Housing and Planning Act 2016
(asked on 1st December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, (1) which orders and regulations have been made or have been laid before Parliament, and what is their timetable for laying further orders and regulations; and (2) which powers to make orders and regulations (i) they intend not to use at the current time, and (ii) they have decided not to bring into force.
The following Housing & Planning Act 2016 orders and regulations have been made or laid before Parliament:
Statutory Instruments:
- Self-build and custom housebuilding
- Enfranchisement and extensions of long leaseholds rentcharges
- Neighbourhood planning
- Local planning
- Local Planning Authority performance
- The Energy performance of buildings
Commencement Orders:
- Part 1: New Homes in England
o Self-build and custom housebuilding
- Part 3: Recovering abandoned premises in England
o Vacant higher value local authority housing
- Part 6: Planning in England
o Neighbourhood planning
o Local planning
o Planning in Greater London
o Powers for piloting alternative provision of processing services
o Review of minimum energy performance requirements
o Urban development corporations
o New towns
o Sustainable drainage
- Part 7: Compulsory purchase etc
o Right to enter and survey land
- Part 9: General
The current timetable for regulations within the Housing & Planning Act 2016 will see the remaining regulations scheduled to be laid throughout 2017.
2) We have decided not to proceed with the High Income Social Tenants regulations after listening carefully to the views of tenants, local authorities and others. Local authorities and housing associations will continue to have local discretion. I updated the House on the 21st November on this policy.