Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 5
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 33
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We support the principle of a plan-led system and are sympathetic to the Government’s wish to ensure more local authorities have up-to-date local plans. However, it is difficult to see how the Government will achieve its 300,000 net national housing target by the mid-2020s if local targets are only advisory. The Government has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate how the policy of removing mandatory local housing targets will directly lead to more housebuilding.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 33, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).