Housing market: Data on house prices, mortgage approvals and house-building.
Documents to download
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Commons Library debate pack: Planning reform and house building targets (246 KB, PDF)
This briefing contains an overview of the proposed change to the housing need formula and links to relevant press articles and comment. A short overview, with data relating to local areas, is available from the Library article: Housing: How is need assessed? (1 October 2020). An overview of the Government’s proposed housing reforms is set out in the Library briefing: Planning for the Future: planning policy changes in England in 2020 and future reforms (20 August 2020).
Documents to download
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Commons Library debate pack: Planning reform and house building targets (246 KB, PDF)
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