Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 16
Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy
Published 14 Jul 2023
Paragraph 68
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should ensure that the new alignment policy requires local authorities to work together on housing delivery, or introduce other mechanisms to encourage regional cooperation between local authorities on housing delivery. The detail of the new alignment policy must be defined, consulted on, and a final policy published, before the Duty to Cooperate is abolished. The Government should therefore delay abolishing the Duty to Cooperate until its future review of the NPPF, in order to ensure that there is no gap between the abolition of the Duty to Cooperate and the implementation of the new alignment policy.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Reforms to national planning policy (HC 1122), paragraph 68, 14 July 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 29 November 2023 (deadline 14 September 2023).