Written question asked by Noah Law (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 February 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2026. It was answered by Matthew Pennycook (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Construction: New Businesses

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken with Homes England to help support start-up builders.

Answer

Small and medium sized housebuilders are essential to meeting the government’s housing ambitions and supporting local economies.

The government is acting to support SME housebuilders by increasing their access to land, providing further financial assistance and easing the burden of regulation.

To that end, we have provided a £700 million extension to the Home Building Fund to help them build a further 12,000 homes and doubled the ENABLE Build Guarantee scheme to boost SME access to finance.

We are making more Homes England land available to the sector through SME-only land sales with less bureaucratic sales process.

We have also committed to simplifying the planning system with proposals for a new medium site size definition with corresponding policy and regulatory easements to help SME housebuilders thrive and grow. For further detail, I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 16 December 2025 (HCWS1187).

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Type: Written question
Reference: 111043
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Planning Reform: Next Phase
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
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Subjects: Construction New businesses
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Construction: New Businesses

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