65 | 35 |
2011-12 | 64 | 36 |
2012-13 | 67 | 33 |
2013-14 | 71 | 29 |
2014-15 | 75 | 25 |
2015-16 | 77 | 23 |
2016-17 | 75 | 25 |
2017-18 | 77 | 23 |
2018-19 | 78 | 22 |
2019-20 | 80 | 20 |
2020-21 | 81 | 19 |
2021-22 | 83 | 17 |
2022-23 | 82 | 18 |
Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building
2. Approximately half of the data used to produce the house building statistics are supplied by the National House-Building Council. These data contain additional detail on the size and type of new homes being completed and can be used to provide annual estimates of the proportion of new build dwellings that are houses as opposed to flats. The caveat is that these estimates are indicative only, as based on just 1 of the 3 sources of building control data (Local Authority Building Control, Independent Approved Inspectors and National House Building Council Data).
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require all suitably orientated roofs on new buildings, including domestic properties, to be fitted with solar photovoltaic panels.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Building Regulations continue to set a performance-based approach. This means that our approach to achieving higher standards remains technology-neutral, to provide developers with the flexibility to choose the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions for their site.