National Planning Policy Framework Debate

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Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Siobhain McDonagh

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UK/EU Future Economic Partnership

National Planning Policy Framework

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Points of Order
Monday 5th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on planning and all the advice he continues to provide. I can assure him that the formula we have set out today in the draft NPPF is no different from the one that was set out in the September consultation.

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There are 19,334 hectares of unused, unloved, ungreen green-belt land around London’s train stations—enough to build 1 million homes. On the day that the Daily Mirror announced that £1.1 billion was spent on horrible temporary accommodation last year, is it not right that that land should be used to provide homes in the areas people want to live in?

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