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

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the sympathetic conversion of historic buildings into new homes to support their housing targets.

The National Planning Policy Framework is already supportive of bringing heritage assets back into use, putting them to viable uses consistent with their conservation. We will continue to consider this matter as we develop our approach to heritage policy including through the creation of a suite of national policies related to decision making.