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Written Question
Housing: Rural Areas
Wednesday 27th June 2018

Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to deliver more new homes to rural areas.

Answered by Dominic Raab

Our draft revised National Planning Policy Framework makes it clear that in rural areas, planning policies and decisions should be supportive of housing development that reflect local needs. The Framework retains the rural exception sites policy that promotes affordable housing led development in rural areas.

The revised draft Framework also acknowledges that in rural areas, sites may need to be found outside existing settlements, to meet community needs. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish the final version of the Framework this summer.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jun 2018
Council Tax and Second Homes

"My hon. Friend is doing an exceptional job of talking about this issue, which is important for many of my constituents and his. Has he thought about how it might be implemented on the ground so that Cornwall Council and other local authorities can benefit for the personal benefit of …..."
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Written Question
Homelessness: Cornwall
Tuesday 26th June 2018

Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that assistance and accommodation is in place for homeless people in Cornwall.

Answered by Nigel Adams

The Government remains committed to combating homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027.


We have implemented the most ambitious reforms in homelessness legislation in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act which commenced in April 2018. The Act significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place. To achieve this, we have set up a Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce that will focus on prevention and affordable housing.

We are supporting 48 projects through our £20 million Rough Sleeping Grant, with £470,000 awarded to the Nos Da project in Cornwall for services to work in partnership and prevent people from sleeping rough through identifying those at risk as well as assisting people into emergency accommodation.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 May 2018
Planning: Local Communities

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that sometimes large local authorities do not help themselves by allocating very large sites, and would she commend Cornwall Council, which is looking at reducing the size of developments to support smaller supply chains?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 May 2018
Planning: Local Communities

"On local democracy, I see the Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary, the hon. Member for Morley and Outwood (Andrea Jenkyns), in the Chamber. We were vice-chairs of the all-party parliamentary group for local democracy and firm believers that town and parish councils should be given the ability to allocate within their …..."
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Written Question
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Tuesday 15th May 2018

Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce new protections for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the revised National Planning Policy Framework.

Answered by Dominic Raab

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that the Government attaches great importance to the protection of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). There are no new protections for AONBs in the revised NPPF as great weight should already be given to conserving their landscape and scenic beauty within the existing framework.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 01 May 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"I have spoken to the Minister about this several times, and I know he understands the challenges we face in Cornwall with second home ownership and vacant properties. How will the Bill differentiate a second home and a vacant home?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"I am interested in the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Havant (Alan Mak) made about local authorities ring-fencing some of the money for better use. We have a big problem in the south-west with affordability. Does my hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan) agree that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"My hon. Friend is aware of the challenges that we face in rural areas, especially in Cornwall, where we welcome the vacant homes premium, but how will local authorities be able to differentiate holiday homes and vacant properties? Some holiday lets are not let for a long period of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"I am aware that the issues in Walsall North might not be the same as those in Cornwall, but I do appreciate and share the view that we have a mutual interest in making sure that these vacant properties are brought back into use. Does my hon. Friend think that …..."
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