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What's going on with thisNational Planning Policy Framework?

Baroness Taylor of StevenageLabour (Life Peer)

Lords · Grand Committee · 23 Jun 2026

Government sets out new regional planning system to unlock housing and infrastructure

Peers backed the return of strategic planning across council boundaries, but pressed ministers on how the new spatial development strategies will work in practice: who will draw them up, how far local councils will stay in control, how green belt and flood-risk rules will apply, and whether affordable housing will be built into them. The Government said these regulations are only the first step, with fuller rules to be consulted on after the summer and brought forward in the autumn.

#Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026, #Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, #Motion, #MHCLG, #Strategic Planning, #Spatial Development Strategies, #Housing, #Infrastructure, #Affordable Housing, #Green Belt, #Flood Risk, #Local Government, #National Planning Policy Framework, #Brownfield Land, #England

12 speeches6 speakers

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Dr Beccy CooperBackbencher (MP)

Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 Jun 2026

MPs press ministers on health, green space and protected landscapes in planning rules

Matthew Pennycook said the Government is reviewing consultation responses on the National Planning Policy Framework, including proposals on healthy communities, while MPs pushed for action on health inequalities, local green space and stronger safeguards for protected landscapes.

#National Planning Policy Framework, #Health Inequalities, #Green Space, #National Landscapes, #Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, #Matthew Pennycook, #Dr Beccy Cooper, #Worthing West

6 speeches3 speakers

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Mr Will ForsterLiberal Democrat Spokesperson (Immigration and Asylum)

Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 Jun 2026

Councils’ role in deciding where new homes are built

Ministers defended planning reforms against claims they could weaken local plans, saying councils should still lead decisions where they have up-to-date plans and pointing to funding for nearly 200 authorities, while rural affordable housing rules remain under review after consultation.

#Local Plans, #National Planning Policy Framework, #Affordable Housing, #Rural Exception Sites, #Will Forster, #Matthew Pennycook, #Woking, #Suffolk

6 speeches3 speakers

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Tom GordonBackbencher (MP)

Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 Jun 2026

Ministers pressed on weak protections for new-build homebuyers

MPs challenged the Government over developers failing to deliver promised roads, facilities and repairs, while Steve Reed said ministers would legislate for a new homes ombudsman, consider compulsory minimum warranties and make leasehold charges clearer; a separate row over planning rules left unresolved demands for a Commons debate and vote on the NPPF.

#Housing Developers: Accountability, #New Homes Ombudsman, #Compulsory Warranties, #Leasehold Reform, #National Planning Policy Framework, #Steve Reed

11 speeches5 speakers

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Baroness GrenderLiberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Lords · Lords Chamber · 11 Jun 2026

Peers press ministers to make sustainable drainage mandatory in new developments

The Government defended using strengthened planning rules and new national standards to reduce flood risk from new building, but resisted calls to bring in long-delayed legal duties under the 2010 Act, saying no final decision had been made.

#Sustainable Drainage Systems, #Flood Risk, #National Planning Policy Framework, #Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, #House of Lords, #Baroness Grender

16 speeches8 speakers

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Peers press ministers to make sustainable drainage mandatory in new developments

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