Question follow-through · 7233

Housing: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to increase the minimum level of shared amenity space on new housing developments.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to increase the minimum level of shared amenity space on new housing developments.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The National Planning Policy Framework states that planning policies and decisions should plan positively for the provision and use of shared spaces, community facilities and other local services to enhance the sustainability of communities and residentia...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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