Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 11
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 45
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Reforms to national planning policy All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The development of brownfield sites should be prioritised and incentivised, and green spaces in the Green Belt should be protected. However, brownfield sites alone cannot deliver 300,000 net new homes per year in the long-term. In particular, the greater upfront cost of brownfield development means there is less capacity to deliver affordable housing on these sites.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 45, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).