Question follow-through · 123885
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to remove the requirement for developers to pr
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Supported Housing · 26 Mar 2026
- Social Rented Housing: Homelessness · 26 Mar 2026
- Sleeping Rough: Children · 26 Mar 2026
- Telecommunications: Planning · 26 Mar 2026
- Housing: Stamp Duty Land Tax · 27 Apr 2026
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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
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to remove the requirement for developers to pr
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2026
Answer published
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The draft Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, retains a strong preference for, and commitment to, on-site delivery of social an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Supported Housing
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support and protect supported housing provision.
Social Rented Housing: Homelessness
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that people experiencing homelessness are able to access social housing.
Sleeping Rough: Children
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help prevent children from sleeping rough.
Telecommunications: Planning
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason paragraph 119 on communications infrastructure was removed from the National Planning Policy Framework.
Housing: Stamp Duty Land Tax
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) fiscal and (b) regulatory framework, including Stamp Duty Land Tax rates, for residential propert
Empty Property: Social Rented Housing
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what barriers exist for local authorities in acquiring long-term empty homes for social rent use.
Housing: Sales
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) fiscal and (b) regulatory framework, including Stamp Duty Land Tax rates, for residential propert
Temporary Accommodation: Infant Mortality
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce child mortality where temporary accommodation has been identified as a contributing factor.
Temporary Accommodation: Infant Mortality
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on mitigating health and mortality risks faced by children living in temporary accommodation.
Temporary Accommodation: Sleep
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to promote safe sleeping practices in all forms of temporary accommodation where infants are placed.
Social Rented Housing: Empty Property
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to bring empty properties back into use for social rent.
Permitted Development Rights: Telecommunications
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's joint consultation entitled Reforming planning rules to accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure, published on 18 December 2025, what pr