Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of areas with high levels of development of high cost housing on the cost of housing in those areas.

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact on areas with high levels of development of high-cost housing on the cost of housing in those areas.

More generally, lower development will tend to lead to higher prices [footnote: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/how-does-the-housing-market-affect-the-economy].

As the Levelling Up White paper set out, getting people onto the housing ladder means making housing more affordable now and in the future. To help create a more sustainable and affordable housing market, the Government has committed to deliver 1 million new homes by the end of this Parliament and continue working towards its ambition of delivering 300,000 new homes per year.

Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community and reflect this in planning policies.