Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new residential properties have been built on brownfield sites in the North of England in each year since 2015.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The following new residential addresses were created in the former Government Office Regions within the North of England in 2015-16:
Former Government Office Region | Number on previously-developed land | Number on non-previously developed land | Total | % on previously developed land |
North East | 5,268 | 5,155 | 10,423 | 51 |
North West | 15,265 | 11,533 | 26,798 | 57 |
Statistics of new residential addresses created in 2016-17 will be available in January 2018.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing targets have been set by (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan local authorities under Objectively Assessed Need plans.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to plan to meet the objectively assessed housing needs of their area.
Where an authority is unable to meet its need locally, it is expected to work with neighbouring authorities through the duty to co-operate to determine whether the unmet need can be met across the wider area.
Bolton’s current Local Plan, adopted in March 2011, sets an average annual housing target of 694 dwellings per annum. Wigan’s existing Local Plan, adopted in September 2013, has an average annual housing target of 1,000 dwellings per annum.
The Department publishes information on the number of net new dwellings developed in each local authority every year. This may be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing (table 122). This table shows that the number of net additions for Bolton and Wigan for 2015/16 were 510 and 640 respectively.
A table setting out existing Local Plan targets, where known, and their delivery in 2015/16 for authorities in North West England is set out below.
Local authority | 2015/16 Net Additional Dwellings (per annum) | Current Plan Target (per annum) |
Cheshire East | 1570 | 1800 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 1770 | 1100 |
Halton | 540 | 552 |
Warrington | 600 | - |
Allerdale | 380 | 304 |
Barrow in Furness | 90 | - |
Carlisle | 500 | 565 |
Copeland | 130 | 277 |
Eden | 260 | 239 |
South Lakeland | 330 | 400 |
Bolton | 510 | 694 |
Bury | 340 | - |
Manchester | 1760 | 3333 |
Oldham | 260 | 289 |
Rochdale | 310 | 460 |
Salford | 1100 | - |
Stockport | 320 | 495 |
Tameside | 590 | - |
Trafford | 360 | 578 |
Wigan | 640 | 1000 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 100 | 625 |
Blackpool | 250 | 280 |
Burnley | 210 | - |
Chorley | 610 | 417 |
Fylde | 300 | - |
Hyndburn | 100 | 213 |
Lancaster | 480 | 700 |
Pendle | 130 | 298 |
Preston | 480 | 507 |
Ribble Valley | 300 | 280 |
Rossendale | 120 | 247 |
South Ribble | 430 | 417 |
West Lancashire | 300 | 324 |
Wyre | 320 | - |
Knowsley | 290 | 450 |
Liverpool | 2020 | - |
Sefton | -190 | 640 |
St Helens | 580 | 570 |
Wirral | 500 | - |
The Government expects local authorities to review their plans regularly to ensure that they are kept up-to-date. The Mayor of Manchester is currently preparing a Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, which includes Bolton and Wigan.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes have been built in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan under Objectively Assessed Need plans.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to plan to meet the objectively assessed housing needs of their area.
Where an authority is unable to meet its need locally, it is expected to work with neighbouring authorities through the duty to co-operate to determine whether the unmet need can be met across the wider area.
Bolton’s current Local Plan, adopted in March 2011, sets an average annual housing target of 694 dwellings per annum. Wigan’s existing Local Plan, adopted in September 2013, has an average annual housing target of 1,000 dwellings per annum.
The Department publishes information on the number of net new dwellings developed in each local authority every year. This may be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing (table 122). This table shows that the number of net additions for Bolton and Wigan for 2015/16 were 510 and 640 respectively.
A table setting out existing Local Plan targets, where known, and their delivery in 2015/16 for authorities in North West England is set out below.
Local authority | 2015/16 Net Additional Dwellings (per annum) | Current Plan Target (per annum) |
Cheshire East | 1570 | 1800 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 1770 | 1100 |
Halton | 540 | 552 |
Warrington | 600 | - |
Allerdale | 380 | 304 |
Barrow in Furness | 90 | - |
Carlisle | 500 | 565 |
Copeland | 130 | 277 |
Eden | 260 | 239 |
South Lakeland | 330 | 400 |
Bolton | 510 | 694 |
Bury | 340 | - |
Manchester | 1760 | 3333 |
Oldham | 260 | 289 |
Rochdale | 310 | 460 |
Salford | 1100 | - |
Stockport | 320 | 495 |
Tameside | 590 | - |
Trafford | 360 | 578 |
Wigan | 640 | 1000 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 100 | 625 |
Blackpool | 250 | 280 |
Burnley | 210 | - |
Chorley | 610 | 417 |
Fylde | 300 | - |
Hyndburn | 100 | 213 |
Lancaster | 480 | 700 |
Pendle | 130 | 298 |
Preston | 480 | 507 |
Ribble Valley | 300 | 280 |
Rossendale | 120 | 247 |
South Ribble | 430 | 417 |
West Lancashire | 300 | 324 |
Wyre | 320 | - |
Knowsley | 290 | 450 |
Liverpool | 2020 | - |
Sefton | -190 | 640 |
St Helens | 580 | 570 |
Wirral | 500 | - |
The Government expects local authorities to review their plans regularly to ensure that they are kept up-to-date. The Mayor of Manchester is currently preparing a Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, which includes Bolton and Wigan.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in the North West region have chosen to build fewer houses than set out in their Objectively Assessed Need.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to plan to meet the objectively assessed housing needs of their area.
Where an authority is unable to meet its need locally, it is expected to work with neighbouring authorities through the duty to co-operate to determine whether the unmet need can be met across the wider area.
Bolton’s current Local Plan, adopted in March 2011, sets an average annual housing target of 694 dwellings per annum. Wigan’s existing Local Plan, adopted in September 2013, has an average annual housing target of 1,000 dwellings per annum.
The Department publishes information on the number of net new dwellings developed in each local authority every year. This may be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing (table 122). This table shows that the number of net additions for Bolton and Wigan for 2015/16 were 510 and 640 respectively.
A table setting out existing Local Plan targets, where known, and their delivery in 2015/16 for authorities in North West England is set out below.
Local authority | 2015/16 Net Additional Dwellings (per annum) | Current Plan Target (per annum) |
Cheshire East | 1570 | 1800 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 1770 | 1100 |
Halton | 540 | 552 |
Warrington | 600 | - |
Allerdale | 380 | 304 |
Barrow in Furness | 90 | - |
Carlisle | 500 | 565 |
Copeland | 130 | 277 |
Eden | 260 | 239 |
South Lakeland | 330 | 400 |
Bolton | 510 | 694 |
Bury | 340 | - |
Manchester | 1760 | 3333 |
Oldham | 260 | 289 |
Rochdale | 310 | 460 |
Salford | 1100 | - |
Stockport | 320 | 495 |
Tameside | 590 | - |
Trafford | 360 | 578 |
Wigan | 640 | 1000 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 100 | 625 |
Blackpool | 250 | 280 |
Burnley | 210 | - |
Chorley | 610 | 417 |
Fylde | 300 | - |
Hyndburn | 100 | 213 |
Lancaster | 480 | 700 |
Pendle | 130 | 298 |
Preston | 480 | 507 |
Ribble Valley | 300 | 280 |
Rossendale | 120 | 247 |
South Ribble | 430 | 417 |
West Lancashire | 300 | 324 |
Wyre | 320 | - |
Knowsley | 290 | 450 |
Liverpool | 2020 | - |
Sefton | -190 | 640 |
St Helens | 580 | 570 |
Wirral | 500 | - |
The Government expects local authorities to review their plans regularly to ensure that they are kept up-to-date. The Mayor of Manchester is currently preparing a Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, which includes Bolton and Wigan.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in (a) the North West region and (b) England have (i) adopted an Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) plan, (ii) chosen to build fewer homes than their OAN and (iii) chosen to build the full OAN.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to plan to meet the objectively assessed housing needs of their area.
Where an authority is unable to meet its need locally, it is expected to work with neighbouring authorities through the duty to co-operate to determine whether the unmet need can be met across the wider area.
Bolton’s current Local Plan, adopted in March 2011, sets an average annual housing target of 694 dwellings per annum. Wigan’s existing Local Plan, adopted in September 2013, has an average annual housing target of 1,000 dwellings per annum.
The Department publishes information on the number of net new dwellings developed in each local authority every year. This may be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing (table 122). This table shows that the number of net additions for Bolton and Wigan for 2015/16 were 510 and 640 respectively.
A table setting out existing Local Plan targets, where known, and their delivery in 2015/16 for authorities in North West England is set out below.
Local authority | 2015/16 Net Additional Dwellings (per annum) | Current Plan Target (per annum) |
Cheshire East | 1570 | 1800 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 1770 | 1100 |
Halton | 540 | 552 |
Warrington | 600 | - |
Allerdale | 380 | 304 |
Barrow in Furness | 90 | - |
Carlisle | 500 | 565 |
Copeland | 130 | 277 |
Eden | 260 | 239 |
South Lakeland | 330 | 400 |
Bolton | 510 | 694 |
Bury | 340 | - |
Manchester | 1760 | 3333 |
Oldham | 260 | 289 |
Rochdale | 310 | 460 |
Salford | 1100 | - |
Stockport | 320 | 495 |
Tameside | 590 | - |
Trafford | 360 | 578 |
Wigan | 640 | 1000 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 100 | 625 |
Blackpool | 250 | 280 |
Burnley | 210 | - |
Chorley | 610 | 417 |
Fylde | 300 | - |
Hyndburn | 100 | 213 |
Lancaster | 480 | 700 |
Pendle | 130 | 298 |
Preston | 480 | 507 |
Ribble Valley | 300 | 280 |
Rossendale | 120 | 247 |
South Ribble | 430 | 417 |
West Lancashire | 300 | 324 |
Wyre | 320 | - |
Knowsley | 290 | 450 |
Liverpool | 2020 | - |
Sefton | -190 | 640 |
St Helens | 580 | 570 |
Wirral | 500 | - |
The Government expects local authorities to review their plans regularly to ensure that they are kept up-to-date. The Mayor of Manchester is currently preparing a Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, which includes Bolton and Wigan.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of land in (a) Bolton, (b) Wigan and (c) Greater Manchester has been designated green belt land.
Answered by Lord Sharma
As of 31 March 2017, the following percentages of land were designated as Green Belt in Bolton, Wigan and Greater Manchester:
Bolton | 52 |
Wigan | 57 |
Greater Manchester | 47 |
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that new build homes are sold on as leasehold properties.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government’s consultation, Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market, considered a number of issues within the leasehold sector including the sale of new built leasehold houses, and onerous ground rents. The consultation also sought views on what further areas of leasehold reform should be prioritised and why. The public consultation, which closed on 19 September, received around 6,000 replies. We are carefully analysing the responses, and will issue the Government response in due course.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) the North of England, (b) Bolton and (c) Wigan in each year since May 2010.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Figures on the number of additional affordable homes supplied are available in live table 1008C: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of empty homes in (a) the North of England, (b) Bolton and (c) Wigan.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Figures on the numbers of empty homes are available in live table 615: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan councils received in government grants in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
Answered by Marcus Jones
This information is publically available.
Bolton Council 14/15 - http://www.bolton.gov.uk/sites/DocumentCentre/Documents/Statement%20of%20Accounts%202014-15.pdf
Wigan Council 14/15 - https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Council/Performance-and-Spending/Statement-Accounts/Statement-of-Accounts-Final-Audited-Version.pdf
Indicative formula allocations were made through the Final Local Government Finance Settlement for England 2015-16. Further details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2015-to-2016
My Department does not hold a live list of non-formula grant allocations to local authorities over the current financial year. Both Bolton and Wigan councils will release this information as part of their Statement of Accounts for 2015/16.