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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with developers to encourage them to build on brownfield sites; and if he will make a statement.

We are committed to ensuring that brownfield land is used as much as possible for new development and want to encourage developers to build homes on brownfield land. Ministers, including the my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, regularly hold meetings with developers to discuss these issues. To help facilitate housing on brownfield land we will require local authorities to have a register of what is available, and ensure that 90 per cent of suitable brownfield sites have planning permission for housing by 2020. This will provide more certainty for developers and encourage investment in local areas. The Government is also committed to releasing further surplus public sector land to support the delivery of new homes. In doing so we will be transparent about the sites that are to be released so that developers can clearly identify the opportunities that these sites will provide.