Affordable Housing: Construction
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to support local authorities to fast-track planning applications that deliver 100% affordable housing.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The government has no specific plans to fast-track planning applications that deliver 100% affordable housing.
We have already taken a number of steps to streamline planning processes generally.
We are currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework, that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation will remain open for responses until 10 March 2026 and can be found on gov.uk here.
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