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Housing: Construction

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 2458, tabled on 30 July 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department takes to help ensure that new homes are in keeping with existing communities.

Answered on

6 September 2024

A clear framework exists through policy and guidance to support local planning authorities deliver well-designed places and to enable them to work together with the communities they serve to ensure the development of new homes responds to the positive or distinctive characteristics of an area.