Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that access to fast broadband is a planning condition for new housing estate and business park developments.

The Government is committed to delivering the world’s most dynamic digital economy, supported by measures such as fibre infrastructure investment to ensure consumers and businesses have access to the digital infrastructure that they need.

The Ministry consulted in the Housing White Paper, ‘Fixing our broken housing market’, on amending national planning policy. This focused on requiring local authorities to have in place policies setting out how high quality digital infrastructure will be delivered in their area and how they can be accessible from a range of providers. We will set out how these proposals are to be taken forward shortly.