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Land Banking

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 56020

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of land banking by developers.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department does not routinely collect data from private developers on their land holdings or contracts over land.

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