Housing Estates: Regeneration

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the role of redevelopment projects on former local authority housing sites in the financial planning of local authorities.


Answered by
Lord Sharma Portrait
Lord Sharma
This question was answered on 12th September 2017

A local authority may use receipts arising from the disposal of surplus housing land for any capital purpose, and they may assess the role of redevelopment projects on former local housing sites as part of their strategic or financial planning.

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