PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Affordable Housing (30 August 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy to maintain the 10-unit threshold for affordable housing.
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Answer
The Government are not proposing to change Paragraph 65 of the National Planning Policy Framework which makes clear that provision of affordable housing should not be sought for residential developments that are not major developments, other than in designated rural areas (where policies may set out a lower threshold of 5 units or fewer).
Answered by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
9 September 2024
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