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Housing: Bricks

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 15 January 2025UIN 22080

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4279 on Housing: Bricks, what steps she plans to take to increase rates of swift brick installation in new build properties.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 expects developments to provide net gains for biodiversity, including through incorporating features which support priority or threatened species such as swifts, bats and hedgehogs.

The National Model Design Code and Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework set out how development can incorporate a range of nature friendly features including swift bricks.

We will continue to consider what action may be appropriate to drive up rates of swift brick installation in new build properties.

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