Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will update the National Planning Policy Framework to remove the ability of the Planning Inspectorate to use the housing standard methodology calculation when (a) assessing local plans and (b) deciding planning appeals.
The standard housing need methodology plays an important role in enabling local authorities to identify and plan to meet their housing needs - it should be taken into account in drawing up and assessing local plans, and is a material consideration in deciding planning applications and appeals.
We are considering the responses to the Planning for the Future consultation and will publish our response.