Written question asked by Paula Barker (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 February 2023. It was answered by Felicity Buchan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 February 2023 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Offices: Change of Use
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an (a) estimate of the number of councils converting office blocks to accommodation through permitted development rights and (b) assessment of the suitability of that practice for tackling homelessness.
- Answer
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The Department publishes data on how many applications for prior approval for the change of use to residential are able to proceed and how many homes the permitted development rights have delivered.
The figures are readily available online and can be found at Housing delivery Table 123 and Application data PDR 1.
The department does not collect data on the type of buildings local authorities use as temporary accommodation, for more information on the temporary accommodation data please see here.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 150662
- Session
- 2022-23
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Housing Homelessness Local government Offices Change of use Permitted development rights
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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