Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to adopt the National Space Standards for New Dwellings.
The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that local authorities should consider a range of issues in developing their local planning policy. The National Space Standard implemented as part of the Housing Standards Review is available for local authorites to adopt in their Local Plan where they decide it is necessary and desirable to do so, subject to development remaining viable. Planning Guidance provides advice on how to apply the National Space Standard.