Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 15 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) if he will make it his policy to instruct the Planning Inspectorate to end its commitment to increase five year land supply targets by 20 per cent where they assess completion rates are too low;
(2) if he will make it his policy to assess five year land supplies available in local authority areas on the basis of planning permissions granted by the relevant authority and not completions achieved; and if he will make a statement.
Planning plays a key role in ensuring enough land is available to meet local communities’ housing needs. The National Planning Policy Framework, published following consultation in March 2012, sets out that councils should identify a supply of deliverable sites sufficient to provide five years’ worth of housing against their local housing requirements. Sites with planning permission should be included within this supply, unless there is clear evidence that schemes will not be implemented within five years. Where there has been a record of persistent under delivery of housing, councils should include an additional 20% buffer of land (moved forward from later in the plan period) to provide a realistic prospect of achieving the planned local supply and to ensure choice and competition in the local market for land.
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