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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4 Current APPG Officers
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David Simmonds
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Joined: 7th August 2020
13 APPG Memberships
Airport Communities , Civil Service and Public Sector Workers , Côte d’Ivoire , Historic Vehicles , Local Authority Pension Funds , London , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Migration , Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability , Pensions , Race Equality in Education , Refugees , Social Work
Airport Communities , Civil Service and Public Sector Workers , Côte d’Ivoire , Historic Vehicles , Local Authority Pension Funds , London , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Migration , Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability , Pensions , Race Equality in Education , Refugees , Social Work
5 APPG Memberships
Apprenticeships , BBC , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Management , Opera
Apprenticeships , BBC , Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Management , Opera
23 APPG Memberships
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adoption and Permanence , Armed Forces Covenant , Brazil , Challenger Banks and Building Societies , Durham University , East Coast Main Line , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Fair Business Banking , Get Refusal , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Markets , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race Equality in Education , Retail Crime , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , Taxis , Town Centres
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adoption and Permanence , Armed Forces Covenant , Brazil , Challenger Banks and Building Societies , Durham University , East Coast Main Line , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Fair Business Banking , Get Refusal , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Markets , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Race Equality in Education , Retail Crime , Small and Micro Business , Social Integration , Taxis , Town Centres
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered 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:
Benefits in Kind
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Date
13 Jul 2021
13 Jul 2021
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat From : 13/07/2021 To : 12/07/2022
Secretariat From : 13/07/2021 To : 12/07/2022
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
13 Jul 2020
13 Jul 2020
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat From : 13/07/2020 To : 12/07/2021
Secretariat From : 13/07/2020 To : 12/07/2021
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat
Secretariat
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018
Source
Royal Town Planning Institute
Royal Town Planning Institute
Description
Secretariat From : 12/09/2018 To : 11/09/2019
Secretariat From : 12/09/2018 To : 11/09/2019
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
12 Sep 2017
12 Sep 2017
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat From : 12/09/2017 To : 11/09/2018
Secretariat From : 12/09/2017 To : 11/09/2018
Value
£3,001
£3,001
Date
16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat From : 16/07/2016 To : 15/07/2017
Secretariat From : 16/07/2016 To : 15/07/2017
Value
£6,001
£6,001
Date
22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Reception
Reception
Value
£1,501
£1,501
Date
16 Jul 2015
16 Jul 2015
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Description
Secretariat From : 08/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 08/07/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£6,001
£6,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Housing and Planning APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Lord Best
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 17th November 2021
11 APPG Memberships
District Councils , Funerals and Bereavement , Manufacturing , Mining and Quarrying , Motorcycle Speedway , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Rugby League , Rugby Union Football Club , Rwanda , Tidy Britain , Vaping
District Councils , Funerals and Bereavement , Manufacturing , Mining and Quarrying , Motorcycle Speedway , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Rugby League , Rugby Union Football Club , Rwanda , Tidy Britain , Vaping
24 APPG Memberships
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Antibiotics , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burma , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Côte d’Ivoire , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Financial Resilience , Funerals and Bereavement , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Isle of Man (Manx) , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , South Western Railway , Sustainable Resource , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Women in Parliament
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Antibiotics , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burma , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Côte d’Ivoire , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Financial Resilience , Funerals and Bereavement , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Isle of Man (Manx) , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , South Western Railway , Sustainable Resource , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Women in Parliament
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
18 APPG Memberships
Chalk Streams , Cricket , East of England , Entrepreneurship , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , India , India (Trade and Investment) , Italy , Liechtenstein , Regeneration and Development , Scotch Whisky , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Sri Lanka , Sweden , Tunisia , Turks and Caicos Islands , Waterways , Weddings
Chalk Streams , Cricket , East of England , Entrepreneurship , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , India , India (Trade and Investment) , Italy , Liechtenstein , Regeneration and Development , Scotch Whisky , Sovereign Wealth Funds , Sri Lanka , Sweden , Tunisia , Turks and Caicos Islands , Waterways , Weddings
Andrew Lewer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Northampton South
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
22 APPG Memberships
Accounting for Growth , Adult Social Care , Brazil , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Customer Service , Devolution , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Independent Education , Industrial Heritage , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Jordan , Motor Neurone Disease , Peru , Private Rented Sector , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Theatre , Vaping , Weddings , Whistleblowing , Writers
Accounting for Growth , Adult Social Care , Brazil , British Overseas Territories , Council Housing , Customer Service , Devolution , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Independent Education , Industrial Heritage , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Jordan , Motor Neurone Disease , Peru , Private Rented Sector , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Theatre , Vaping , Weddings , Whistleblowing , Writers
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Loughborough
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
11 APPG Memberships
Basketball , Brain Tumours , Broadband and Digital Communication , Childcare and Early Education , Dairy , District Councils , Housing and Social Mobility , Markets , Small and Micro Business , Swimming , T Levels
Basketball , Brain Tumours , Broadband and Digital Communication , Childcare and Early Education , Dairy , District Councils , Housing and Social Mobility , Markets , Small and Micro Business , Swimming , T Levels
Ben Everitt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Milton Keynes North
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
Jerome Mayhew
Vice Chair
Conservative - Broadland
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
24 APPG Memberships
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adult Social Care , Bangladesh , Bees and Pollinators , Belarus , Bus and Coach Industry , Central America , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Foreign Affairs , France , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Housing in the North , Human Rights , Mexico , Moldova , Northern Culture , Poverty , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Technology and National Security , Trade and Investment , Transport Safety , Ukraine
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adult Social Care , Bangladesh , Bees and Pollinators , Belarus , Bus and Coach Industry , Central America , Community Development in Europe , Croatia , Foreign Affairs , France , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Housing in the North , Human Rights , Mexico , Moldova , Northern Culture , Poverty , Rohingya , Rule of Law , Technology and National Security , Trade and Investment , Transport Safety , Ukraine
6 APPG Memberships
Air Pollution , British Jews , Get Refusal , Local Democracy , Private Rented Sector , Race Equality in Education
Air Pollution , British Jews , Get Refusal , Local Democracy , Private Rented Sector , Race Equality in Education
17 APPG Memberships
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Accounting for Growth , Adult Education , County , Durham University , Financial Education for Young People , Foreign Affairs , Furniture Industry , General Aviation , Housing in the North , Industrial Heritage , Net Zero , School Food , Sweden , Veterans , Weddings , Whistleblowing
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Accounting for Growth , Adult Education , County , Durham University , Financial Education for Young People , Foreign Affairs , Furniture Industry , General Aviation , Housing in the North , Industrial Heritage , Net Zero , School Food , Sweden , Veterans , Weddings , Whistleblowing
Helen Hayes
Officer
Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 17th November 2021
Mark Prisk
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Eddie Hughes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Walsall North
Joined: 8th May 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Shipley
Honorary Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
6 APPG Memberships
City Regions Transport , Deafness , Deliberative Democracy , Hadrian's Wall , Race Equality in Education , Youth Employment
City Regions Transport , Deafness , Deliberative Democracy , Hadrian's Wall , Race Equality in Education , Youth Employment
David Drew
Honorary Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 8th May 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
John Penrose
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Weston-super-Mare
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Secretary
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
4 APPG Memberships
County , District Councils , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Packaging Manufacturing Industry
County , District Councils , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Packaging Manufacturing Industry
Earl of Lytton
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
3 APPG Memberships
Healthy Homes and Buildings , Local Democracy , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Healthy Homes and Buildings , Local Democracy , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
James Cartlidge
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Suffolk
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Membership
Fair Business Banking
Fair Business Banking
Stephen Pound
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 29th September 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships