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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 9.15 of HM Treasury's policy paper, Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published on 10 July 2015, Cm 9098, what steps he is taking to ensure proposals for automatic planning permission for brownfield sites include adequate provisions to enable local authorities to ensure new homes meet affordable housing standards under section 106 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013.

We will publish details about how the policy will operate when the Housing Bill is introduced. This will include how further technical details will be agreed, and arrangements for securing essential infrastructure and design quality.