Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps a local authority must take to revise a housing target provisionally set out in its local plan.

Local Plans must be based on robust and up-to-date evidence and consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework. To revise a housing target an authority will need to take account of policy requirements in the Framework, planning guidance, and bring forward proposed changes in line with existing legal and procedural requirements. Planning policy is clear that Local Plans should be regularly reviewed to ensure that they are up to date, and planning guidance that wherever possible housing needs assessments should be informed by the latest available information.