Recommendation 17

We asked the Department how it would ensure that its approach delivered the right kind of homes in the right places.44 We heard from the Department about a range of other actions it is pursuing: • It wants its planning reforms to encourage more small and medium-sized developers to be building homes.45 • It will promote more zero-carbon homes through the Future Homes Standard.46 • It is reviewing the release of public sector land for building.47 • It is considering its response to the recent consultation on the Housing Delivery Test, and how to align local targets for housing with the national ambition for 300,000 new homes per year.48