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

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 23 November 2023 (HL173), what mechanisms are available to members of the House of Lords to encourage, via an arm’s length publicly funded body, development of land which has been historically identified and allocated for such a purpose, such as that at Great Kyne in Peterborough.

The Government sets clear delivery expectations in regards to developing land for housing. The role of an arm’s length body is to deliver against the government’s policy objectives, which it does via a range of agreed interventions. Arm’s length bodies are fully delegated to deliver these interventions on behalf of the government and work with a large number of delivery partners to bring a wide range of sites and projects forwards for housing. The site at Great Kyne was originally put forward for development in 2016 but was not allocated in the Local Plan by Peterborough City Council. The site was again put forward for consideration as part of the development allocation for future housing need in September 2023. The decision on whether the site will be allocated in the Local Plan rests with Peterborough City Council.