Housing: Construction
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Housing Sec pledges to 'go further than ever before' to hit 1.5 million homes, published on 16 December 2025, if he will set out the conflicting policies that his Department will over-ride.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The reference in question relates to the proposed transitional arrangements for implementing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, on which the government is currently consulting.
Details of the proposed transitional arrangements are set out in Annex A of the draft text on which we are consulting.
The consultation can be found on gov.uk here and will remain open for responses until 10 March 2026.
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