The Government is committed to increasing housing supply. This paper considers key trends in supply in the UK and goes on to focus on some of the key barriers and potential solutions to increasing supply in England. It refers to proposals contained in the Housing White Paper (February 2017) and in Planning for the Future (August 2020) and has been updated to take account of subsequent developments. Historical supply statistics for the UK are provided.
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Planning for Constituency Cases (85 KB, PDF)
This note provides a short introduction to planning, mainly to assist with replying to constituency questions.
Some points in this note are inevitably over-simplified, but there are numerous links to more detailed material. Much of the note consists of Frequently Asked Questions, with answers explaining how they relate to the planning system.
On 27 March 2012, DCLG published the final version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It came into effect immediately, superseding the 2011 draft and almost all other planning guidance (except on waste and some of the guidance on minerals).The NPPF is the Government’s main document on planning policy. It must be taken into account in the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans, and is a material consideration in planning decisions. It sets out for example, how new housing should be calculated for an area, what sort of development is appropriate or not for Green Belt land and the considerations needed to be taken into account when deciding on renewable energy development, such as wind turbines.
Documents to download
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Planning for Constituency Cases (85 KB, PDF)
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The Planning for the Future white paper published in August 2020, setting out the Government's proposals for "once in a generation" reform of England's planning system, and separate proposals to reform the current system of calculating housing need proved controversial. This briefing from the House of Commons Library examines those proposals and the other planning changes already made during the Covid-19 pandemic, including the announcement on 16 December 2020 on changes to the standard method for calculating housing need.
