Question follow-through · 19934
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that infrastructure investment is in place before any new building of homes.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that infrastructure investment is in place before any new building of homes.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner.Local development plans sh...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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