Planning Rules

Lord Young of Norwood Green Excerpts
Tuesday 28th July 2020

(3 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Young of Norwood Green Portrait Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab) [V]
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Would the Minister agree that not just windows but room size, insulation, fire safety and the quality of the heating provision are essential to ensuring that affordable social housing does not end up being, as the noble Baroness rightly described it, the slums of the future? Some of that is already revealing itself.

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh
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Space standards are of course outlined in building regulations, and there are strict requirements with regard to building safety covering all development, including permitted development. That should ensure that we see high-quality homes as a result.