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Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of airspace development to help tackle housing shortages.

answeredSarah GreenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of airspace development to help tackle housing shortages.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the value of upward extensions in delivering urban intensification where appropriate. We are consulting on further support for upward extensions as part of our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Fram...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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