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Housing: Bricks

Asked by Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 67322

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the consultation on planning guidance including the provision of swift bricks will (a) commence and (b) complete.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department has already published updated Planning Practice Guidance setting out how swift bricks are expected to be used in new development. This outlines that developments should include swift bricks where possible, with the general aim across a development of a minimum of one nest box per unit.

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