Housing and planning

This debate will be opened by Neil O’Brien.  He has recently published his views on planning and development in an article on the Conservative Home website.[1]

The Commons Library has published numerous briefings on housing and planning, available on the topic page.   As background for this debate, the following briefings may be particularly relevant:

• What next for planning in England? The National Planning Policy Framework (especially for its coverage of local plans, neighbourhood planning, the standard method for calculating housing need, developer contributions and increasing density)[2]
• Planning obligations (Section 106 agreements)[3]
• Community Infrastructure Levy[4]
• Garden cities, towns and villages[5]
• Neighbourhood planning[6]
• Enforcement of planning law[7]
• 2017 debate pack on new housing design[8]
• Tackling the under-supply of housing in England[9]
• What is affordable housing?[10]
• Extending home ownership: Government initiatives[11]
• Leasehold and commonhold reform [12]

The Commons Library’s supply dashboard for local authority data: housing supply presents figures on existing stock, new supply, and supply of affordable housing.

This debate pack therefore offers information on topics not already covered in those briefings, as well as links to recent comment, news and blogs and other relevant publications. 

[1]     Neil O’Brien, Five ways to help resolve the housing crisis on Conservative Home, 10 February 2020

[2]     CBP 08260, 10 June 2019

[3]     CBP 07200, 6 September 2019

[4]     SN 03890, 19 December 2019

[5]     SN 06867, 10 July 2017

[6]     SN 05838, 12 October 2018

[7]     SN 01579, 8 July 2019

[8]     CDP 2017-0153, 30 August 2017

[9]     CBP 07671, 10 December 2018

[10]    CBP 07747, 23 December 2019

[11]    SN 03668, 28 December 2017

[12]    CBP0847, 31 December 2019