Planning Committees: Reform Debate

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Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Kevin Hollinrake

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Planning Committees: Reform

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Monday 9th December 2024

(3 days, 18 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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The evidence speaks for itself. Partly as a result of the change that the previous Government made to the national planning policy framework in December 2023, housing supply in this country has nose-dived. Permissions and completions are at their lowest in a decade—

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It is true. The Office for Budget Responsibility is projecting that supply will dip below 200,000 homes this year, and the affordable homes programme is on course to deliver between 110,000 and 130,000 affordable homes, not the original 180,000 that were allotted to it. We are taking steps to increase the supply of social and affordable homes, including using the £500 million in additional funding secured for the affordable homes programme in the recent Budget.

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