Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 14
14
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We support the principle of using a standard method that applies across the country.
Conclusion
We support the principle of using a standard method that applies across the country. We recognise there has been criticism of the current standard method for not promoting levelling up by reducing the targets for future homes below the numbers currently being delivered. It also does not directly consider brownfield sites nor environmental and other constraints on developable land in a particular area.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
34. The Government welcomes the Committee’s support for the principle of using a standard method (established in planning policy and guidance) that applies across England. The changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will require a new National Planning Policy Framework for England. The Government continues to listen to the representations of MPs, councillors and others on the effectiveness not only of the formula but the surrounding policies. Alongside Committee stage of the Bill, it intends to publish an NPPF prospectus setting out further thinking on the direction of such policies.