Housing and Planning APPG

First Registered: 29/09/2015 • Last updated on: 13/12/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 13th December 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.

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To provide a forum for parliamentarians to discuss issues arising from housing and planning policy, primarily the delivery of housing, infrastructure and placemaking via the planning system.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Andrew Lewer Portrait
Andrew Lewer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Northampton South
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Harman Portrait
Baroness Harman
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen McPartland Portrait
Stephen McPartland
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stevenage
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Best Portrait
Lord Best
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 13th December 2023
2 APPG Officer Positions
Housing and Care for Older People , New Towns

No other APPG Memberships

David Simmonds Portrait
David Simmonds
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 13th December 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Jews , Heritage Rail , Migration

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Officer
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Everitt Portrait
Ben Everitt
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Milton Keynes North
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alexander Stafford Portrait
Alexander Stafford
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Rother Valley
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Officer
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 7th September 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

No other APPG Memberships

Peter Gibson Portrait
Peter Gibson
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Darlington
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gareth Bacon Portrait
Gareth Bacon
Vice Chair
Conservative - Orpington
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
Private Capital

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Young of Norwood Green Portrait
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 19th October 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
T-Levels

No other APPG Memberships

Paul Howell Portrait
Paul Howell
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Sedgefield
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Helen Hayes Portrait
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Karen Buck Portrait
Karen Buck
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Westminster North
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Tony Lloyd Portrait
Tony Lloyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Rochdale
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jerome Mayhew Portrait
Jerome Mayhew
Vice Chair
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
1 APPG Officer Position
Financial Education for Young People

No other APPG Memberships

Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Fleur Anderson Portrait
Fleur Anderson
Vice Chair
Labour - Putney
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Pawsey Portrait
Mark Pawsey
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Rugby
Joined: 7th August 2020
Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

David Drew Portrait
David Drew
Honorary Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Shipley Portrait
Lord Shipley
Honorary Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Walsall North
Joined: 8th May 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Prisk Portrait
Mark Prisk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Earl of Lytton Portrait
Earl of Lytton
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd January 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Portrait
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd January 2019
2 APPG Officer Positions
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Zoos and Aquariums

No other APPG Memberships

John Penrose Portrait
John Penrose
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Weston-super-Mare
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 2nd January 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

David Simmonds MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 6578.

Email: david.simmonds.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Joel Cohen, Royal Town Planning Institute, 41-42 Boltoph Lane, London EC3R 8DL. Tel: 07921 498 219

Email: joel.cohen@rtpi.org.uk

Secretariat:

Royal Town Planning Institute acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.rtpi.org.uk/

Group's Website:

https://www.rtpi.org.uk/appg

Benefits in Kind
Date
13 Jul 2022
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/07/2022 To : 12/07/2023
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Jul 2021
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/07/2021 To : 12/07/2022
Value
£3,001
Date
13 Jul 2020
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 13/07/2020 To : 12/07/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2018
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2018
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/09/2018 To : 11/09/2019
Value
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2017
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/09/2017 To : 11/09/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
16 Jul 2016
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat   From : 16/07/2016 To : 15/07/2017
Value
£6,001
Date
22 Mar 2016
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
16 Jul 2015
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£6,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Housing and Planning APPG