Question follow-through · 53402
Planning: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the accuracy of financial viability assessments used in the planning process.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the accuracy of financial viability assessments used in the planning process.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to strengthening the system of developer contributions to ensure new developments provide necessary affordable homes and infrastructure. As part of this commitment, we are reviewing Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) on viability...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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