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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of locally led development corporations in accelerating brownfield land assembly.

Development corporations are a powerful tool for delivering long-term land regeneration, infrastructure delivery, and housing growth due to their powers of land assembly, their ability to masterplan effectively and their capacity to provide effective long-term certainty and stewardship.

The government has made no specific assessment of the effectiveness of locally-led development corporations in accelerating brownfield land assembly.

We remain committed to commencing the provisions that will enable local authorities to establish locally-led urban development corporations with the powers and oversight they need to achieve the regeneration of their area.