Written Question
Thursday 18th April 2024
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will introduce a scheme which allows local authorities to purchase properties which frequently flood from their owners.
Answered by Simon Hoare
The department has made no such assessment.
Written Question
Thursday 14th September 2023
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made in removing the requirement for local authorities to maintain a five-year housing land supply; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
We consulted on changes to NPPF and are currently carefully considering the responses. We will set out further details later this year.
Written Question
Thursday 14th September 2023
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance the Planning Inspectorate has issued to planning inspectors on taking the mental health of the wider community into consideration for housing application appeals; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Planning Inspectorate does not issue guidance on this matter.
Written Question
Monday 6th February 2023
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the number of private properties available to rent; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
The Government has announced £10 billion investment in housing supply since the start of this Parliament. This includes £300 million of locally led grant funding to help Local and Mayoral Combined Authorities invest in housing-led brownfield, infrastructure, and land projects in England.
We also welcome new institutional investment in the private rented sector, and our Build to Rent Fund has provided over £630 million of development finance for the supply of new homes built specifically for private rent.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
New Developments on Green-belt Land
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that coupled with that is the uncertainty regarding the five-year land supply? Does that not also need urgent clarification?..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
New Developments on Green-belt Land
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
New Developments on Green-belt Land
"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. In my constituency, 10,000 houses are being built on green-belt land. That does not seem to me to be an exceptional circumstance. It seems like riding roughshod over the green-belt policy...."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
"rose—..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
"I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. Just before he entirely leaves the issue of infrastructure, to which he is right to draw attention, one of the big problems is that the water companies do not provide adequate drainage systems when new builds are being …..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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